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}} Lloyd "Sonny" Dove (August 16, 1945 – February 14, 1983) was an American professional basketball player, who was Native American through his mother, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag. As a star at St. John's University in New York, in his last season of 1967, Dove received the Haggerty Award. That year he was part of the United States basketball team that won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. His record has continued to make him one of the top players ever at St. John's. In 2005 Dove was among the first ten men selected for "Basketball Legacy Honors" at the university. In 2011 Dove was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. ==Early life and education== Lloyd Dove, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1945 and nicknamed "Sonny". His father was Lloyd Dove a member of the Narrangansett tribe. Sonny's mother Adeline B. Dove (1921–2010) was Mashpee Wampanoag and the sister of Earl Mills, Sr. (Flying Eagle), the hereditary sachem since 1956 of this people.〔(Staff, "Obituary of Adeline B. Hicks" ), ''Barnstable Patriot,'' 2 April 2010, accessed 19 November 2011〕〔Earl Mills, Sr. and Alicja Mann, ''Son of Mashpee: Reflections of Chief Flying Eagle, a Wampanoag,'' Tucson, Arizona: Word Studio, 1996, Revised Edition 2006〕 His siblings are Larry Dove of Mashpee and Gladys Dove Barnes of Queens, N.Y. By Wampanoag matrilineal tradition, the children are considered to belong to the mother's clan.〔("Obituary: Adeline B. Hicks" ), ''Nashauonk Mittark'', Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, May 2010, accessed 19 November 2011〕 The Doves divorced. In 1951 Adeline Dove married Donald Hicks, Sr. of Mashpee, Massachusetts, and returned to the town where she had grown up. She had more children with Donald: Donnella Hicks Pocknett, Errol Hicks, Donald Hicks, Jr., and Gary Hicks, all of Mashpee.〔 Dove graduated from St. Francis Preparatory School in Brooklyn, where his skill at basketball was noted. He was recruited for St. John's University by Lou Carnesecca, the assistant basketball coach at the time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonny Dove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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