Butch Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Butch Lee

Puerto Rican basketball player

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1956

Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Alfred "Butch" Lee, Jr.
(born December 5, 1956) is a Puerto Rican retired professional basketball player.
He began his career in the NCAA, where he gathered several "Player of the Year" recognitions and earned All-American honors as both a junior and senior while at Marquette University.
Lee was selected as the Most Outstanding Player at the 1977 Final Four where he led the Warriors to the school's first national championship.
The university recognized this by retiring his jersey.
Lee was the first Puerto Rican and Latin American-born athlete to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), accomplishing this after being selected in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft.
There he played for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Lee concluded his career in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).
He is known to be the only Puerto Rican professional basketball player to win championships in the NCAA, NBA, and BSN.
Lee was a member of the Puerto Rican national team.