Steve Sheppard
American basketball player
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| Intro | American basketball player | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Steven Bernard Sheppard | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Steven Bernard Sheppard | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| is | Athlete Basketball player | ||||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||||
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| Birth | 21 March 1954, New York City, New York, USA | ||||||
| Age | 70 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||||
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Steven Bernard Sheppard (born March 21, 1954) is an American former basketball player from New York City, who was nicknamed "Bear".
A 6'6" forward from the University of Maryland, Sheppard participated on the United States national basketball team which won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Sheppard was then selected by the Chicago Bulls as the eighth pick in the second round of the 1977 NBA draft. In two NBA seasons (1977–1979) with the Bulls and Detroit Pistons, Sheppard scored 367 points and grabbed 178 rebounds.