Pete Cross
Peter Michael Cross was an American basketball player.Career
A 6'9" center, Cross played collegiately for San Francisco. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft and the Kentucky Colonels in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.
Cross played three seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics and. His best NBA season was his first, in which he averaged eight points and twelve rebounds per game. His 12 rebounds per game in 1970–71 is still the SuperSonics' rookie record.
He played for the Iberia Superstars in the European Professional Basketball League in 1975.Death
On January 2, 1977, Cross was found dead in his home in Redmond, Washington. His wife said that he had suffered from epileptic seizures. He was 28.
Cross was posthumously inducted into the University of San Francisco Dons Hall of Fame, and the Kern County Sports Hall of Fame.
