Career snapshot
6seasons
476games
3,019career pts
8.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Boston Celtics
· 272 games · 1950-51–1953-54
Position rank · 1955-56
#19PPG rank
#19PER rank
#19WS rank
Among 22 Forward players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
9.3
1950-51 · BOS
RPG
8.5
1950-51 · BOS
APG
2.6
1950-51 · BOS
PER
12.7
1951-52 · BOS
WS
3.3
1950-51 · BOS
Draft
1950
Round 2 ·
Pick 0
from Duquesne
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-51 | BOS | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.4 | 0.0 | 75.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 1951-52 | BOS | 66 | 0 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 74.1 | 12.7 | 3.1 |
| 1952-53 | BOS | 70 | 0 | 28.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.7 | 0.0 | 75.8 | 10.1 | 1.7 |
| 1953-54 | BOS | 70 | 0 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.9 | 0.0 | 67.2 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| 1954-55 | ATL | 70 | 0 | 25.0 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.9 | 0.0 | 75.1 | — | — |
| 1955-56 | NBA | 67 | 0 | 17.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.8 | 0.0 | 75.2 | — | — |
| 1955-56 | ATL | 35 | 0 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.7 | 0.0 | 73.8 | — | — |
| 1955-56 | DET | 32 | 0 | 17.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.6 | 0.0 | 77.6 | — | — |
Transfers & team changes
Derived from season-by-season team membership.
| Date | Move | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1955 | Atlanta Hawks | Detroit Pistons | |
| Jul 1954 | Boston Celtics | Atlanta Hawks | |
All entries are season change.
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About Chuck Cooper
Charles Henry Cooper was an American professional basketball player. Cooper played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and was named a consensus second-team All-American in 1950. According to the November 18, 1950 issue of the Afro-American newspaper, he was the first Black "basketer" [sic] to be named an All-American college athlete. Cooper was the first African-American to be drafted by a National Basketball Association (NBA) team; he was chosen by the Boston Celtics with the first pick of the second round of the 1950 NBA Draft. Cooper and two others—Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl L