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<youtube width=β600" height=β360">uSBXo4SHM38</youtube> * Position: Guard βͺ Shoots: Right * 5-7, 150lb (170cm, 68kg) * Born: December 21, 1923 in Ogden, Utah us * Died: November 20, 2019 (Aged 95-334d) * Colleges: Weber State, Utah * High School: Ogden in Ogden, Utah * Draft: New York Knicks, 7th round, 1947 BAA Draft * NBA Debut: November 13, 1947 * Career Length: 1 year [[File:Wataru misaka head-shot.jpg|thumb|frameless|right|200px|Wataru Misaka]] Wataru Misaka (December 21, 1923 β November 20, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. A 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) point guard of Japanese descent, he broke a color barrier in professional basketball by being the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), known then as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). ==Articles== * [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/sports/basketball/wat-misaka-dead.html New York Times Obit] * [https://www.pacificcitizen.org/wataru-misaka/ Pacific Citizen] * [http://www.watmisaka.com/ Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story (Documentary)] [[Category:πΊπΈπ―π΅]] [[Category:Nikkei]] [[Category:1923 Births]] [[Category:December 21 Births]] [[Category:2019 Deaths]] [[Category: Sports]] [[Category:Basketball]] [[Category: The 1940s]]
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