draftyear death_date nationality article_title highschool draftround draft_pick birth_date draftteam college
1947 26 december 2003 american clifton mcneely
 slidell -lrb- slidell , texas -rrb- 1 1 22 june 1919 pittsburgh ironmen texas 1947 -rrb- wesleyan -lrb- 1941 -- 1942 , 1946 --
clifton mcneely

clifton mcneely -lrb- june 22 , 1919 -- december 26 , 2003 -rrb- was an american basketball player and coach .
mcneely graduated from slidell high school in slidell , texas .
after serving with the united states army air corps in world war ii , mcneely played basketball at texas wesleyan university .
he earned all-american honors in 1947 after leading the nation in scoring , and was selected with the first pick of the 1947 baa draft by the pittsburgh ironmen .
however , mcneely never played professional basketball , opting to coach at pampa high school in texas .
he coached for 13 years and won four state championships .
he was later inducted into the texas high school basketball hall of fame .
