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John Pritchard (basketball)

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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
John Pritchard

Career start
  
1949

Pro career
  
1949–19??

Weight
  
100 kg


Listed weight
  
220 lb (100 kg)

Height
  
2.06 m

Listed height
  
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Role
  
Basketball player

Position
  
Center

Born
  
January 23, 1927 Minneapolis, Minnesota (
1927-01-23
)

High school
  
South (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

NBA draft
  
1949 / Round: 7 / Pick:

Died
  
August 3, 2012, Fridley, Minnesota, United States

College
  
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

John David Pritchard (January 23, 1927 – August 3, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. Pritchard was selected in the seventh round of the 1949 BAA Draft by the St. Louis Bombers after a collegiate career at Drake. He played for the Waterloo Hawks for seven total games in 1949. He then spent time playing for the Washington Generals, the traveling exhibition team who always play, and lose to, the Harlem Globetrotters.

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