Joe Buckhalter

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Joe Buckhalter

| image = Joe Buckhalter.jpg

| width =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|08|01}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|30|1937|08|01}}

| death_place = Cincinnati, Ohio

| nationality = American

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 210

| high_school = Tilden (Chicago, Illinois)

| college = Tennessee State (1956–1958)

| draft_year = 1958

| draft_round = 12

| draft_pick = 81

| draft_team = St. Louis Hawks

| career_start = 1961

| career_end = 1964

| career_position = Power forward

| career_number = 21

| years1 = {{nbay|1961|start}}–{{nbay|1962|end}}

| team1 = Cincinnati Royals

| years2 = 1963–1964

| team2 = Wilkes-Barre Barons

|stats_league=NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 375 (5.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 265 (4.1 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 43 (0.7 apg)

}}

Joseph A. Buckhalter Jr. (August 1, 1937 – December 30, 2013){{cite web |title=Joe Buckhalter Obituary (2014) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nky/name/joe-buckhalter-obituary?pid=169118515 |website=Legacy.com |access-date=August 26, 2021 |date=January 16, 2014}} was an American retired basketball player.

He played collegiately for Tennessee State University.

He was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 12th round (81st pick overall) of the 1958 NBA draft.

He played for the Cincinnati Royals (1961–63) in the NBA.{{Cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/buckhjo01.html |title = Joe Buckhalter NBA Stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=26 January 2024}}

He also played with the Harlem Globetrotters.{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19600&ATCLID=3745736 |title=State to Honor Former TSU Harlem Globetrotter Basketball Players - Tennessee State Tigers Athletics |accessdate=2013-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101035731/http://www.tsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19600&ATCLID=3745736 |archivedate=2014-01-01 }}