Whitey Von Nieda
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Personal information | |
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Born | Ephrata, Pennsylvania | June 19, 1922
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Ephrata (Ephrata, Pennsylvania) |
College | Penn State (1942–1943) |
Playing career | 1946–1953 |
Position | Guard / Forward |
Number | 6, 4 |
Coaching career | 1950–1979 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1946–1947 | Lancaster Red Roses |
1947–1950 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
1950 | Baltimore Bullets |
1950–1953 | Lancaster Rockets |
As coach: | |
1950–1952 | Elizabethtown |
1950–1953 | Lancaster Red Roses |
1961–1962 | Hazleton Hawks |
1977–1979 | Lancaster Red Roses (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Stanley Lee "Whitey" Von Nieda Jr. (born June 19, 1922) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. He was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
He played basketball at Ephrata High School and Penn State University. Enlisting in the army during World War II, he played with the Fort Benning, Georgia paratroopers. There he led the country, both college and service teams, in scoring with 1062 points in 44 games. After being discharged he played for the Lancaster Red Roses in the Eastern Basketball League where he led that league in scoring, averaging better than 24 points per game.
In 1947 he began playing for the Tri-Cities BlackHawks in the National Basketball League (NBL). While with the Blackhawks he made the All-Rookie team averaging 12 points a game. The team made it to the final round of the playoffs in both of the years he played there. In 1949, the founding year of the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was traded to the Baltimore Bullets where he completed the 1949 and 1950 NBA seasons. In Baltimore he started every game playing both point guard and shooting guard. Whitey was known for his quickness on the court.
After leaving the NBA he coached at Elizabethtown College for two years. In 1952 he became the player/coach of the Lancaster Red Roses for four years making it to the finals three of the four years. Von Nieda was selected to the All-EPBL Second Team in 1951.[1] Again in 1985 he coached Lancaster in the Continental League, these teams were a stepping stone to the NBA. Once again his team made it to the finals. For many years he coached junior teams where he worked with 10- and 12-year-old kids teaching them the fundamentals of basketball.
NBA career statistics[]
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season[]
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1949–50 | Tri-Cities | 26 | .345 | .630 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
1949–50 | Baltimore | 33 | .364 | .638 | 3.2 | 6.2 |
Career | 59 | .357 | .635 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
References[]
- ^ "Stanley Von Nieda minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1922 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players
- Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Point guards
- People from Ephrata, Pennsylvania
- Penn State Nittany Lions basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks players
- United States Army personnel of World War II