Raymond Anthony Townsend was born on December 20,1955 and is an American former professional basketball player.
11 Facts About Raymond Townsend
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Raymond Townsend played three seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Golden State Warriors and the Indiana Pacers.
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Raymond Townsend was selected by the Warriors in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft, with the 22nd overall pick, and became the first Filipino-American to play in the NBA.
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Raymond Townsend attended Camden High School and Archbishop Mitty High School, in San Jose, California, where he played high school basketball.
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Raymond Townsend played college basketball at UCLA, with the UCLA Bruins.
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Raymond Townsend was a member of the 1975 UCLA National Basketball Championship team, which was the 10th and final NCAA championship team of the school's head coach, John Wooden.
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Raymond Townsend earned first-team All-Pac-8 honors as a senior, in 1978.
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Raymond Townsend was selected with the last pick in the first round, of the 1978 NBA draft, by the Golden State Warriors.
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Raymond Townsend was the first Filipino-American to play in the NBA.
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Raymond Townsend concluded his NBA career in 1982, as a member of the Indiana Pacers.
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Raymond Townsend's brother, Kurtis, is an assistant coach for the Kansas Jayhawks team that won the 2008 and 2022 NCAA Championships.