Nationality American 1946–1947 Detroit Falcons Height 1.98 m Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Name Harold Johnson Weight 109 kg | Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg) Role Basketball Player Position Center Number 8, 33 Died September 17, 1999 | |
Born January 30, 1920
Richmond, Indiana ( 1920-01-30 ) College Indiana State Sycas men's basketball (1939–1942) | ||
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Harold H. Johnson (January 30, 1920 – September 17, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Detroit Falcons in the first year of the league's existence (1946–47) and averaged 0.6 points per game. At the end of the season, he joined the Kansas City Blues of the Professional Basketball League of America and played for the team during the league's only season in 1947–48.
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A three-year letterman for the Indiana State Sycamores, "Big Stoop" led the Sycamores to the 3rd round of the 1942 NAIA Tournament. The "Fightin' Trees' dropped a close game to the eventual champions, the Hamline Pipers.
Following World War II, he joined his former college coach Glenn Curtis in the BAA with the Detroit Falcons.