Don Meineke

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Don Meineke
Personal information
Born(1930-10-30)October 30, 1930
Fort Wayne Pistons
1955–1958Rochester / Cincinnati Royals
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points
2,338 (6.8 ppg)
Rebounds1,626 (4.7 rpg)
Assists433 (1.3 apg)
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Don "Monk" Meineke (October 30, 1930 – September 3, 2013) was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Dayton and was a consensus second-team All-American in 1952. He later played professionally in the National Basketball Association and won the inaugural Rookie of the Year award in 1953.[1][2]

College career

Meineke averaged 20.6 points as a junior for the Dayton Flyers, carrying the team to an NIT runner-up finish in 1951. He averaged 21.1 points per game as a senior and led the team to another second-place finish in the NIT in 1952.[3] Meineke was an AP second-team All-American selection after his senior year.[4]

Professional career

Meineke received the

Fort Wayne Pistons. He led the league in personal fouls and disqualifications the same season. The 26 disqualifications he had in his first year is still the NBA single-season record. His 334 personal fouls in only 68 games gave him an average of more than 4.9 fouls per game.[5]

Meineke played for the

Cincinnati Royals in 1957–58
.

Personal life

Meineke was married to Mary Jane (Hautman) and with her had four children.[2]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1952–53 Fort Wayne 68 33.1 .381 .783 6.9 2.2 10.7
1953–54 Fort Wayne 71 20.9 .344 .805 5.2 1.1 5.7
1954–55 Fort Wayne 68 15.1 .372 .700 3.6 0.9 5.8
1955–56 Rochester 69 18.1 .372 .700 3.6 1.5 7.1
1957–58 Cincinnati 67 11.8 .356 .647 3.4 0.6 4.9
Career 343 19.8 .367 .756 4.7 1.3 6.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1953
 Fort Wayne 8 28.4 .375 .682 3.3 1.3 7.5
1954
 Fort Wayne 4 21.8 .261 .636 3.8 1.5 4.8
1955
 Fort Wayne 11 14.7 .450 .920 4.4 0.8 5.4
1958
 Cincinnati 2 16.0 .091 .750 5.5 0.5 4.0
Career 25 20.3 .351 .750 4.0 1.0 5.8

References

  1. Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^
    Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ Harris, Doug (September 4, 2013), "UD legend Meineke dies", Dayton Daily News, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved September 5, 2013
  4. ^ "Don Meineke, 82, early NBA player, Dayton hoops hero", Chicago Sun-Times, September 5, 2013
  5. ISBN 0-679-43293-0
    .

External links
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