Joseph George Smyth (May 22, 1929 – June 10, 1999) was an American

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(NBA) player. He was drafted with the seventy-seventh overall pick in the ninth round of the

1953 NBA draft The 1953 NBA draft was the seventh annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 24, 1953, before the 1953–54 season. In this draft, nine remaining NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college bas ...

by the

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. He made his NBA debut on December 30, 1953 for the Knicks and played eight games with them. Joe finished the 1953-54 NBA season with the Baltimore Bullets averaging career totals of 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smyth, Joe 1929 births 1999 deaths American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players Basketball players from New York City New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball players Small forwards