Kevin Christopher O'Shea (July 10, 1925–February 21, 2003) was an All-American college basketball player who later played professionally. He was born in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

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A 6'2" guard from the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

, O'Shea was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers with the tenth pick of the 1950 NBA Draft

1950 NBA Draft

The 1950 NBA Draft was the fourth annual draft of the National Basketball Association . This is the first draft after the Basketball Association of America was renamed the NBA. The draft was held on April 25, 1950 before the 1950–51 season. In this draft, 12 remaining NBA teams took turns...

. He played three seasons in the NBA with the Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, and Baltimore Bullets

Baltimore Bullets (original)

The Baltimore Bullets were an American Basketball League team, and later, a Basketball Association of America , and a National Basketball Association team based in Baltimore, Maryland...

, averaging 5.2 points per game

Points per game

Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...

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External links

• University of Notre Dame profile on O'Shea