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Frank Carl Kudelka (June 25, 1925 – May 4, 1993), nicknamed Apples, was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. In his first two years at Saint Mary's College of California, Kudelka averaged 18.1 points per game. Once the shotclock was introduced to college basketball in his junior season, Frank averaged 20.4 points per game. He was the nation's fourth leading scorer. As a senior at Saint Mary's, Frank averaged 16.2 points per game.[1] He was also named an All-American basketball player by the Helms Foundation after his senior season.[2] Frank made his NBA debut in the 1949-50 NBA season for the Chicago Stags. In his first NBA season, Frank averaged 6.7 points and 2.0 assists per game. Frank played four seasons in the NBA with the Stags, Washington Capitols, Boston Celtics, Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia Warriors. In his NBA career, Frank averaged 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.[3]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1949–50 Chicago 65 .326 .636 2.0 6.7
1950–51 Washington/Boston 62 .346 .697 2.5 1.7 7.1
1951–52 Baltimore 65 24.4 .332 .767 4.2 2.8 9.3
1952–53 Baltimore 16 14.2 .333 .639 2.7 1.8 4.9
1952–53 Philadelphia 20 17.0 .284 .656 2.3 2.1 4.2
Career 228 21.3 .331 .708 3.2 2.1 7.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1950 Chicago 2 .200 .500 2.0 2.5
1951 Boston 1 .500 .000 5.0 2.0 4.0
Career 3 .286 .200 5.0 2.0 3.0

References

  1. ^ "#8 - Frank "Apples" Kudelka". smcgaels.cstv.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Kilwein, Richard. "Little known Saint Mary's All-American fact". smcgaels.worldpress.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Frank Kudelka NBA statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.


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