NBA players born in 1929

29 NBA players on file were born in 1929. Clyde Lovellette leads them with 11,947 career points. The first born in 1929 to play in the NBA was Stan Brown, in 1947-48. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

Former NBA players born in 1929 (29)

Former NBA players born in 1929
Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Clyde Lovellette	C	1953–1964	11	704 GP · 11,947 PTS · 6,663 REB · 1,097 AST	Petersburg, IN
Neil Johnston	C	1951–1959	8	516 GP · 10,023 PTS · 5,856 REB · 1,269 AST	—
George Dempsey	G	1954–1959	5	315 GP · 1,574 PTS · 1,125 REB · 711 AST	—
Don Henriksen	F	1952–1955	2	138 GP · 989 PTS · 990 REB · 240 AST	—
Don Sunderlage	G	1953–1955	2	113 GP · 874 PTS · 281 REB · 224 AST	—
Ernie Barrett	—	1953–1956	2	131 GP · 641 PTS · 343 REB · 229 AST	—
Jake Fendley	G	1951–1953	2	103 GP · 287 PTS · 126 REB · 94 AST	—
Larry Hennessy	G	1955–1956	1	53 GP · 196 PTS · 49 REB · 46 AST	—
Ralph Polson	F	1952–1953	1	49 GP · 191 PTS · 211 REB · 24 AST	—
Dick Surhoff	F	1952–1954	2	58 GP · 178 PTS · 94 REB · 32 AST	—
Joe Smyth	F	1953–1954	1	40 GP · 131 PTS · 98 REB · 49 AST	—
Jack Kiley	G	1951–1953	2	53 GP · 124 PTS · 51 REB · 65 AST	—
Bert Cook	G	1954–1955	1	37 GP · 118 PTS · 72 REB · 33 AST	—
Herb Scherer	C	1950–1952	2	32 GP · 115 PTS · 76 REB · 23 AST	—
Stan Brown	F	1947–1952	2	34 GP · 104 PTS · 17 REB · 10 AST	—
Hal Uplinger	G	1953–1954	1	23 GP · 86 PTS · 31 REB · 26 AST	—
George Feigenbaum	G	1949–1953	2	17 GP · 52 PTS · 7 REB · 19 AST	—
Don Hanrahan	F	1952–1953	1	18 GP · 33 PTS · 30 REB · 11 AST	—
Ed Smith	F	1953–1954	1	11 GP · 28 PTS · 26 REB · 9 AST	—
Ed Beach	F	1950–1951	1	12 GP · 22 PTS · 25 REB · 3 AST	—
Elmer Behnke	C	1951–1952	1	4 GP · 16 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST	—
Moe Radovich	G	1952–1953	1	4 GP · 14 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST	—
Zeke Sinicola	G	1951–1954	2	12 GP · 13 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST	—
Fred Diute	G	1954–1955	1	7 GP · 11 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST	—
John Rennicke	G	1951–1952	1	6 GP · 11 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST	—
Jim Phelan	G	1953–1954	1	4 GP · 3 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST	—
Bob Naber	F	1952–1953	1	4 GP · 1 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST	—
Michael Kearns	G	1954–1955	1	6 GP · 1 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST	—
Paul Nolen	C	1953–1954	1	1 GP · 0 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST	—

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Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.