Pete Maravich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American basketball player
Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1947
Place of Birth: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 05-Jan-1988
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Pete Maravich
- Peter Press Maravich (June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player.
- Maravich was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and raised in the Carolinas.
- Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University (LSU) while playing for his father, head coach Press Maravich.
- He played for three NBA teams until injuries forced his retirement in 1980 following a ten-year career.
- He is the all-time leading NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points scored and an average of 44.2 points per game.
- All of his accomplishments were achieved before the adoption of the three point line and shot clock, and despite being unable to play varsity as a freshman under then-NCAA rules.One of the youngest players ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Maravich was cited by the Hall as "perhaps the greatest creative offensive talent in history".
- In an April 2010 interview, Hall of Fame player John Havlicek said that "the best ball-handler of all time was Pete Maravich".
- Maravich died suddenly at age 40 during a pick-up game in 1988 as a consequence of a previously undetected heart defect.
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