Howard Dallmar (May 24, 1922 – December 19, 1991) was an American professional
basketball player and coach.
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from San Francisco, California, Dallmar played collegiately at
Stanford University
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. He led Stanford to the
1942 NCAA Championship, earning
Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. After transferring to Penn, he was an
All-American selection in 1945.
From 1946 to 1949, he played professionally for the
Philadelphia Warriors
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of the
Basketball Association of America
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(a forerunner to the NBA). Dallmar was the third leading scorer (behind
Joe Fulks and
Angelo Musi) on the team which won the
1947 BAA Championship. In the
1947–48 season, Dallmar led the BAA in total assists
and was named to the
All-BAA First Team.
Dallmar coached the
University of Pennsylvania basketball team from 1948 to 1954, before returning to Stanford as head basketball coach in 1954. He remained at Stanford for 21 seasons, compiling a 256–264 record. He died of
congestive heart failure in 1991.
BAA career statistics
Regular season
Playoffs
Head coaching record
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Professional statistics
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1922 births
1991 deaths
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