Bob Donham

{{Short description|American basketball player (1926–1983)}}

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{{One source|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bob Donham

| image = 1953–54 Boston Celtics practice.jpeg

| image_size =

| caption = Donham (far left) during a Boston Celtics practice

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|11}}

| birth_place = Hammond, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|9|21|1926|10|11}}

| death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| high_school = Clark (Hammond, Indiana)

| college = Ohio State (1946–1950)

| draft_year = 1950

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 24

| draft_team = Boston Celtics

| career_start = 1950

| career_end = 1954

| career_number = 12

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1950|start}}–{{nbay|1953|end}}

| team1 = Boston Celtics

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,818 (6.7 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,071 (3.9 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 706 (2.6 apg)

| historical_profile =

}}

Robert E. Donham (October 11, 1926 – September 21, 1983) was an American professional basketball player.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/donhabo01.html Bob Donham]. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on February 5, 2013. Donham was selected in the third round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics after a collegiate career at Ohio State. In four NBA seasons, all with the Celtics, Donham recorded 1,818 points, 1,071 rebounds and 706 assists.

NBA career statistics

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #aaa;" |Legend

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" |  GP

|Games played

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" | MPG 

|Minutes per game

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" | FG% 

| style="padding-right: 8px" |Field-goal percentage

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" | FT% 

|Free-throw percentage

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" | RPG 

|Rebounds per game

| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" | APG 

|Assists per game

style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;" | PPG 

|Points per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold 

|Career high

= Regular season =

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!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!PPG

style="text-align:left;" |1950–51

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|68

|–

|.507

|.498

|3.5

|2.0

|6.1

style="text-align:left;" |1951–52

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|66

|30.0

|.487

|.509

|5.0

|3.5

|8.3

style="text-align:left;" |1952–53

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|71

|20.2

|.479

|.471

|3.4

|2.2

|6.4

style="text-align:left;" |1953–54

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|68

|21.3

|.448

|.554

|3.9

|2.7

|5.9

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career

|273

|23.7

|.480

|.507

|3.9

|2.6

|6.7

= Playoffs =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!PPG

style="text-align:left;" |1951

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|2

|–

|.444

|.417

|4.0

|1.0

|6.5

style="text-align:left;" |1952

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|3

|37.3

|.474

|.500

|4.3

|5.7

|9.0

style="text-align:left;" |1953

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|6

|23.0

|.289

|.407

|3.5

|2.2

|5.5

style="text-align:left;" |1954

| style="text-align:left;" |Boston

|6

|16.3

|.467

|.316

|2.0

|1.0

|3.3

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career

|17

|23.2

|.383

|.408

|3.2

|2.2

|5.5

References