Julius Erving
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Birthdate :February 22, 1950
Location :East Meadow , New York
Country : United States of America
Sign : Pisces
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1971
Played for the American Basketball Association's (ABA) Virginia Squires (1971-1972 & 1972-1973) and New York Nets (1973-1974 thru 1975-1976); and the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Philadelphia 76ers (1976-1977 thru 1986-1987).1974
ABA MVP (1974, 1976). ABA First Team All-Star (1973-1976). Five-time ABA All-Star (1972-1976). Holds ABA career record for highest scoring average (28.7 ppg) in a minimum of 250 games.1980
Jersey retired by both the Nets and the 76ers. NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980). NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996). Walter J. Kennedy Citizenship Award (1983). Jackie Robinson Award presented by Ebony Magazine (1983). American Express Man of the Year (1985).1980
Played for the University of Massachusetts (1968-1971). All-America and All-Yankee Conference (1970, 1971). Holds or shares 14 UMass records, including career (20.2 rpg) and seasonal (20.9 rpg, 1970) rebounding averages, career (38.4) and seasonal (38.8, 1970) minutes per game, career (26.3 ppg) and seasonal (26.9 ppg, 1971) scoring averages. Enshrined in UMass Hall of Fame (1980).1981
NBA MVP (1981). All-NBA First Team (1978, 1980-1983). All-NBA Second Team (1977, 1984). Appeared in 11 NBA All-Star Games (1977-1987). Two-time All-Star Game MVP (1977, 1983).1993
Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.1995
Inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 1995.2000
Is currently an executive for the NBA's Orlando Magic. [2000]2000
His youngest son Corey accidentally drowned in 2000.