George Hauptfuhrer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Hauptfuhrer

American basketball player; lawyer

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1926

Place of Birth: Abington Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 02-Aug-2013

Profession: lawyer, basketball player, baseball player, athletics competitor, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

George Jost Hauptfuhrer, Jr.
(August 1, 1926 – August 2, 2013) was an American basketball player who, despite being taken third overall in the 1948 BAA Draft after a collegiate career at Louisville and Harvard, decided to pursue a career in law.Hauptfuhrer grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended William Penn Charter School.
He then enrolled at Louisville where he played center on the basketball team for two seasons; while attending he was in a Navy training program.
Hauptfuhrer transferred to Harvard for his final two years of college; while there, he played on the football, basketball, and track and field teams.
He was named an all-Ivy League selection in basketball during his senior year in 1947–48. In just the second-ever Basketball Association of America draft, Hauptfuhrer was selected third overall by the Boston Celtics.
Instead of pursuing a professional basketball career, he decided to enroll at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and became a lawyer.