Joe Smyth (basketball)

Joseph George Smyth (May 22, 1929 – June 10, 1999) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He was drafted with the seventy-seventh overall pick in the ninth round of the 1953 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. He made his NBA debut on December 30, 1953 for the Knicks and played eight games with them. Joe finished the 1953-54 NBA season with the Baltimore Bullets averaging career totals of 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.[1]

Joe Smyth
Personal information
Born(1929-05-22)May 22, 1929
DiedJune 10, 1999(1999-06-10) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
CollegeNiagara (1948–1951)
NBA draft1953 / Round: 9 / Pick: 77th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
PositionSmall forward
Number17
Career history
1953–1954New York Knicks
1954Baltimore Bullets
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

References

  1. "Joe Smyth NBA statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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