Don Beery
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1920 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Died | April 2, 2016 (aged 96) Tucson, Arizona |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | South Side (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 1940–1941 | Fort Wayne |
| 1941–1942 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
Donald Patterson Beery (February 23, 1920 – April 2, 2016) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in the National Basketball League during the 1941–42 season and averaged 0.7 points per game.[1][3]
He served in the Army during World War II and earned the Silver Star with arrowhead, Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart with 2 Oak Clusters.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Don Beery NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ "Don Beery". Peach Basket Society. December 2, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ "Virgil Batterman Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ Obiturary. Apr. 17, 2016. Fort Wayne Newspapers. Legacy.com. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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- 1920 births
- 2016 deaths
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Guards (basketball)
- Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons players
- Recipients of the Silver Star
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs