Don Otten

Don Otten
	Otten in his senior season at Bowling Green
Personal information
Born	April 18, 1921; Bellefontaine, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 18, 1985 (aged 64)
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	Bellefontaine (Bellefontaine, Ohio)
College	Bowling Green (1942–1946)
Playing career	1946–1953
Position	Center
Number	15, 13, 17, 14
Career history
1946–1950	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1950	Washington Capitols
1950	Baltimore Bullets
1950–1951	Fort Wayne Pistons
1951–1953	Milwaukee Hawks
Career highlights and awards
	NBL Most Valuable Player (1949); All-NBL First Team (1949); All-NBL Second Team (1948); NBL scoring champion (1949); 2× Second-team All-American – Helms (1945, 1946); Second-team All-American – Converse (1946);
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,294 (10.5 ppg)
Rebounds	928 (6.0 rpg)
Assists	297 (1.4 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Donald Frederick Otten (April 18, 1921 – September 18, 1985) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'10" center from Bellefontaine High School (Ohio) and Bowling Green State University, Otten began his professional career in 1946 with the Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball League. During the 1948–49 NBL season, Otten averaged 14.0 points per game and earned league MVP honors.^[1] The Blackhawks joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949, and Otten continued playing until 1953, competing for Tri-Cities as well as the Washington Capitols, Baltimore Bullets, Fort Wayne Pistons, and Milwaukee Hawks. He averaged 10.5 points per game in his NBA career.^[2] Don's brother Mac Otten also played in the NBA. In 1949, Don and Mac became the first ever pair of brothers to play for the same team in the NBA.

Otten is tied with Lew Hitch at first for the NBA record^[3] for most personal fouls in a game, with eight. He set the record in a November 24, 1949 game between Tri-Cities and the Sheboygan Red Skins. NBA Rule 3, Section I permits a player to remain in the game after fouling out if no other players are available on the bench.^[4]

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50	Tri-Cities	46	–	.366	.717	–	1.6	12.1
1949–50	Washington	18	–	.391	.777	–	1.0	14.9
1950–51	Washington	16	–	.291	.796	6.6	1.4	9.3
1950–51	Baltimore	2	–	.200	.556	1.5	1.5	5.5
1950–51	Fort Wayne	49	–	.362	.811	6.0	0.8	8.4
1951–52	Fort Wayne	7	9.0	.250	.875	2.9	0.7	3.4
1951–52	Milwaukee	57	30.3	.352	.769	7.3	2.1	13.0
1952–53	Milwaukee	24	16.0	.391	.703	3.7	0.9	5.5
Career		219	24.7	.357	.761	6.0	1.4	10.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1950	Washington	2	–	.400	.808	–	3.0	20.5
1951	Fort Wayne	3	–	.308	.813	6.3	2.7	9.7
Career		5	–	.353	.810	6.3	2.8	14.0

References

^ "Steve Dmitry's NBL Website". Archived from the original on August 18, 2005. Retrieved October 25, 2009.. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
^ NBA statistics. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
^ "Most Fouls In A Game". StatMuse. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
^ "Regular Season Records: Personal Fouls". NBA.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2007.

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[1] "Steve Dmitry's NBL Website". Archived from the original on August 18, 2005. Retrieved October 25, 2009.. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

[2] NBA statistics. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

[3] "Most Fouls In A Game". StatMuse. Retrieved May 8, 2022.

[nba.com-4] "Regular Season Records: Personal Fouls". NBA.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2007.

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