Dean White (basketball)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Malta, Ohio | May 30, 1923
Died | June 24, 1992 Mohave County, Arizona | (aged 69)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Salem Community (Salem, Illinois) |
College | Valparaiso (1946–1947) |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
1947 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
1947–1948 | Seattle Athletics |
1948–1949 | Vancouver Hornets |
Dean William Wendell "Donk" White (May 30, 1923 – June 24, 1992) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played for half of one season at Valparaiso University before he left school to play professionally.[3] He then played in the National Basketball League for the Sheboygan Red Skins in five games during the 1946–47 season and averaged 4.2 points per game.[1][4] White also spent two seasons in the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dean White NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ a b "Dean White". Peach Basket Society. April 21, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Salem Wildcat Sports Hall of Fame". SalemWildcatHallOfFame.com. Salem Community High School. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Dean White Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1992 deaths
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Forwards (basketball)
- People from Malta, Ohio
- Sheboygan Red Skins players
- Valparaiso Beacons men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs