- Woody Sauldsberry
Woodrow "Woody" Sauldsberry Jr. (
July 11 ,1935 inWinnsboro, Louisiana - September 2007) was an American formerNational Basketball Association player.Sauldsberry graduated from Compton Union High School where he was the star of his basketball team and then went on to attend
Texas Southern University . In 1957, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors (now the Golden State Warriors). The following year in 1958, he was named the league's Rookie of the Year — the secondAfrican American ever to win the award. In 1959, he played in the NBA All-Star Game. Later in his career he played for the St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs, andBoston Celtics .During the 1950s Sauldsberry was part of the
Harlem Globetrotters .References
* [http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3511 Life and Basketball: The Redemption of Woody Sauldsberry]
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SAULDWO01 Woody Sauldsberry statistics] provided by BasketballReference.com
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