| Boris Nachamkin | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| High School: | Thomas Jefferson (Brooklyn, New York) |
| College: | NYU (1951–1954) |
| Draft Year: | 1954 |
| Draft Round: | 2 |
| Draft Pick: | 16 |
| Draft Team: | Rochester Royals |
| Career Number: | 17 |
| Career Position: | Small forward |
| Team1: | Rochester Royals |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 20 (3.3 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Rebounds |
| Stat2value: | 19 (3.2 rpg) |
| Stat3label: | Assists |
| Stat3value: | 3 (0.5 apg) |
| Stats League: | NBA |
Boris Alexander Nachamkin (December 6, 1933 – February 14, 2018) was a Russian-American professional basketball player.[1]
Nachamkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was Jewish.[2] He played basketball for Thomas Jefferson High School.[3] [4] He then played college basketball for the New York University Violets men's basketball team.[1]
He played in the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal with the US team.[5]
Nachamkin was selected in the 1954 NBA draft (second round, 16th overall) by the Rochester Royals.[1] He played for the Royals in 1954 as a forward and averaged 3.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per contest in six career games.[1]
Boris would then go on to serve in the Vietnam War and was drafted by the U.S. Army, which subsequently cut his NBA career short. After his discharge from the service, he had a 36-year career with Bankers Trust, where he rose to the Head of Global Shipping in London.
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