Basketball Players at the 1948 Summer Olympics - FM-2030, Don Barksdale, Pat McGeer, Alex Groza, Cliff Barker, Bob Kurland, Giancarlo Primo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 154. Not illustrated. Chapters: Fm-2030, Don Barksdale, Pat Mcgeer, Alex Groza, Cliff Barker, Bob Kurland, Giancarlo Primo, Lauro Mumar, Vince Boryla, Gordon Carpenter, Ralph Beard, Oscar Furlong, Robert Robinson, Algodao, Lew Beck, Robert Pitts, Victorio Cieslinskas, Martin Acosta Y Lara, Andre Buffiere, Nelson Demarco, Kenny Rollins, Rene Chocat, Wallace Jones, Jesse Renick, Ladislav Trpko, Ray Lumpp, Alfredo Da Motta, Adesio Lombardo, Roberto Lovera, Carlos Rosello, Tibor Zsiros, Tibor Mez fi, Leopoldo Contarbio, Alberto Marson, Ruy de Freitas, Massinet Sorcinelli, Affonso Evora, Marcus Vinicius Dias, Pierre Thiolon, Fernand Guillou, Maurice Desaymonnet, Nilton Pacheco, Jacques Perrier, Alexandre Gemignani, Braz, Hossein Saoudipour, Lucien Rebuffic, Maurice Girardot, Yvan Quenin, Raymond Offner, Andre Barrais, Andre Even, Bennie Lands, Rene Derency, Harry Kermode, Michel Bonnevie, Ede Vadaszi, Ignacio Romo Porchas, Reid Mitchell, Dave Campbell, Alexander Eke, Sol Tolchinsky, Eugen Horniak, Murray Waxman, Jozef Kalina, Lionel Price. Excerpt: Donald Angelo "Don" Barksdale (March 31, 1923 March 8, 1993) was a professional basketball player. He was a pioneer with a number of African-American firsts to his credit. Born in Oakland, California, Don Barksdale attended nearby Berkeley High School, where the basketball coach cut him from the team for three-straight years because he wanted no more than one black player. Barksdale honed his playing skills in park basketball and then played for two years for Marin Junior College, across San Francisco Bay, before earning a scholarship to UCLA. A 6'6" center at UCLA, he became the first African American to be named consensus All-American in 1947. Barksdale was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans. In 1948, he was ...