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Gary Garland

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Gary Garland
Personal information
Born (1957-10-12) October 12, 1957 (age 68)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolClifford J. Scott
(East Orange, New Jersey)
CollegeDePaul (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Drafted byDenver Nuggets
PositionPoint guard
Number24
Career history
1979–1980Denver Nuggets
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Gary Joseph Garland Houston (né Garland; born October 12, 1957) is an American musician and former professional basketball player.

Basketball career

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Garland played in college for the DePaul Blue Demons under coach Ray Meyer. Garland was a member of the 1979 DePaul Final Four team that lost to Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores in the national semifinals.

Houston played for the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season with the Nuggets (1979–80).[1]

Personal life

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Gary is the half-brother of singer Whitney Houston and also half-brother to Michael Houston. Gary, Michael, and Whitney are the children of singer Cissy Houston. Gary is the cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick and the uncle of Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney's daughter with singer Bobby Brown.

Singing career

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Garland has toured several times as a background singer and an occasional duet partner with Whitney Houston.[2][failed verification]

After his professional basketball career concluded, Garland participated with Houston on her Greatest Love Tour in 1986 as a background/duet vocalist, which led to a continuous work relationship with Houston. He performed as a background singer in several of Houston's tours throughout the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, with 2010's Nothing But Love Tour being the final such tour.

Whitney Houston tours that included Gary Garland

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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Source[1]

Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979–80 Denver 7814.2.435.316.6921.81.9.7.14.3

References

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  1. 1 2 "Gary Garland NBA Statistics". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "A Demon of a singer". Chicago Sun-Times. July 11, 1986. 10.
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