Back دون باركسدال Arabic دون باركسدال ARZ Don Barksdale German Don Barksdale Spanish دان باکسدل Persian Don Barksdale Finnish Don Barksdale French דון בארקסדייל HE Դոն Բարքսդեյլ Armenian Don Barksdale Italian
 Barksdale, circa 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 31, 1923 Oakland, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 8, 1993 (aged 69) Oakland, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Berkeley (Berkeley, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BAA draft | 1947: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1948–1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6, 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1949 | Oakland Bittners | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Oakland Blue n' Gold Atlas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1955 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Points | 2,895 (11.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 2,088 (8.0 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 549 (2.1 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Argee Barksdale (March 31, 1923 – March 8, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.