Harold Johnson (basketball)

Harold Johnson
Personal information
Born (1920-01-30)January 30, 1920
Richmond, Indiana
Died September 17, 1999(1999-09-17) (aged 79)
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College Indiana State (1939–1942)
Position Center
Number 8, 33
Career history
1946–1947 Detroit Falcons
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Harold H. Johnson (January 30, 1920 – September 17, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.[1] He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Detroit Falcons in the first year of the league's existence (1946–47) and averaged 0.6 points per game.[1]

A three-year letterman for the Indiana State Sycamores, "Big Stoop" led the Sycamores to the 3rd round of the 1942 NAIA Tourney. The "Fightin' Trees' dropped a close game to the eventual champions, the Hamline Pipers.

Following World War II, he joined his former college coach Glenn Curtis in the NBA with the Detroit Falcons.

References

  1. 1 2 "Harold Johnson NBA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
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