Don Putman
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Don Putman
| image = Don Putman 1948.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Putman in 1948
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|11|13}}
| birth_place = Wray, Colorado
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|6|26|1922|11|13}}
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| high_school = Boulder Prep (Boulder, Colorado)
| college = Colorado (1941–1946)
| career_number = 13, 8
| career_position = Guard
| years1 = 1946–{{nbay|1949|end}}
| team1 = St. Louis Bombers
| highlights =
| bbr = putnado01
}}
James Donald Putman (November 13, 1922 – June 26, 2006) was an American professional basketball player who spent three seasons in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the St. Louis Bombers. He attended the University of Colorado.
BAA/NBA career statistics
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;" |
| 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;"| 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;"| 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 ! FG% ! FT% ! APG ! PPG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 58 | .246 | .648 | .5 | 6.6 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 1947–48
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 42 | .263 | .679 | .6 | 6.4 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 1948–49
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 59 | .297 | .536 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1949}}
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 57 | .262 | .635 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 216 | .262 | .621 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" | ||||
| Year
! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! APG ! PPG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| 1947
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 3 | .292 | .250 | .3 | 5.0 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 1948
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 7 | .182 | .583 | .7 | 3.3 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 1949
| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 2 | .182 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 12 | .215 | .421 | .8 | 3.5 |
External links
{{basketballstats|bbr=p/putnado01}}
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Colorado
Category:Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball players
Category:St. Louis Bombers (NBA) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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