film, Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story by Bruce Alan Johnson and Christine Toy Johnson, premiered in 2008. It recounts Misaka's playing career and his...
21 KB (1,830 words) - 21:35, 5 November 2024
Misaka is a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: Wat Misaka (1923–2019), American basketball player Kaori Misaka, a...
498 bytes (91 words) - 01:12, 18 October 2023
(Herm, Red) Klotz Info Page". NBA. Retrieved 3 February 2011. "Wataru (Wat) Misaka Info Page". NBA. Retrieved 3 February 2011. "Markquis Nowell Info Page"...
19 KB (591 words) - 12:36, 21 September 2024
The first non-white player to play in the league was an Asian American, Wat Misaka, in 1947. African Americans entered the league beginning in 1950. According...
26 KB (2,366 words) - 08:52, 5 November 2024
Retrieved February 14, 2020. Goldstein, Richard (November 21, 2019). "Wat Misaka, 95, First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball, Dies". The New York Times...
59 KB (4,887 words) - 21:38, 13 October 2024
cricketer Wat Misaka (1923–2019), American basketball player Walter Scott (Australian footballer) (1899–1989), Australian rules footballer Wat Tyler (1341–1381)...
863 bytes (137 words) - 08:49, 17 September 2021
DiscoverNikkei: Mineta bio; retrieved 2011-05-17. "A Nisei in the NBA: The Wat Misaka Story". Hokubei.com. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original on November...
41 KB (4,169 words) - 22:51, 5 November 2024
Pistons moved from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Detroit. Japanese-American Wataru Misaka is considered to have broken the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season...
138 KB (12,994 words) - 23:12, 5 November 2024
confirm it, it's assumed he's the first Asian-American in the NBA since Wat Misaka played for the New York Knicks in 1947. O'Neil, Dana (December 10, 2009)...
224 KB (20,179 words) - 17:20, 4 November 2024
Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (d. 2005) 1923 – Wat Misaka, American basketball player (d. 2019) 1926 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author...
46 KB (4,499 words) - 08:07, 21 October 2024
who played for the Warriors (1978–80) and Indiana Pacers (1981–82); Wat Misaka (Japanese-American), who was with the Knicks in 1947–48; and Rex Walters...
27 KB (2,769 words) - 18:31, 2 November 2024
team, 1943–44 – "Blitz Kids" (freshmen Arnie Ferrin, Herb Wilkinson, Wat Misaka, Bob Lewis, Dick Smuin, Bill Kastlic and sophomore Fred Sheffield) Kentucky...
136 KB (10,032 words) - 19:07, 10 September 2024
Retrieved December 22, 2016. Goldstein, Richard (November 21, 2019). "Wat Misaka, First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball, Dies at 95". The New York Times...
103 KB (10,100 words) - 14:00, 6 November 2024
to help the Minneapolis Lakers win NBA Championships in 1949 and 1951. Wat Misaka, the first person of Asian descent to play in the NBA, also played for...
110 KB (9,947 words) - 13:22, 5 November 2024
age 80". November 21, 2019. Goldstein, Richard (November 22, 2019). "Wat Misaka, 95, First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball, Dies". The New York Times...
245 KB (18,706 words) - 15:16, 24 September 2024
of NBA regular season records Goldstein, Richard (November 21, 2019). "Wat Misaka, First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball, Dies at 95". The New York Times...
9 KB (437 words) - 21:44, 20 October 2024
2001–2009 Dillon Jones (F) 2025-present Damian Lillard (G), 2013–present Wat Misaka (G), 1948 Ruben Nembhard (G), 1997 Willie Sojourner (F), 1971–1975 (ABA)...
28 KB (514 words) - 06:31, 25 October 2024
integration and diversity in sports, with figures like Jackie Robinson and Wat Misaka breaking racial barriers. The NFL was established in 1920, and the sport...
55 KB (6,904 words) - 14:30, 5 November 2024
– Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Sri Lankan novelist (d. 2018) December 21 – Wat Misaka, American baseball player (d. 2019) December 22 – Peregrine Worsthorne...
99 KB (10,636 words) - 11:27, 29 October 2024
2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020. Goldstein, Richard (November 21, 2019). "Wat Misaka, First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball, Dies at 95". The New York Times...
71 KB (7,314 words) - 04:28, 16 October 2024
1988: Johnny Grier (1947–2022), first African-American referee 1947: Wat Misaka (1923–2019), first non-white player and first of Asian descent 1950: Nat...
5 KB (661 words) - 11:31, 19 April 2024
rise, Misaka made history for Asian-Americans". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 16, 2019. Goldstein, Richard (November 26, 2019). "Wat Misaka, 95...
20 KB (679 words) - 17:39, 28 October 2024
August 1989. p. 13. Retrieved 8 January 2023. "Hall of Fame - Waturu (Wat) Misaka". Retrieved November 23, 2017. "Glenn Redd". Pro-Football-Reference.com...
8 KB (776 words) - 21:58, 22 September 2024
Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 28, 2024. "Wat Misaka NBA Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019....
247 KB (5,999 words) - 13:36, 28 September 2024
Utah campus. These players included Arnie Ferrin, Fred Sheffield, and Wat Misaka who was of Japanese descent. Utah defeated Missouri in the opening round...
13 KB (1,385 words) - 22:49, 7 September 2024
Utah campus. These players included Arnie Ferrin, Fred Sheffield, and Wat Misaka, who was of Japanese descent. West Utah 45, Missouri 35 Final Four Utah...
12 KB (430 words) - 20:45, 21 May 2024
on his family's Utah farm, teamed with fellow freshmen Arnie Ferrin, Wat Misaka and Herb Wilkinson to bring Utah its first NCAA championship in 1944....
4 KB (286 words) - 22:19, 7 September 2024
singer John Mann dies at 57 IndyCar veteran John Martin dies at age 80 Wat Misaka, the first Japanese player in pro basketball, dies at 95 State Rep. Linda...
188 KB (13,491 words) - 17:47, 31 August 2024
rise, Misaka made history for Asian-Americans". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 16, 2019. Goldstein, Richard (November 26, 2019). "Wat Misaka, 95...
21 KB (603 words) - 22:47, 7 July 2024
Prefecture, Japan. Main hall (1610). Two-story pagoda (Tahōtō) (1648). Misaka Ming shrine. Middle Gate - (1651) Kaisan-do - (1656) Gyoja-do - (1630) Temple...
2 KB (82 words) - 03:48, 9 August 2023