Nate DeLong

Nate DeLong

No. 21
Center
Personal information
Date of birth	January 5, 1926(1926-01-05)
Date of death	May 5, 2010
Place of death	Duluth, Minnesota
High school	Chippewa Falls High School
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	River Falls State College
NBA Draft	1950 / Round: 9
Selected by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Pro career	1952–1952
Career history
Milwaukee Hawks (1952)
Career statistics
Points	64
Rebounds	31
Assists	14
Stats at NBA.com

Nate DeLong (January 5, 1929 – May 5, 2010) was a center in the National Basketball Association.

Biography

A native of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, DeLong was a long-time resident of Hayward, Wisconsin.^[1] From 1989 to 2008, he served on the Board of Supervisors of Sawyer County, Wisconsin. After serving in aboard the USS Valencia (AKA-81) in the United States Navy during World War II, DeLong married Donna Wells and had two children.

Professional basketball career

DeLong was drafted in the ninth round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.^[2] He later played with the franchise after it moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Moline, Illinois and became the Milwaukee Hawks.

References

1. ^ "River Falls legend DeLong dies". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/93204574.html. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 
2. ^ "Nate DeLong". Basketball-Reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/delonna01.html. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 

Persondata
Name	DeLong, Nate
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 5, 1926
Place of birth
Date of death	May 5, 2010
Place of death	Duluth, Minnesota