Ralph Beard
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For the baseball player, see Ralph Beard (baseball).
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| Date of birth | December 2, 1927 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Hardinsburg, Kentucky | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Date of death | November 29, 2007 (aged 79) | |||||||||
| Place of death | Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||||
| High school | Louisville Male | |||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | |||||||||
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| College | Kentucky | |||||||||
| NBA Draft | 1949 / Round: 2 / Pick: 22nd overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the Chicago Stags | ||||||||||
| Pro career | 1949–1951 | |||||||||
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| 1949–1951 | Indianapolis Olympians | |||||||||
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| Points | 2,006 (15.9 ppg) | |||||||||
| Rebounds | 251 (3.8 rpg) | |||||||||
| Assists | 551 (4.4 apg) | |||||||||
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Ralph Milton Beard Jr.[1] (December 2, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. He was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Beard was a member of Adolph Rupp's "Fabulous Five" University of Kentucky basketball team. Taken in the second round of the 1949 NBA draft, Beard played two seasons with the Indianapolis Olympians and averaged 15.9 points and 4.4 assists per game. Following the 1951 season, Beard and teammate Alex Groza were banned from the NBA for life by then-commissioner Maurice Podoloff after the players admitted to point shaving during their college careers. Beard died at his Louisville, Kentucky home in 2007.[2]
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- Ralph Beard profile
- Ralph Beard Info Page at NBA.com
- Ralph Beard at Basketball-Reference.com
- Ralph Beard at Find a Grave
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