Lee Shaffer
Basketball
Inducted: 1993
- Born in 1939 and raised in Pittsburgh, PA
- Starred at the University of North Carolina
- Named second-team All-ACC in 1959; first-team All-ACC in 1960
- Selected ACC Player of the Year in 1960
- The 6-ft.-7-in. forward led the ACC with 18.2 points per game in 1960
- Named third-team AP and UPI All-American in 1960
- Scored 1,053 points in college, averaging 14.0 per game
- Played in National Industrial League in 1961
- Starred in the NBA for Syracuse from 1962–1963 and Philadelphia in 1964
- Averaged 16.8 points per game in the NBA
- Played in 1963 NBA All-Star Game
- Leg injury and burgeoning business career curtailed NBA tenure
- Returned to North Carolina after pro career
- Named to 1985 NCAA Silver Anniversary All-America team
