# Warren Perkins
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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Warren Perkins
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|2|2}}
| birth_place = [New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|9|12|1922|2|26}}
| death_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| high_school = [Warren Easton](/source/Warren_Easton_Charter_High_School)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
| college = [Tulane](/source/Tulane_Green_Wave_men's_basketball) (1946–1949)
| draft_year = 1949
| draft_round = 4
| draft_pick = –
| draft_team = [Providence Steamrollers](/source/Providence_Steamrollers)
| career_start = 1949
| career_end = 1951
| career_number = 7, 11
| career_position = [Shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard) / [small forward](/source/small_forward)
| years1 = {{nbay|1949|start}}–{{nbay|1950|end}}
| team1 = [Tri-Cities Blackhawks](/source/Tri-Cities_Blackhawks)
| highlights =
*Third-team [All-SEC](/source/List_of_All-SEC_men's_basketball_teams) (1949)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [Points](/source/Point_(basketball))
| stat1value = 767 (6.1 ppg)
| stat2label = [Rebounds](/source/Rebound_(basketball))
| stat2value = 319 (4.8 rpg)
| stat3label = [Assists](/source/Assist_(basketball))
| stat3value = 257 (2.0 apg)
}}
'''Warren Charles''' "'''Red'''" '''Perkins''' (February 2, 1922 – September 12, 2014)[{{cite web|title=Hall of Famer Warren Perkins passes at 92|url=http://www.lasportshall.com/news/2014/09/12/hall-of-famer-warren-perkins-passes-at-92/|date=September 12, 2014|accessdate=January 20, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame|archive-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120192921/http://www.lasportshall.com/news/2014/09/12/hall-of-famer-warren-perkins-passes-at-92/|url-status=dead}}] was an American professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player.[{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/perkiwa01.html|title=Warren Perkins Career stats|website=[Basketball Reference](/source/Basketball_Reference)|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=1 May 2023}}] Perkins was selected in the fourth round of the [1949 BAA draft](/source/1949_BAA_draft) by the [Providence Steamrollers](/source/Providence_Steamrollers) after a collegiate career at [Tulane](/source/Tulane_Green_Wave_men's_basketball).[ He played for two seasons in the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association), both of which were for the [Tri-Cities Blackhawks](/source/Tri-Cities_Blackhawks).][ He attended Warren Easton High School.
Warren's career high in points was against the [Indianapolis Olympians](/source/Indianapolis_Olympians) on February 2, 1951, where he scored 21 points in a 98–91 win.
Warren played in a total of two playoff games, against the [Anderson Packers](/source/Anderson_Packers), and scored two total points.
Some of his teammates included the likes of [Jack Nichols](/source/Jack_Nichols_(basketball)), [Dike Eddleman](/source/Dike_Eddleman), and [Frankie Brian](/source/Frankie_Brian), who all averaged over 10 points in the 1950–51 season.
== Military service ==
During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Perkins served in the [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) and was stationed in the United States.][''Allstate Sugar Bowl website''. [https://allstatesugarbowl.org/classic/warren-perkins-hall-of-fame/ "Dr. Warren Perkins: Basketball Player, 1938-49, Warren Easton High School/Tulane University/NBA"]. Retrieved April 11, 2020.]
==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
Source[
===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year !! Team !! GP !! FG% !! FT% !! RPG !! APG !! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1949}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[Tri-Cities](/source/1949%E2%80%9350_Tri-Cities_Blackhawks_season)
| 60 || .303 || .590 || – || 1.9 || '''6.2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1950}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[Tri-Cities](/source/1950%E2%80%9351_Tri-Cities_Blackhawks_season)
| '''66''' || '''.315''' || '''.646''' || 4.8 || '''2.2''' || 6.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 126 || .309 || .618 || 4.8 || 2.0 || 6.1
|}
===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year !! Team !! GP !! FG% !! FT% !! APG !! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[1950](/source/1950_NBA_playoffs)
| style="text-align:left;"|[Tri-Cities](/source/1949%E2%80%9350_Tri-Cities_Blackhawks_season)
| 2 || 1.000 || – || .0 || 1.0
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.lasportshall.com/inductees/basketball/warren-perkins/?back=inductee Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame entry]
*[http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=355 "Warren Perkins played role in NBA's birth" article]
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Category:1922 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from New Orleans
Category:Providence Steamrollers draft picks
Category:Shooting guards
Category:Small forwards
Category:Track and field athletes from New Orleans
Category:Tri-Cities Blackhawks players
Category:Tulane Green Wave baseball players
Category:Tulane Green Wave men's basketball coaches
Category:Tulane Green Wave men's basketball players
Category:Tulane Green Wave men's track and field athletes
Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Category:Warren Easton High School alumni
{{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub}}
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