Paul Cloyd

Paul Cloyd
Personal information
Born(1920-06-13)June 13, 1920
Madison, Wisconsin
DiedDecember 28, 2005(2005-12-28) (aged 85)
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolBaraboo (Baraboo, Wisconsin)
NBA draft1947: – round, –
Selected by the Washington Capitols
Playing career1947–1951
PositionGuard / small forward
Career history
1947–1949Sheboygan Redskins
1949Baltimore Bullets
1950Waterloo Hawks
1950–1951Kansas City Hi-Spots
Career NBA statistics
Points19 (2.7 ppg)
Assists2 (0.3 apg)
Games played7
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Paul V. Cloyd (June 13, 1920 – December 28, 2005) was an American basketball player. Born in Madison, Wisconsin,[1] he played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin. He was selected by the Washington Capitols in the 1947 BAA draft, but never played for the team.

Cloyd, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard-forward, began his professional career with the National Basketball League's Sheboygan Red Skins during the 1947–48 season, when he finished second on the team in scoring to the NBL rookie of the year and league first-team pick Mike Todorovich with 555 points in 60 games. In 1948–49, he scored 336 points in 56 games for Sheboygan, which finished with a 35–29 record and advanced to the NBL playoffs.

After the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America on August 3, 1949, Cloyd played for the Baltimore Bullets and Waterloo Hawks in the NBA for seven games during the 1949–50 season.

In 1950–51, Cloyd became player-coach of the Kansas City Hi-Spots in the ill-fated National Professional Basketball League, an organization that dissolved after one season. He led the team in scoring with 243 points in 23 games, but he relinquished his coaching duties on December 4, 1950. He continued as a player, and the Hi-Spots finished with a 4–19 record, last in the four-team Western division. Kansas City, which played its games at the old Pla-Mor Arena, dropped out of the league before the season ended.

NBA career statistics

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

Regular season

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Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1949–50 Baltimore 3 .125 1.000 0.3 1.7
1949–50 Waterloo 4 .333 .400 0.3 3.5
Career 7 .269 .625 0.3 2.7

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary". Wisconsin Times. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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