Grant Gondrezick

Player

Birthday January 19, 1963

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Boulder, Colorado

DEATH DATE 2021-1-7, (57 years old)

Nationality United States

Height 1.96 m

#17189 Most Popular

1963

Grant Gondrezick Sr. (January 19, 1963 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional basketball player who took the court as a shooting guard.

1980

After attending high school in his hometown, 6'5" Gondrezick played college basketball at Pepperdine University in the mid-1980s. He led the team in scoring during the 1983–84 season with a 13.7 points per game average, and was redshirted in the following year.

1986

In 1986, Gondrezick was drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the 77th pick of the NBA draft.

He spent two seasons in the National Basketball Association, one apiece with the Suns and Los Angeles Clippers, averaging five points, two rebounds and one assist per game.

Gondrezick was married to Lisa Harvey and had three children, WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, Kalabrya Gondrezick, and Grant Gondrezick Jr.

Gondrezick's older brother, Glen, was also a professional basketball player, and a shooting guard.

2009

He played six years in the NBA, dying in 2009 at the age of 53 due to heart failure.

On January 8, 2021, it was announced that Gondrezick had died suddenly the night before at the age of 57.