Jake Carter (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Larue, Texas | July 25, 1924
Died | April 17, 2012 Lubbock, Texas | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Texas A&M–Commerce |
NBA draft | 1948: – round, – |
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets | |
Playing career | 1948–1951 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Career history | |
1948–1949 | Hammond Calumet Buccaneers |
1949–1950 | Denver Nuggets |
1950 | Anderson Packers |
1950–1951 | Kansas City Hi-Spots |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 82 (3.4 ppg) |
Assists | 24 (1.0 apg) |
Games played | 24 |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
John D. "Jake" Carter (July 25, 1924 – April 17, 2012[1]) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for East Texas State University. He was then selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1948 BAA Draft. He later played with the Denver Nuggets and Anderson Packers (1949–50) in the NBA for 24 games.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
References
- ^ SIMNACHER, JOE (20 April 2012). "Jake Carter, longtime Adamson High basketball coach and math teacher, dies at 87". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2012 deaths
- Anderson Packers players
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) draft picks
- Denver Nuggets (1948–1950) players
- Hammond Calumet Buccaneers players
- Texas A&M–Commerce Lions men's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Power forwards (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs