Dave Minor
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 23, 1922 Missouri |
| Died | March 14, 1998 (aged 76) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Froebel (Gary, Indiana) |
| College |
Toledo (1942–1943) UCLA (1946–1948) |
| Playing career | 1951–1953 |
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| Number | 10, 8 |
| Career history | |
| 1951–1953 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1953 | Milwaukee Hawks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career statistics | |
| Points | 877 |
| Rebounds | 527 |
| Assists | 288 |
Davage "Dave" Minor (February 23, 1922 – March 14, 1998)[1] was a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[2] He played with the Baltimore Bullets before being traded along with Stan Miasek to the Milwaukee Hawks for Don Boven, Pete Darcey and George McLeod. He began his college career at Toledo, it was interrupted by World War II; following the war, he enrolled at UCLA. In 1947–1948, Minor was honored as an All-Conference guard basketball player at UCLA. His full name was Davage Minor, but Gary, Indiana sportswriters called him "The Wheelhorse of Steel City." He began shooting the first jumpers seen around the Great Lakes in December 1937 in his high school gym in Gary. By 1941, the shot was so unstoppable he used it to take the Froebel High School Blue Devils all the way to the Final Four of the Indiana state tournament, the "mother of them all." Eventually, he starred with the old Oakland Bittners of the AAU, and he was one of the first blacks signed in the NBA.[3] Minor died in 1998.[4]
References
- ↑ "Dave Minor". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ↑ Christgau, John (1999). "The Wheelhorse of Steel City". Origins of the Jump Shot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 79–105. ISBN 0-8032-6394-5.
- ↑
- ↑ Known deceased basketball individuals