Complex sentence: Don "Monk" Meineke (born October 30,1930 in Dayton, Ohio) received the National Basketball Association's first Rookie of the Year Award after the 1952-53 NBA season while playing for the Fort Wayne Pistons.
Split into simpler sentences: Don "Monk" Meineke (born October 30,1930 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player. He received the National Basketball Association's first Rookie of the Year Award after the 1952-53 NBA season while playing for the Fort Wayne Pistons.