Gifford Nielsen Athlete Profile

#34 Gifford Nielsen

Positions: Guard, Forward Height: 6-5 Weight: 190 Roster Years: 1973-1975 Hometown: Provo, UT

Personal

Son of Stan and Lois Nielsen ... Provo native, whose father played basketball for the Cougars ... majored in public relations.

Before BYU

All-America selection in both football and basketball at Provo High School ... reglar on the basketball team that captured the state title for two consecutive years ... also lettered three years in golf.

Stats

NIELSEN YEAR-BY-YEAR BYU STATS
Year     GP  FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Rbd.   Avg.   PF-FO   Pts.  Avg
1973-74  18  20-52   .385   23-34   .676  24    1.1    22-0    63    3.5
1974-75  15  88-180  .489   50-68   .735  94    3.6    89-7   226    8.7
Total    33 108-232  .466   73-102  .716 118    3.6   111-7   289    8.8

1973-1974 | Freshman Year

Played in five games with jayvee, hitting 63 percent of his shots from the field and 70 percent from the free throw line ... averaged 15.2 points in jayvee appearances ... best game was 12-point 6-rebound effort.

1974-1975 | Sophomore Year

Led team with 19 points vs. Texas and 24 points vs. Colorado State,

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