Red Pryor

Leroy "Red" Pryor


Born:
June 2, 1926
Chicago, IL

Died:
December 1, 2005
Chicago, IL


Career
DuSable High School - Chicago (High School)
1945-46 DePaul University (College)
1946-47 Cleveland Fifas (Independent)
1947-48 Chicago Colored Collegians (independent)
1947-48 Chicago Crusaders (independent)
1948-49 Dayton Rens (NBL)

Chicago
Pryor served in the Navy during World War and then finished up at DePaul. After playing basketball professionally for a few years, he became a salesman for a liquor distributor in the Chicago area.

He married MaryJo Cole (1931-2009) in 1949 and they had four children.

Some other sources say he was born in 1923 or 1925, but 1926 is in his obituary, gravestone, and  in military records.

Source:
Obituary from the Sun Times, December 2005
DeKalb Chronicle, February 16, 1948

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/p/pryorle01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=pryorle01