{{Short description|American basketball player (1917–1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Moe Becker | image = | width = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|02|24}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|01|09|1917|02|24}} | death_place = Peoria, Arizona | nationality = American | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 185 | high_school = Fifth Avenue <br> (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | college = Duquesne (1938–1941) | career_start = 1941 | career_end = 1948 | career_position = Guard / forward | career_number = 5, 6, 67 | years1 = 1941–1942 | team1 = Aberdeen Army Center | years2 = 1942 | team2 = Wilmington Blue Bombers | years3 = 1943–1944 | team3 = Philadelphia Sphas | years4 = 1944–1945 | team4 = Baltimore Bullets | years5 = 1945–1946 | team5 = Youngstown Bears | years6 = 1946 | team6 = Pittsburgh Ironmen | years7 = 1946–1947 | team7 = Boston Celtics | years8 = 1947 | team8 = Detroit Falcons | years9 = 1947–1948 | team9 = Atlanta Crackers | years10 = 1948 | team10 = Pitt-Altoona Railroaders | highlights = * First-team All-American – MSG (1941) }} '''Morris Robert Becker''' (February 24, 1917 – January 9, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes.
Barr played professionally for the Pittsburgh Ironmen, Boston Celtics and Detroit Falcons of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for 43 games during the 1946–47 season. Becker also played for the Wilmington Blue Bombers, Philadelphia Sphas and Baltimore Bullets of the American Basketball League, the Youngstown Bears of the National Basketball League, and the Atlanta Crackers of the Professional Basketball League of America.
==College career== Becker formed a trio known as the "Iron Dukes" with Duquesne teammates Ed Milkovich and Paul Widowitz that led the team to a 51–10 record in three seasons.<ref name=pbe>{{cite web |title=Moe Becker |url=https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/moe-becker/ |website=Pro Basketball Encyclopedia |access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref>
==Professional career== Becker served in the United States Army at the Aberdeen Proving Ground during World War II.<ref name=pbe /> While at the facility, he played for teams in nearby Baltimore and Philadelphia.<ref name=pbe />
==Post-playing career== Becker returned to Pittsburgh after his playing career and served as a coach at Braddock High School. Moe also coached at Greensburg Salem High school. <ref name=pbe />
Becker died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on January 9, 1996, in the Camelot Nursing Home in Peoria, Arizona.<ref>{{cite news |title=Morris R. "Moe" Becker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/95091688/ |access-date=December 4, 2021 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 12, 1996 |page=13}}</ref>
==BAA career statistics== {| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;" |- ! colspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #aaa;"| Legend |- | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| GP | Games played | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| FG% | style="padding-right: 8px" | Field-goal percentage |- | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| FT% | Free-throw percentage | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| APG | Assists per game |- | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| PPG | Points per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | '''Bold''' | Career high |- |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! APG ! PPG |- |style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh | 17 || .201 || .533 || '''.8''' || '''6.4''' |- |style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 6 || '''.227''' || '''.750''' || .2 || 2.2 |- |style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | '''20''' || .178 || .300 || '''.8''' || 2.1 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 43 || .196 || .500 || .7 || 3.8 |- |}
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