Don Barksdale
Center, Basketball Player
1923 – 1993
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Who was Don Barksdale?
Donald Argee "Don" Barksdale was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in an National Basketball Association All-Star Game. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Mar 31, 1923
Oakland - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Berkeley High School
- Lived in
- Oakland
- Died
- Mar 8, 1993
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on July 23, 2013
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