height_ft death_date nationality birth_date career_start years death_place team number image college name high_school weight_lb birth_place career_end position height_in article_title
6 16 november 2005 american 04 august 1924 1947 1947 -- 1950 1950 -- 1951 1951 -- 1952 versailles , kentucky new -rrb- york knicks rochester royals elmira colonels -lrb- abl 5 , 7 , 15 paul noel.jpeg kentucky -lrb- 1942 -- 1943 -rrb- paul noel midway -lrb- midway , kentucky -rrb- 185 midway , kentucky 1952 forward 4 paul noel

paul noel

paul wendel noel -lrb- august 4 , 1924 -- november 16 , 2005 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player .
born in midway , kentucky , noel was a 6 ' 4 '' forward from the university of kentucky , noel played five seasons -lrb- 1947 -- 1952 -rrb- in the basketball association of america/national basketball association as a member of the new york knicks and rochester royals .
he averaged 3.3 points per game in his career and won a league championship with rochester in 1951 .
