# Floyd Volker

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**Floyd William Volker** (June 21, 1921 – January 5, 1995) was an American [basketball](/source/Basketball) player. He played professionally in the [National Basketball League](/source/National_Basketball_League_(United_States)) (NBL), the [National Professional Basketball League](/source/National_Professional_Basketball_League_(1950%E2%80%931951)) (NPBL), and in the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) (NBA) in the early days of professional basketball.

Volker, a 6'4 forward from [Casper High School](/source/Natrona_County_High_School) in [Casper, Wyoming](/source/Casper,_Wyoming), went on to play collegiately at the [University of Wyoming](/source/University_of_Wyoming). He was a starting forward on the Cowboys' [1943 national championship team](/source/1942%E2%80%9343_Wyoming_Cowboys_basketball_team) as a junior. After a pause in his career to serve in the US military during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Volker returned to campus for his senior year in 1946–47.[1]

After his college playing days, Volker signed with the [Oshkosh All-Stars](/source/Oshkosh_All-Stars) of the NBL in 1947. In 1949, when the NBL and the [Basketball Association of America](/source/Basketball_Association_of_America) merged to form the NBA, the All-Stars were disbanded and Volker was assigned to the [Indianapolis Olympians](/source/Indianapolis_Olympians) for the [inaugural season](/source/1949%E2%80%9350_NBA_season) of the NBA. During the season, his rights were sold to the [Denver Nuggets](/source/Denver_Nuggets_(original)). He averaged 7.4 points and 2.1 assists in his lone NBA season.[2] He then played one season in the short-lived NPBL in 1950–51 until the demise of that league at the end of the season.[3]

Volker died in January 1995, aged 73.

## Career statistics

### NBA

Source[2]

#### Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1949–50 Indianapolis 17 .321 .389 .4 2.4 1949–50 Denver 37 .308 .577 2.8 9.6 Career 54 .309 .550 2.1 7.4

## References

1. ["MBB_Guide – Powered by aXmag"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150220031742/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/wyo/graphics/media-guides/wyo-2010-m-baskbl-mg/). Grfx.cstv.com. Archived from [the original](http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/wyo/graphics/media-guides/wyo-2010-m-baskbl-mg/) on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-20.

1. ["Floyd Volker NBA stats"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/volkefl01.html). *[Basketball Reference](/source/Basketball_Reference)*. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

1. ["History of the National Professional Basketball League"](http://www.apbr.org/npbl.html). Apbr.org. Retrieved 2015-02-20.

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