Ralph Beard
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Personal information | ||||||||||
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Born | Hardinsburg, Kentucky |
December 2, 1927|||||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Louisville, Kentucky |
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Nationality | American | |||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | |||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||
High school | Louisville Male (Louisville, Kentucky) | |||||||||
College | Kentucky (1945–1949) | |||||||||
NBA draft | 1949 / Round: 2 | |||||||||
Selected by the Chicago Stags | ||||||||||
Playing career | 1949–1951 | |||||||||
Position | Guard | |||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||
1949–1951 | Indianapolis Olympians | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||
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Career statistics | ||||||||||
Points | 2,006 (15.9 ppg) | |||||||||
Rebounds | 251 (3.8 rpg) | |||||||||
Assists | 551 (4.4 apg) | |||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||
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Ralph Milton Beard Jr. (December 2, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.[1]
Biography
Beard was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. He was a member of Adolph Rupp's "Fabulous Five" University of Kentucky basketball team, with Alex Groza, Wallace Jones, Cliff Barker, and Kenny Rollins. Beard won a gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics with the Fabulous Five and the Phillips 66ers.
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.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ Ralph Beard Statistics
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Former UK star Ralph Beard, part of a college basketball point-shaving scandal, dies at 79 - NCAA Basketball - Yahoo! Sports
External links
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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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- 1927 births
- 2007 deaths
- Banned National Basketball Association players
- Basketball players at the 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- College basketball controversies in the United States
- Chicago Stags draft picks
- Guards (basketball)
- Indianapolis Olympians players
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- National Basketball Association All-Stars
- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- People from Hardinsburg, Kentucky
- Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Louisville Male High School alumni