{{Short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ben Warley | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 200 | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|09|04}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|04|05|1936|09|04}} | death_place = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | high_school = {{nowrap|Phelps Vocational (Washington, D.C.)}} | college = [[Tennessee State Tigers basketball|Tennessee State]] (1957–1960) | draft_year = 1961 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 6 | draft_team = [[Syracuse Nationals]] | career_start = 1960 | career_end = 1974, 1980 | position = [[Small forward]] / [[shooting guard]] | number = 14, 33, 40, 44 | years1 = 1960–1962 | team1 = [[Cleveland Pipers]] | years2 = 1962–1963 | team2 = [[Long Beach Chiefs]] | years3 = {{nbay|1962|end}}–{{nbay|1965|start}} | team3 = [[Philadelphia 76ers|Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers]] | years4 = {{nbay|1965|start}}–{{nbay|1966|end}} | team4 = [[Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)|Baltimore Bullets]] | years5 = [[1967–68 ABA season|1967]]–[[1968–69 ABA season|1969]] | team5 = [[Anaheim Amigos]] / [[Los Angeles Stars]] | years6 = [[1969–70 ABA season|1969–1970]] | team6 = [[Denver Rockets]] | years7 = 1970–1971 | team7 = [[Camden Bullets]] | years8 = 1971–1972 | team8 = [[Wilkes-Barre Barons]] | years9 = 1972–1973 | team9 = [[Hazleton Bullets]] | years10 = 1973–1974 | team10 = [[Cherry Hill Rookies]] | years11 = 1980 | team11 = Philadelphia Kings | highlights = * [[National Industrial Basketball League|NIBL]] champion (1961) * [[American Basketball League (1961–1962)|ABL]] champion (1962) * [[ABA All-Star]] ([[1968 ABA All-Star Game|1968]]) * All-[[Eastern Basketball Association|EBA]] First Team (1971) | stats_league = NBA and ABA | stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]] | stat1value = 3,686 (8.4 ppg) | stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]] | stat2value = 2,436 (5.6 rpg) | stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]] | stat3value = 356 (0.8 apg) }} '''Benjamin Vallentina Warley''' (September 4, 1936 – April 5, 2002) was an American professional [[basketball]] player.
A 6'5" [[forward (basketball)|forward]]/[[guard (basketball)|guard]] from [[Tennessee State University]], Warley played five seasons (1962–1967) in the [[National Basketball Association]] as a member of the [[Syracuse Nationals]], [[Philadelphia 76ers]], and [[Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)|Baltimore Bullets]]. He averaged 8.4 [[points per game]] and 5.6 [[rebounds per game]]. Warley later played with several teams in the [[American Basketball Association]], representing the [[Anaheim Amigos]] in the [[1968 ABA All-Star Game]].<ref name=bbr>{{cite basketball-reference |id=w/warlebe01 |name=Ben Warley NBA/ABA stats |accessdate=March 4, 2024}}</ref>
Warley played in the [[Eastern Basketball Association]] (EBA) for the [[Camden Bullets]], [[Wilkes-Barre Barons]], [[Hazleton Bullets]] and [[Cherry Hill Rookies]] from 1970 to 1974.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |title=Ben Warley minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-warleben001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> He was selected to the All-EBA First Team in 1971.<ref name=sc/>
Warley settled in Philadelphia after his playing career was over. He served as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Kings of the [[Continental Basketball Association]] under head coach [[Hal Greer]].<ref name=jasner>{{cite news |last=Jasner |first=Phil |title=Cazzie Is Kings' Maine Man |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-philadelphia-dai/62542349/ |access-date=February 9, 2025 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=December 29, 1980 |page=50 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> On December 27, 1980, Warley was activated as a player in a game due to a shortage of Kings players; he scored 4 points in 12 minutes.<ref name=jasner/>
Warley died of [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/warley_020407.html Obituary] at NBA.com</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA/ABA=== Source<ref name=bbr/>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1962}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]] | 26 || 7.9 || '''.450''' || || .714 || 3.3 || .2 || 4.8 |- | style="text-align:left";|{{nbay|1963}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1963–64 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]] | '''79''' || 22.0 || .435 || || .721 || 7.8 || .9 || 8.2 |- | style="text-align:left";|{{nbay|1964}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1964–65 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]] | 64 || 14.1 || .372 || || .705 || 4.3 || .8 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1965–66 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]] | 1 || 6.0 || .333 || || – || 2.0 || .0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965|nolink=y}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season|Baltimore]] | 56 || 13.7 || .409 || || .660 || 3.8 || .4 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1966}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1966–67 Baltimore Bullets season|Baltimore]] | 62 || 16.7 || .401 || || .788 || 5.2 || .8 || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1967}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season|Anaheim]] (ABA) | 71 || '''32.4''' || .442 || '''.313''' || '''.805''' || '''8.6''' || '''1.4''' || '''17.4''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1968}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1968–69 Los Angeles Stars season|L.A. Stars]] (ABA) | 35 || 25.0 || .407 || .256 || .748 || 5.5 || .7 || 14.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1969}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1969–70 Denver Rockets season|Denver]] (ABA) | 42 || 11.3 || .353 || .259 || .763 || 2.6 || .7 || 4.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA) | 288 || 16.2 || .413 || || .724 || 5.3 || .7 || 6.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA) | 148 || 24.6 || .423 || .284 || .785 || 6.2 || 1.0 || 13.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall) | 436 || 19.0 || .418 || .284 || .751 || 5.6 || .8 || 8.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star (ABA) | 1 || 17.0 || .286 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 3.0 || 8.0 {{s-end}}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1963 NBA playoffs|1963]] | style="text-align:left;"|[[1962–63 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]] | 2 || 4.5 || .000 || || .500 || 1.5 || .0 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1964 NBA playoffs|1964]] | style="text-align:left;"|[[1963–64 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]] | 4 || '''21.3''' || .391 || || .667 || '''8.3''' || .5 || '''7.0''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1965 NBA playoffs|1965]] | style="text-align:left;"|[[1964–65 Philadelphia 76ers season|Philadelphia]] | 2 || 3.0 || .000 || || – || .5 || .5 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1966 NBA playoffs|1966]] | style="text-align:left;"|[[1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season|Baltimore]] | 2 || 4.5 || .000 || || '''1.000''' || 1.0 || .0 || .5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1970 ABA playoffs|1970]] | style="text-align:left;"|[[1969–70 Denver Rockets season|Denver]] (ABA) | '''10''' || 12.9 || .421 || .438 || .600 || 2.9 || '''1.1''' || 4.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA) | 10 || 10.9 || .281 || || .650 || 3.9 || .3 || 3.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall) | 20 || 11.9 || .357 || .438 || .633 || 3.4 || .7 || 3.8 {{s-end}}
==Notes== {{reflist}}
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