Wataru "Wat" Misaka (December 21, 1923 – November 20, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. A 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) point guard of Japanese descent, he broke the color barrier in professional basketball by being the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), known then as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
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Wataru Misaka 21 December 1923 Ogden, Utah
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Died |
20 November 2019 (aged 95) Salt Lake City, Utah
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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