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Corky Devlin
Personal information
Born(1931-12-21)December 21, 1931
Atlantic City, New Jersey
DiedApril 28, 1995(1995-04-28) (aged 63)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolCentral (Newark, New Jersey)
CollegeGeorge Washington (1952–1955)
NBA draft1955: 2nd round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Playing career1955–1958
PositionShooting guard
Number7, 8, 13
Career history
1955–1957Fort Wayne Pistons
1957–1958Minneapolis Lakers
Career NBA statistics
Points1,496 (7.1 ppg)
Rebounds449 (2.1 rpg)
Assists446 (2.1 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Walter James "Corky" Devlin (December 21, 1931 – April 28, 1995) was an American professional basketball player. He played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with two different teams: two seasons with the Fort Wayne Pistons (1955–56 and 1956–57) and one with the Minneapolis Lakers (1957–58). He played in 210 games, averaging 7.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

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
 *  Led the league

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1955–56 Fort Wayne 69 22.2 .370 .760 2.5 2.0 7.9
1956–57 Fort Wayne 71 17.5 .378 .678 2.1 2.0 6.7
1957–58 Minneapolis 70 17.8 .348 .773 1.9 2.4 6.8
Career 210 19.2 .366 .742 2.1 2.1 7.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1956 Fort Wayne 10* 27.5 .406 .600 2.1 2.3 9.7
1957 Fort Wayne 1 25.0 .750 1.000 5.0 5.0 13.0
Career 11 27.3 .431 .615 2.4 2.5 10.0

References

  1. ^ "Corky Devlin NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. John Grasso, Robert Bradley, Bill Hoover, David Bender and Frank Lawler. "Known Deceased Basketball Individuals". APBR.org. Retrieved March 13, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

1955 NBA draft
Territorial pick
First round
Second round


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