Joe Lord
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1922 |
| Died | December 1986 (aged 63–64) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Norristown (Norristown, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Villanova (1941–1943, 1945–1947) |
| NBA draft | 1947: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1947–1951 |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 1947 | Rochester Royals |
| 1947–1951 | Reading Keys / Rangers |
| 1950–1951 | Pottsville Packers |
| 1951–1952 | Lancaster Rockets |
| Career highlights | |
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Joseph Thomas Lord Jr. (December 28, 1922 – December 1986) was an American professional basketball player.[1] He played for the Rochester Royals for four games in the National Basketball League during the 1947–48 season and averaged 1.5 points per game.[1][2][3] He also played in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL), where he was selected as a member of the All-EPBL First Team in 1949.[4] Lord won an EPBL championship with the Reading Keys in 1948.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Joseph Lord NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Joe Lord". Peach Basket Society. May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Joseph Lord Statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Joe Lord minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ↑ "1947-48 Reading Keys Statistics". Stats Crwe. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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- 1922 births
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- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- American military personnel of World War II
- Guards (basketball)
- Rochester Royals players
- Sportspeople from Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Basketball players from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Pottsville Packers players
- Villanova Wildcats men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs