Ray Lumpp
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born |
July 11, 1923 Brooklyn, New York | |||||||||||||
| Died |
January 16, 2015 (aged 91) Mineola, New York | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| 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 / Round: -- / Pick: -- | |||||||||||||
| Selected by the Indianapolis Jets | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1948–1953 | |||||||||||||
| Position | 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) | |||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
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Raymond George "Ray" Lumpp (July 11, 1923 – January 16, 2015) was an American professional basketball player.
Lumpp was born in Brooklyn, New York City 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
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 1 2 3 Goldstein, Richard (January 16, 2015), "Ray Lumpp, Who Played for Knicks and Ran a Track Meet, Dies at 91", The New York Times
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ray Lumpp Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ↑ "Bill Shannon Biographical Dictionary of New York Sports: Ray Lumpp".