{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Distinguish|Connie Norman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Coniel Norman | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 175 | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|09|24}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|07|1953|09|24}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | high_school = Kettering (Detroit, Michigan) | college = Arizona (1972–1974) | draft_year = 1973 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 37 | draft_team = Philadelphia 76ers | career_start = 1974 | career_end = 1980 | career_number = 22, 11 | career_position = Shooting guard | years1 = {{nbay|1974|start}}–{{nbay|1975|end}} | team1 = Philadelphia 76ers | years2 = 1976–1977 | team2 = Allentown Jets | years3 = 1977–1978 | team3 = Lancaster Red Roses | years4 = {{nbay|1978|full=y}} | team4 = San Diego Clippers | years5 = 1979–1980 | team5 = Lancaster Red Roses | highlights = * All-EBA First Team (1978) }} '''Coniel Norman''' (September 24, 1953 - March 7, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played 99 NBA games.<ref name=bbr>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/normaco01.html|title=Connie Norman NBA Stats |website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=15 March 2025}}</ref>
Norman played in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) / Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Allentown Jets during the 1976–77 season and the Lancaster Red Roses during the 1977–78 and 1979–80 seasons.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |title=Coniel Norman minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-normacon001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref> He was selected to the All-EBA First Team in 1978.<ref name=sc/>
He then served in the United States Army, lost touch with his family and friends and lived homeless for 27 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncsha.org/homestory/coniel-%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%99ve-been-given-another-chance-life%E2%80%9D |title=Coniel: "I've been given another chance at life." {{!}} NCSHA |access-date=November 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014451/http://www.ncsha.org/homestory/coniel-%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%99ve-been-given-another-chance-life%E2%80%9D |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, he was reunited with his family.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/13523/piece-of-arizona-history-rises-to-the-surface Former Arizona star forward resurfaces – College Basketball Nation Blog- ESPN]</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr/>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !GS !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1974}} | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 12 || 0 || 6.0 || '''.523''' || .667 || 1.0 || .3 || .3 || '''.1''' || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1975}} | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | '''65''' || '''1''' || 12.6 || .434 || '''.833''' || '''1.6''' || 1.0 || .4 || '''.1''' || 5.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1978}} | style="text-align:left;"| San Diego | 22 || || '''14.7''' || .430 || .826 || 1.5 || '''1.1''' || '''.5''' || '''.1''' || '''7.3''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 99 || 1 || 12.3 || .439 || .820 || 1.5 || .9 || .4 || .1 || 6.0 {{S-end}}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1976 | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 1 || 1.0 || 1.000 || – || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 {{S-end}}
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