Nationality American Position Guard / Forward Weight 84 kg Pro career 1947–1952 Height 1.88 m | Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg) Role Basketball Player Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Name Carl Meinhold | |
Born March 29, 1926 (age 98) ( 1926-03-29 ) College LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball | ||
Carl Marvin Meinhold (born March 29, 1926) is a former American professional basketball player.
A 6'2" guard/forward from Long Island University, Meinhold played two seasons (1947–1949) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Baltimore Bullets, Chicago Stags, and Providence Steamrollers. He averaged 5.3 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Baltimore in 1948. In 1953-54 he played for the Washington Generals, a team which toured with (and generally lost to) the Harlem Globetrotters.
Meinhold attended Hazleton High School in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, where in 1944 he led the team to a Pennsylvania state title, scoring 25 points in the final.
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