Misaka, Wat
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Name (Latin)
Misaka, Wat
Other forms of name
Misaka, Wataru, 1923-2019
Date of birth
1923-12-21
Date of death
2019-11-21
Field of activity
Basketball
Engineering
Occupation
Basketball players
Engineers
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Washington post WWW site, viewed Nov. 25, 2019(in obituary dated Nov. 24, 2019: Wat Misaka; Mr. Misaka became the first nonwhite player in the modern history of professional basketball. Mr. Misaka was 95 when he died Nov. 21 in Salt Lake City. Raised in Ogden, Utah, 30 miles north of Salt Lake City, Wataru Misaka was born Dec. 21, 1923, in Ogden. Mr. Misaka was drafted by the Knicks in 1947. He turned down an offer to play for the Harlem Globetrotters to become an engineer and, after receiving his bachelor's degree in 1948, spent his career in Salt Lake City, working for the Sperry Corp. and retiring in 1981)
- Transcending, 2010 [VR] c2008:title frame (Wat Misaka; Japanese-American basketball player)