| Paul Nolen | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Tulia, Texas |
| Death Place: | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Alvarado (Alvarado, Texas) |
| College: | Texas Tech (1950–1953) |
| Draft Year: | 1953 |
| Draft Round: | 5 |
| Draft Pick: | 35 |
| Draft Team: | Baltimore Bullets |
| Position: | Center |
| Team1: | Baltimore Bullets |
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| Stats League: | NBA |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 0 (0.0 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Rebounds |
| Stat2value: | 1 (1.0 rpg) |
| Stat3label: | Assists |
| Stat3value: | 0 (0.0 apg) |
| Bbr: | nolenpa01 |
Paul Edward Nolen (September 3, 1929 – May 7, 2009) was an American basketball player. A 6'10" center,[2] Nolen attended Texas Technological College[3] [4] (now Texas Tech University), where he was a three-time all-conference selection in the Border Conference, including first-team honors as a sophomore[5] and senior.[6] In 1951, he won the Border Conference scoring crown after averaging 19.9 points per game.[7] [8] Over his career with the Raiders, he scored 1,306 points.[9]
Drafted by the Baltimore Bullets with the 35th pick in the 1953 NBA draft, he signed with the team during the summer,[10] and appeared in one NBA game for the team on November 7, 1953. Following hs NBA stint, he played for the Washington Generals,[11] the exhibition team that always plays the Harlem Globetrotters. On December 6, 1953, he scored 6 points in the Generals 49–48 win against the Philadelphia Warriors.[12]
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