Boris Alexander Nachamkin (December 6, 1933 – February 14, 2018) was an American professional
basketball player.
Nachamkin was born in
Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was Jewish. He played basketball for
Thomas Jefferson High School. He then played college basketball for the
New York University Violets men's basketball team.
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He played in the ]1953 Maccabiah Games
Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 23 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games, held September 20 to 29, in 18 branches of sports.
Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi opened the Games at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, in f ...
in Israel, winning a gold medal with the US team.1954 NBA draft
The 1954 NBA draft was the eighth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 24, 1954, before the 1954–55 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball pla ...
(second round, 16th overall) by the Rochester Royals.[ He played for the Royals in ]1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
as a forward and averaged 3.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per contest in six career games.[
]
Career statistics
NBA
Source[
]
Regular season
See also
* List of select Jewish basketball players
References
External links
JewsinSports.org – Boris Nachamkin
TheDraftReview entry
1933 births
2018 deaths
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Brooklyn
Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Jewish American basketball players
Jews from New York (state)
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball
NYU Violets men's basketball players
Rochester Royals draft picks
Rochester Royals players
Small forwards
Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn) alumni
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