height_ft death_date statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 12 may 2001 595 -rrb- 126 -lrb- 1.1 apg -rrb- -lrb- 5.4 ppg -rrb- 396 -lrb- 3.6 rpg american 16 july 1926 1951 1951 y 1952 y 1951 philadelphia warriors indianapolis olympians 18 18 , 16 tulane -lrb- 1947 -- 1951 -rrb- nba mel payton points rebounds assists martinsville -lrb- martinsville , indiana -rrb- 185 martinsville , indiana philadelphia warriors 1953 small forward / guard 2 p 4 paytome01 mel payton

mel payton

melvin e. `` mel '' payton -lrb- born july 16 , 1926 -- may 12 , 2001 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player born in martinsville , indiana .
a 6 ' 4 forward , payton attended college at tulane university .
he played four years for the tulane green wave , averaging 11.8 points per game .
payton was selected in the second round -lrb- 19th pick overall -rrb- of 1951 nba draft by the philadelphia warriors .
he played one season with the warriors before being traded to the indianapolis olympians in exchange for don lofgran .
payton played 111 games in his two-year career , scoring 595 points , grabbing 396 rebounds , and playing 1,895 minutes .
