For the baseball player, see Ralph Beard (baseball).
Ralph Beard
Personal information
Born
(1927-12-02)December 2, 1927 Hardinsburg, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
November 29, 2007(2007-11-29) (aged 79) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight
175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school
Louisville Male (Louisville, Kentucky)
College
Kentucky (1945–1949)
BAA draft
1949: 2nd round, 22nd overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Stags
Playing career
1949–1951
Position
Guard
Number
12
Career history
1949–1951
Indianapolis Olympians
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1951)
All-NBA First-Team (1951)
2× NCAA champion (1948, 1949)
3× Consensus first-team All-American (1947–1949)
Career statistics
Points
2,006 (15.9 ppg)
Rebounds
251 (3.8 rpg)
Assists
551 (4.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
1948 London
Team competition
Ralph Milton Beard Jr. (December 2, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.[1][2]
He won two NCAA national basketball championships at the University of Kentucky and played two years in the National Basketball Association prior to being barred for life for his participation in the 1951 point shaving scandal.[3]
^Ralph Beard Statistics
^Goldstein, Richard (December 3, 2007). "Ralph Beard, a Star Tarnished by Point Shaving, Is Dead at 79 (Published 2007)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^"Ralph Beard Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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