Art Spector

Arthur Edward "Art" Spector (nicknamed "Speed";[1] 17 October 1920 – 18 June 1987) was an American basketball player. He played as a forward for the Boston Celtics from 1946 to 1950.

Art Spector
Spector in 1948
Personal information
Born(1920-10-17)October 17, 1920
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 18, 1987(1987-06-18) (aged 66)
New York City, New York
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolWest Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CollegeVillanova (1940–1941)
Playing career1946–1950
PositionForward
Number12
Career history
1946–1950Boston Celtics
Career statistics
Points852
Assist143
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Biography

Spector was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and West Philadelphia was his hometown.[2][3] He was Jewish.[2][3] His grandson is American former soccer player Jonathan Spector.[4][5]

Spector attended and played basketball first at West Philadelphia High School where he was team captain. He then played basketball at Villanova University, from which he graduated in 1941.[6][7][8][9][10]

He was the first player ever to be signed by the Boston Celtics.[9][11] Later, he was a scout for the Celtics.[12] He played as a forward for the Celtics from 1946 to 1950.[9]

He lived later in Newtown, Connecticut.[13]

BAA/NBA career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 FT%  Free-throw percentage  APG  Assists per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season
Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1946–47 Boston 55.267.553.86.0
1947–48 Boston 48.276.652.44.0
1948–49 Boston 59.300.5521.35.5
1949–50 Boston 7.167.250.4.7
Career 169.280.575.85.0

Playoffs
Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1948 Boston 3.222.500.02.0
Career 3.222.500.02.0

References
  1. "These are (pretty much) all the nicknames in NBA history". February 25, 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2010-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Charles Rosen. The Chosen Game: A Jewish Basketball History U of Nebraska Press, 2017.
  4. "World Cup / Meet America's Jewish players". Haaretz.com.
  5. "Two Jewish SoCal Soccer Players Head for World Cup". Jewish Journal. June 8, 2010.
  6. "The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware on February 3, 1938 · Page 8". Newspapers.com.
  7. PaganoCORRESPONDENT, Rich. "Sports Flashback: Referee Pete D'Ambrosio a part of NBA history". Delco News Network.
  8. "Art Spector Player Profile, Boston Celtics, NBA Stats, NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  9. "Celtics Forgotten 50: Part 1 — The Early Years". RSN.
  10. "ART SPECTOR".
  11. Neil Singelais. "Art Spector, first player signed to play for Celtics; at 70". Boston Globe. June 20, 1987. Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
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