Frank Brian

infobox NBA Player
name = Frank "Frankie" Brian
nickname = "Flash"


position = Guard
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1
weight_lbs = 180
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1923|5|1|mf=y
birth_place = Zachary, Louisiana
death_date =
college = Louisiana State
draft =
team =
career_start = 1949
career_end = 1956
former_teams = Anderson Packers (1949–50)
Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1950–51)
Ft. Wayne Pistons (1951–56)
awards =

Frank Sands Brian (b. May 1, 1923 in Zachary, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player.

A 6’1” guard from Louisiana State University, Brian signed with the Anderson Packers of the National Basketball League in 1947. He scored 2,442 points in three seasons with the Packers, then joined the Chicago Stags of the NBA when the Packers franchise folded in 1949. The Stags quickly traded Brian to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, whom Brian represented as an NBA All-Star in 1951.

Brian also earned All-NBA Second Teams honors in 1951 after averaging 16.8 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds. In May 1951, the Blackhawks traded Brian to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Howie Schultz and Dick Mehen. Brian had five productive seasons with the Pistons, who went to the NBA Championships in 1955 and 1956, and he retired in 1956 with 6,663 combined NBL/NBA career points.

External links

*basketball-reference|id=b/brianfr01|name=Frankie Brian