Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Name Don Bielke Career end 1956 Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg) Role Basketball Player Education Valparaiso University | College Valparaiso (1951–1953) Weight 109 kg Position Center Pro career 1955–1956 Career start 1955 | |
High school Wilson (Saint Paul, Minnesota) NBA draft 1954 / Round: 8 / Pick: 67th overall | ||
Donald P. "Don" Bielke (born 1932) is a retired American basketball player.
He played collegiately for the Valparaiso University.
He was selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 8th round (67th pick overall) of the 1954 NBA draft.
He played for the Fort Wayne Pistons (1955–56) in the NBA for 7 games.
After his NBA playing days, Bielke went on to coach basketball at California Concordia College for 16 years, and at California Lutheran University for another ten, winning over 550 games in his collegiate coaching career. He also was a professor in the kinesiology department.
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