Noble Jorgensen

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Noble Jorgensen
Personal information
Born(1925-05-18)May 18, 1925
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
)
College
  • Westminster
    (1943–1945)
  • Iowa (1945–1947)
Playing career1947–1953
Position
Syracuse Nationals
Career highlights and awards
Career BAA and NBA statistics
Point
2,363 (8.8 ppg)
Rebounds862
Assists915 (1.2 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Noble Gordon "Jorgy" Jorgensen (May 18, 1925 – November 2, 1982) was an American professional basketball player. He was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. He was a member of Portland's first professional basketball championship when Portland Indians won the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League in 1948.[1][2] He retired from professional basketball following the 1952–53 NBA season.[3]

He played high school basketball for

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4][5]

Personal life

Jorgensen was the brother of former

NBA player Roger Jorgensen[6] and Byron Jorgensen who played college basketball for Ohio.[7]

Death

Jorgensen died in Minneapolis in 1982 due to an aortic aneurysm.[8]

BAA/NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1946–47 Pittsburgh 15 .223 .640 .3 4.4
1949–50 Sheboygan 54 .353 .766 1.7 13.0
1950–51 Tri-Cities 22 .366 .706 5.1 1.2 11.2
1950–51 Syracuse 41 .376 .675 5.5 1.6 9.3
1951–52 Syracuse 66 20.0 .413 .797 4.4 1.0 8.0
1952–53 Syracuse 70 19.4 .333 .734 3.4 1.1 6.2
Career 268 19.7 .360 .742 4.3 1.2 8.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1949–50 Sheboygan 3 .386 .600 2.7 17.3
1950–51 Syracuse 7 .416 .636 3.0 1.0 7.1
1951–52 Syracuse 7 21.4 .365 .742 3.9 .7 8.7
1952–53 Syracuse 2 22.0 .556 .667 5.0 1.5 7.0
Career 19 21.6 .399 .663 3.6 1.2 9.3

References

  1. ^ Brian Gaynor (25 October 2012). "Portland's first pro basketball title still has some buzzing". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ Brian Gaynor (28 October 2012). "Eugene's Ty Lovelace and other Oregonians played key roles on Portland's first pro basketball championship team in 1948". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. Newspapers.com.Open access icon

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