Ray Lumpp
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| Born | July 11, 1923 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 16, 2015 (aged 91) Mineola, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Newtown (Queens, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | NYU (1942–1943, 1946–1948) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1948: 2nd round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Indianapolis Jets | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1948–1953 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 40, 7, 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1948–1949 | Indianapolis Jets | ||||||||||||||
| 1949–1952 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||
| Career BAA and NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 2,462 (8.2 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 391 (2.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 654 (2.2 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
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Raymond George Lumpp (July 11, 1923 – January 16, 2015) was an American professional basketball player.
Lumpp was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens. He played college basketball for New York University, and was on the team that made it to the finals of the 1948 NIT tournament.[1] Lumpp competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics as part of the American men's basketball team that won the gold medal.[2] From 1948 to 1953 Lumpp played professionally for the NBA's New York Knicks, Indianapolis Jets, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 12.7 points per game in his rookie season.
Following his basketball career, Lumpp served as athletic director of the New York Athletic Club and ran the club's annual track and field meet during the 1960s.[1] He later organized the Vitalis Olympic Invitational indoor meet held at the Meadowlands.[3] He died in Mineola, New York in January 2015.[1]
BAA/NBA career statistics
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| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | ||
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | ||
Regular season
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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| 1948–49 | Indianapolis | 37 | – | .331 | .754 | – | 3.4 | 12.2 |
| 1948–49 | New York | 24 | – | .376 | .804 | – | 1.4 | 13.5 |
| 1949–50 | New York | 58 | – | .322 | .796 | – | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| 1950–51 | New York | 64 | – | .404 | .775 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 6.7 |
| 1951–52 | New York | 62 | 21.2 | .387 | .756 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
| 1952–53 | New York | 6 | 16.5 | .267 | 1.000 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| 1952–53 | Baltimore | 49 | 27.0 | .378 | .727 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 10.2 |
| Career | 300 | 23.4 | .366 | .767 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 8.2 | |
Playoffs
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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| 1949 | New York | 6 | – | .288 | .771 | – | 1.8 | 11.5 |
| 1950 | New York | 5 | – | .556 | .667 | – | .6 | 4.4 |
| 1951 | New York | 13 | – | .358 | .870 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
| 1952 | New York | 12 | 16.2 | .245 | .920 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| 1953 | Baltimore | 2 | 37.5 | .212 | .700 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 10.5 |
| Career | 38 | 19.2 | .307 | .823 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 6.0 | |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1923 births
- 2015 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Burials at Locust Valley Cemetery
- Indianapolis Jets draft picks
- Indianapolis Jets players
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- New York Knicks players
- NYU Violets men's basketball players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Point guards
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- Basketball players from Brooklyn
- United States men's national basketball team players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs
- American Olympic medalist stubs