{{short description|American basketball player}} {{For|the Spanish swimmer|Israel Oliver Peña}} '''Israel '''"'''Cisco'''"''' Oliver Jr.''' (born December 28, 1947) is a retired American professional [[basketball]] player.
Oliver stood 6'6" tall and weighed 210 lbs. He played for [[Elizabeth City State University]] and was drafted by the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in the tenth round of the [[1970 NBA draft]]. He later played in the very first season of Asia's first professional basketball league, the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] during its inaugural season in 1975 with the Mariwasa-Noritake Porcelain makers. Oliver spent three more seasons in the PBA with two teams, also playing for Presto/Great Taste in his final year in 1978, and appeared in TV commercials.
==PBA Career stats== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! Team !! GP !! FG-PCT !! REBS. !! PTS !! AVE. |- | 1975 || Noritake || 16 || 49.20 || 210 || 546 || 34.10 |- | 1977 || Presto || 19 || 51.33 || 170 || 628 || 33.05 |- | 1978 || Honda || 11 || 50.46 || 155 || 412 || 37.45 |- | 1978 || Great Taste || 13 || 49.10 || 145 || 416 || 31.92 |}
==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100713214216/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/pba-celebrates-35th-anniversary PBA celebrates 35th anniversary] *[http://www.philippinebasketball.ph/articles/article-hoopster040812.php PBA Season One: 1975] @ Philippinebasketball.ph
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