Cleo Hill
Basketball
In 2008, Hill was profiled in a segment on the ESPN documentary Black Magic, which told the story of African Americans and basketball. The segment asserted that early in that 1961–62 season, St. Louis Hawks coach Paul Seymour was told by team management to severely diminish Hill\'s offensive role so that stars Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette (who were all white) would receive more shot attempts. Seymour refused and was fired, and Hill\'s scoring averaged dropped from 10.8 points per game to 5.5 points per game. Hill never played in the NBA after that season.\n', '
Hill had denied that his race was a factor in his NBA struggles, saying, "It wasn\'t racial. It was points." He went on to become a successful head coach at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey. A resident of Orange, New Jersey, Hill died at his home there on August 10, 2015.\n', '
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