Davage T. Minor (February 23, 1922 – March 14, 1998)[1] was a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[2] He played with the Baltimore Bullets before being traded along with Stan Miasek to the Milwaukee Hawks for Don Boven, Pete Darcey and George McLeod. He began his college career at Toledo, it was interrupted by World War II; following the war, he enrolled at UCLA. In 1947–1948, Minor was honored as an All-Conference guard basketball player at UCLA. His full name was Davage Minor, but Gary, Indiana sportswriters called him "The Wheelhorse of Steel City." He began shooting the first jumpers seen around the Great Lakes in December 1937 in his high school gym in Gary. By 1941, the shot was so unstoppable he used it to take the Froebel High School Blue Devils all the way to the Final Four of the Indiana state tournament, the "mother of them all." Eventually, he starred with the old Oakland Bittners of the AAU, and he was one of the first five African Americans signed in the NBA.[3][4] Minor died in 1998.[5]

Dave Minor

Personal information
Born	(1922-02-23)February 23, 1922 Rulesville, Missouri
Died	March 14, 1998(1998-03-14) (aged 76)
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Froebel (Gary, Indiana)
College	Toledo (1942–1943) UCLA (1946–1948)
Playing career	1951–1953
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Number	10, 8
Career history
1951–1953	Baltimore Bullets
1953	Milwaukee Hawks
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American – SN (1943) 2× First-team All-PCC (1947, 1948)
Career statistics
Points	877 (7.6 ppg)
Rebounds	527 (4.5 rpg)
Assists	288 (2.5 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

In December 2019, he was announced as a member of the 2020 Class in the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[6]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com 

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