height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick college statlabel stats_league name high_school weight_lb draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
5 10 3 american 22 november 1926 1948 1948 1951 -- 1949 1949 -- 1950 1950 -- 1951 1948 oshkosh lights -lrb- npbl -rrb- kansas city hi-spots -lrb- nbpl -rrb- all-stars -lrb- nbl -rrb- tri-cities blackhawks saint paul -- cornell -- 1948 -rrb- -lrb- 1945 -- 1946 -rrb- marquette -lrb- 1946 points games played nba gene berce marquette university hs -lrb- milwaukee , wisconsin -rrb- 175 new york knicks 1951 guard / small forward -- b 11 bercege01 gene berce

gene berce

eugene d. `` gene '' berce -lrb- born november 22 , 1926 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .
he played collegiately at cornell university and marquette university .
he was selected by the new york knicks in the 1948 baa draft .
he played for the tri-cities blackhawks -lrb- 1949 -- 50 -rrb- in the nba for 3 games .
he was the first marquette player to score 1,000 career points , and is in the marquette hall of fame .
