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A 6"3" guard, Freeman attended Madison High School and the University of Illinois.
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He spent eight seasons (1967–1975) in the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association) and one season (1975–1976) in the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association). Freeman was the youngest of four children. At Illinois, he scored 1449 points and averaged 20.1 points and 10.3 rebounds per game over his three varsity seasons.
After finishing his college career as the most prolific scorer in Illinois history, he now ranks 12th all-time in Illinois scoring, and set a record for most points in a season (668), averaging 27.8 in 1965-1966.
He received first team All Big Ten and first team All-American honors that same season. In 2004, he was named to the University of Illinois" All Century Team.
He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the third round of the 1966 National Basketball Association Draft. Freeman never played for the Sixers.
Rather, he spent the first eight seasons of his career in the American Bar Association, playing for the Minnesota Muskies, Miami Floridians, Texas/Dallas Chaparrals, Utah Stars, Indiana Pacers, and San Antonio Spurs.
He scored 11,544 during his American Bar Association career and appeared in five American Bar Association All-Star Games. Freeman then joined the National Basketball Association"s Los Angeles Lakers in 1975. He spent one season with that club, averaging 10.8 points per game before retiring in 1976.
After his career ended, he returned to Champaign, Illinois, where he launched a career in banking.
In 1981, he moved to Texas and later to Omaha, Nebraska, where he still resides.
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