November 19, 1952 Baltimore Bullets Philadelphia Warriors & Boston Celtics Milwaukee Hawks Multi-Signed AUTO basketball program /w Don Barksdale HOF

This program features a doubleheader played in Baltimore.  The Baltimore Bullets would beat the Warriors 106-89.  Bullets pts leaders included: Fred Scolari 24 points with 14 assists, Stan Miasek 22, and Don Barksdale with 17. In this losing effort for the Warriors, Don Lofgran put up 23 and future Basketball HOFer, Neil Johnston had 13 points.

Boston blew out the Hawks in the second game 91-77.  Bob Cousy led the charge with 24, Bill Sharman 17, Ed Macauley 16, and Chuck Cooper with 11 points.  The Hawks futile effort was led by Don Boven with 19.
There are 10 autographs on the program in pencil and ink.  Autographs include:

Jim Baechtold – (D. 2011) first round pick – 2nd pick overall out of the 1952 NBA draft (Eastern Kentucky).  He played in the NBA for the Bullets and the Knicks and later became head coach at his alma mater.

Don Barksdale –(D 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 an National Basketball Association All-Star Game. After college, he played for the Oakland AAU team until the NBA began to integrate. While playing professional basketball, he started a career in radio broadcasting. In 1948, he became the first black radio disc jockey in the San Francisco Bay area. He also worked in television and owned a beer distributorship. He became the first African-American beer distributor and the first African-American television host in the Bay area with a show called Sepia Review on KRON-TV. In 1951, he signed a lucrative contract with the Baltimore Bullets and entered the NBA as a 28-year-old rookie. He would be one of the first African-Americans to play in the NBA after Nathaniel Clifton, Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Hank DeZonie had joined the league in 1950. While with the Bullets, he became the first African-American to appear in an NBA All-Star Game, in 1953. Shortly afterward, he was traded to the Boston Celtics. Two years later, his playing career was cut short by ankle injuries.

Clair Bee (d. 1983) head coach and future Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer – signed TWICE

Don Henriksen (D. 2008) power forward out of Cal who played for the Bullets and Rochester Royals.

George McLeod – forward out of TCU who played his lone season in Baltimore.

Ed Miller – (D. 2014) played his college ball at Syracuse and spent a few years in the NBA with the Milwaukee Hawks and Bullets.

Fred Scolari (D. 2002) Though he was blind in one eye, deaf in one ear and often overweight, "Fat Freddie" excelled in basketball at Galileo High School and the University of San Francisco. In 1946, he joined the Washington Capitols of the Basketball Association of America (now the NBA) at the start of a nine-year (1946–1955) professional career with the Capitols, Syracuse Nationals, Baltimore Bullets, Fort Wayne Pistons and Boston Celtics. He was one of the last two NBA players who played in its predecessor BAA from its inception in 1946 to retire.
Scolari became known for his unorthodox, yet effective, shooting style, in which he released the ball from his hip. He led the BAA in free-throw percentage for the 1946–47 BAA season. He was also a well-regarded defender, and was voted to the All-BAA Second Team in 1947 and 1948.

Kevin O’Shea – (D. 2003) All-American out Notre Dame who played for the Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, and Bullets

All pages intact and in nice shape (some wear from handling).  Some tough autographs on this one of a kind piece!

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November 19, 1952 Baltimore Bullets Philadelphia Warriors & Boston Celtics Milwaukee Hawks Multi-Signed AUTO basketball program /w Don Barksdale HOF