Lavelle Felton’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American basketball player
Was Athlete 
Basketball player 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 5 October 1979, Milwaukee
Death 13 August 2009, Milwaukee
(aged 29 years)

Lavelle Felton (October 5, 1979 – August 13, 2009) was an American professional basketball player playing in the European professional basketball leagues.

Amateur career

Nicknamed “Velle” or “Romie”, he had played in Madison High School in Milwaukee and then played college basketball with the Louisiana Tech University’s Bulldogs where he averaged 13.7 points and 5.1 rebounds a game in 2002-03.

Professional career

He started his professional basketball career in the Turkish Basketball League’s Büyük Kolej for 2 years, before moving on to Greece and France and finally landing in Germany playing for Paderborn Baskets club in the German Basketball Bundesliga, helping the club reach the playoffs.

Death

He was shot and seriously wounded while in his driver’s seat in a Milwaukee gas station on August 12, 2009, dying of his wounds just one day later. He had a 5-year-old stepson, a 4-year-old son, and a 2-year-old daughter with his girlfriend.

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