Donald Argee Barksdale (1923 - 1993)

Born 31 Mar 1923 in Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

Died 8 Mar 1993 at age 69 in Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

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Biography

Don Barksdale is Notable.

Don Barksdale was an American professional basketball player. He was the first Black American to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.

Don was born in 1923 in Oakland, California. He passed away in 1993 after a battle with cancer.

He was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Barksdale

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V25L-95N : 27 November 2014), Donald A Barksdale, 31 Mar 1923; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXF-GNR : accessed 25 June 2022), Donald Barksdale in household of Argce Barksdale, Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 276, sheet 32A, line 30, family 555, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 110; FHL microfilm 2,339,845.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9R2-935 : 11 January 2021), Donald A Barksdale, 08 Mar 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGPT-992 : 26 November 2014), Donald Argee Barksdale, 08 Mar 1993; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "Donald 'Don Barksdale." Basketball Hall of Fame (https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/don-barksdale/ : 25 Jun 2022).