John Rudometkin

John Rudometkin (June 6, 1940 – August 4, 2015) was an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the second round as the 11th pick in the 1962 NBA draft by the Knicks and spent three seasons playing in the league.

College Before attending the University of Southern California, Rudometkin spent one year playing basketball at Allan Hancock College, a junior college located in his hometown of Santa Maria, California. He averaged 18.2 points per game (ppg) in 30 games during the 1958–59 season. In 1961, he led the Trojans to an outright conference title, which through 2009–10 remains their most recent outright conference championship. He spent years in treatment, which caused total hair loss, temporary paralysis and the need to learn to walk all over again. Rudometkin eventually went into remission and cited both medicine and his faith as reasons why he was able to survive the tumor which had encircled his lungs and heart.

Career statistics

NBA Source

Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG New York 56 10.2 .352 .768 2.7 .5 5.2 New York 52 13.4 .472 .750 3.2 .5 7.6 New York 1 22.0 .375 – 7.0 .0 6.0 San Francisco 22 16.1 .336 .680 4.2 .7 6.0Career 131 12.5 .399 .743 3.1 .5 6.3