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Reginald Hezeriah Harding (May 4, 1942 – September 2, 1972) was an American professional basketball player. [1] He starred while playing at Eastern High School in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, and entered the 1962 NBA draft without playing college basketball due to eligibility issues.
Reggie Harding, the 29th pick, became the first player drafted out of high school when the Detroit Pistons selected him in the fourth round. However, he did not enter the league until the 1963–64 season due to the rules that prevent a high school player to play in the league until one year after his high school class graduated.
In the early years of the NBA draft, a player had to finish his four-year college eligibility to be eligible for selection. Reggie Harding, who had graduated from high school but did not enroll in a college, became the first player drafted out of high school when the Detroit Pistons selected him in the fourth round of the 1962 draft. [3]
This page lists the NBA players who were taken directly out of U.S. high schools, without having either enrolled in a U.S. college or university, played in a foreign professional league, or commit to a secondary league like the NBA Development League before being drafted.
The right-handed pitcher is the highest drafted high school player in Greater Lansing after being taken by the Texas Rangers in the fourth round of the 1978 draft with the 98th overall pick.
They also became the second and third high school players ever drafted in the NBA, after Reggie Harding in the 1962 draft. However, because the rules prevented Harding from playing in the league until one year after his high school class graduated, he had to wait a year before entering the league in 1963.
Prior to 1961, the former Harry P. Harding High School opened in 1935 on Irwin Avenue. “There’s not enough brick-and-mortar space,” Starnes said. “We have 16 mobile classrooms.
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