Lou Hudson

Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)

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Born: July 11, 1944
Died: April 11, 2014
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1944

About Lou Hudson

Louis Clyde Hudson ("Sweet Lou") (July 11, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player, who was an All-American at the University of Minnesota and a six-time NBA All-Star, scoring 17,940 total points in 13 NBA seasons. == Early life == "Sweet" Lou Hudson graduated in 1962 from James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he was a four-sport athlete. Hudson was a quarterback, a first baseman and a sprinter, besides playing basketball. "Lou epitomized athleticism," said Dudley teammate Charlie Sanders, who went on to a Hall of Fame National Football League career. "Football. Basketball. Baseball. Track. He could do everything, and he could do everything well. He was the one guy who was instrumental in my pursuing athletics.

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Career and life highlights

He played in 17 games with the injury and led the Golden Gophers to a 14–10 record, averaging 19.8 points and 8.1 rebounds.
Hudson became part of the first black recruiting class at Minnesota, as he, Archie Clark and Don Yates enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1964.
Hudson was named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team after averaging a team leading 18.4 points, along with 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in his first season with the St.

Lou Hudson timeline

1964Hudson became part of the first black recruiting class at Minnesota, as he, Archie Clark and Don Yates enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1964.
1967Hudson was named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team after averaging a team leading 18.4 points, along with 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in his first season with the St.

The world when Lou Hudson was born

Lou Hudson was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

#1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
Top movieGoing My Way
Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
Defining fadBobby socks
Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lou Hudson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1944	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,800	$435,000
Average income	$4,200	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.30	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.27	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	138.4M	341 million

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