Don Ackerman
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Donald D. Ackerman (September 4, 1930 – July 9, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.[1] He was nicknamed "Buddy" and also known as "Douglas".[2]
Ackerman played college basketball for the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds during the 1950–51 season.[3] He played for the Manchester British-Americans of the American Basketball League during the 1952–53 season.[4] In 20 games for Manchester, Ackerman scored 247 points, a 12.4 game average.[5] Ackerman was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 1953 NBA draft and played in 28 games for the Knicks in the 1953–54 season.[6] He was traded to the Boston Celtics at the end of the 1953–54 season but elected to end his playing career instead of moving his family to Boston.[3] Ackerman started a landscaping business that he ran for more than 40 years.[3]
Ackerman was married and had seven children.[2] He lived in Oceanside, New York, at the time of his death.[2]
NBA career statistics
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Regular season
Template:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| Template:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 28 || – || 7.9 || .222 || – || .536 || .5 || .8 || – || – || 1.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 28 || – || 7.9 || .222 || – || .536 || .5 || .8 || – || – || 1.5 |}
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