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American basketball player (1928–2018)

Ralph O'Brien
Personal information
Born(1928-04-08)April 8, 1928
Henshaw, Kentucky
DiedAugust 22, 2018(2018-08-22) (aged 90)
Clearwater Beach, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolGeorge Washington
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
CollegeButler (1946–1950)
NBA draft1950: 6th round, 68th overall pick
Selected by the Indianapolis Olympians
Playing career1951–1953
PositionPoint guard
Number6, 20
Career history
1950-1951Grand Rapids Hornets
1951Waterloo Hawks
1951–1952Indianapolis Olympians
1952–1953Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× First-team All-MAC (1947–1950)
Career NBA statistics
Points848 (7.1 ppg)
Rebounds192 (1.6 rpg)
Assists180 (1.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ralph E. "Buckshot" O'Brien (April 8, 1928 – August 22, 2018) was an American professional basketball player.

A 5'9" point guard from Butler University, O'Brien played two seasons (1951–1953) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Indianapolis Olympians and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 7.1 points per game in his NBA career.

O'Brien was the last Butler product to appear in an NBA game for more than a half-century, before the 2010 arrival of Gordon Hayward.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1951–52 Indianapolis 64 24.6 .372 .819 1.9 1.9 9.0
1952–53 Indianapolis 34 15.5 .311 .877 1.5 1.0 5.1
Fort Wayne 7 7.1 .417 .600 .0 .6 3.3
Baltimore 14 13.0 .375 .818 1.4 1.2 5.1
Career 199 19.6 .360 .830 1.6 1.5 7.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1952 Indianapolis 2 24.5 .455 1.000 1.5 1.5 7.5
1953 Baltimore 1 18.0 .000 1.000 1.0 .0 2.0
Career 3 22.3 .385 1.000 1.3 1.0 5.7

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ralph O'Brien NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  2. "Ralph O'Brien NBA stats". StatMuse. Retrieved August 18, 2023.


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