Personal information | |
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Born | Tulia, Texas | September 3, 1929
Died | May 7, 2009 Fort Worth, Texas | (aged 79)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Alvarado ( Alvarado, Texas) |
College | Texas Tech (1950–1953) |
NBA draft | 1953: 5th round, 35th overall pick |
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets | |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1953 | Baltimore Bullets |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Paul Edward Nolen (September 3, 1929 – May 7, 2009) was an American basketball player. A 6'10" center, [2] Nolen attended Texas Technological College [3] [4] (now Texas Tech University), where he was a three-time all-conference selection in the Border Conference, including first-team honors as a sophomore [5] and senior. [6] In 1951, he won the Border Conference scoring crown after averaging 19.9 points per game. [7] [8] Over his career with the Raiders, he scored 1,306 points. [9]
Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets with the 35th pick in the 1953 NBA draft, he signed with the team during the summer, [10] and appeared in one NBA game for the team on November 7, 1953. Following hs NBA stint, he played for the Washington Generals, [11] the exhibition team that always plays the Harlem Globetrotters. On December 6, 1953, he scored 6 points in the Generals 49–48 win against the Philadelphia Warriors. [12]
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 |
Source [13]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1953–54 | Baltimore | 1 | 2.0 | .000 | – | 1.0 | .0 | .0 |