Dick was born in Watts, Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the University of Southern California, and also served in the United States army. He helped found the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle SuperSonics, becoming the Sonics' first ever General Manager prior to their inaugural season in 1967–68. During his time in Seattle, he named Lenny Wilkens as the head coach; Wilkens has gone on to become the coach with most career victories in NBA history. Vertlieb then went to Golden State, where he gave the team a facelift and led them to the NBA title. He returned the Warriors to the Western Conference final the following year, but was defeated by the Phoenix Suns, who then lost to the Boston Celtics in the finals. Vertlieb then returned to Seattle to serve as the first ever GM for the Seattle Mariners, as they began play in Major League Baseball in 1977. Vertlieb's final GM job came in 1980–81 with the Indiana Pacers. In 1995, he served a brief stint as a consultant for the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies of the NBA, before becoming involved with the World League's Amsterdam Admirals.
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^Raley, Dan (December 8, 2008), "Dick Vertlieb, 1930-2008: Local sports 'giant' brought pro teams", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dan Raley. End game for Seattle sports guru. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
González, Ángel (December 8, 2008), , The Seattle Times, archived from the original on December 18, 2008
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dick, vertlieb, richard, harvey, vertlieb, october, 1930, december, 2008, american, sports, executive, winner, 1975, executive, year, award, after, serving, general, manager, champion, golden, state, warriors, also, served, general, manager, seattle, supersoni. Richard Harvey Vertlieb October 7 1930 December 5 2008 was an American sports executive He was the winner of the 1975 NBA Executive of the Year Award after serving as general manager for the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors He also served as general manager for the Seattle SuperSonics and Indiana Pacers as well as the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball He died in Las Vegas Nevada after a lengthy illness 1 Dick VertliebBorn 1930 10 07 October 7 1930Watts Los Angeles California U S DiedDecember 5 2008 2008 12 05 aged 78 Las Vegas Nevada U S OccupationSports executive Dick was born in Watts Los Angeles California He graduated from the University of Southern California and also served in the United States army He helped found the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle SuperSonics becoming the Sonics first ever General Manager prior to their inaugural season in 1967 68 During his time in Seattle he named Lenny Wilkens as the head coach Wilkens has gone on to become the coach with most career victories in NBA history Vertlieb then went to Golden State where he gave the team a facelift and led them to the NBA title He returned the Warriors to the Western Conference final the following year but was defeated by the Phoenix Suns who then lost to the Boston Celtics in the finals Vertlieb then returned to Seattle to serve as the first ever GM for the Seattle Mariners as they began play in Major League Baseball in 1977 Vertlieb s final GM job came in 1980 81 with the Indiana Pacers In 1995 he served a brief stint as a consultant for the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies of the NBA before becoming involved with the World League s Amsterdam Admirals References edit Raley Dan December 8 2008 Dick Vertlieb 1930 2008 Local sports giant brought pro teams The Seattle Post IntelligencerExternal links edit nbsp Biography portal Dan Raley End game for Seattle sports guru Seattle Post Intelligencer 12 August 2004 Retrieved 9 September 2007 Gonzalez Angel December 8 2008 Richard Dick Vertlieb helped found SuperSonics The Seattle Times archived from the original on December 18 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dick Vertlieb amp oldid 1216593014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
