Paul Cloyd

Paul Cloyd
Personal information
Born (1920-06-13)June 13, 1920
Madison, Wisconsin
Died December 28, 2005(2005-12-28) (aged 85)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College Wisconsin
NBA draft 1947 / Round: -- / Pick: --
Selected by the Washington Capitols
Playing career 1947–1951
Position Guard / Small forward
Career history
1947–1949 Sheboygan Redskins (NBL)
1949–1950 Baltimore Bullets
1950 Waterloo Hawks
1950–1951 Kansas City Hi-Spots (NPBL)
Career NBA statistics
Points 19 (2.7 ppg)
Assists 2 (0.3 apg)
Games played 7
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Paul V. Cloyd (June 13, 1920 – December 28, 2005) was an American basketball player.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin,[1] he played collegiately for the University of Wisconsin.

He was selected by the Washington Capitols in the 1947 BAA Draft.

Cloyd, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard-forward, began his professional career with the National Basketball League's Sheboygan Red Skins during the 1947-48 season, when he finished second on the team in scoring to NBL rookie of the year and league first-team pick Mike Todorovich with 555 points in 60 games. In 1948-49, he scored 336 points in 56 games for Sheboygan, which finished with a 35-29 record and advanced to the NBL playoffs.

After the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America on August 3, 1949, Cloyd played for the Baltimore Bullets and Waterloo Hawks in the NBA for seven games.

In 1950-51, Cloyd became player-coach of the Kansas City Hi-Spots in the ill-fated National Professional Basketball League, an organization that dissolved after one season. He led the team in scoring with 243 points in 23 games, but he relinquished his coaching duties on December 4, 1950. He continued as a player, and the Hi-Spots finished with a 4-19 record, last in the four-team Western division. Kansas City, which played its games at the old Pla-Mor Arena, dropped out of the league before the season ended.

References

  1. "Obituary". Wisconsin Times. Retrieved May 2, 2016.


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