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John Shove "Bud" Palmer (born John Palmer Flynn; September 14, 1921 – March 19, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and sportscaster. He was a member of the New York Knicks during the team's first three seasons in the Basketball Association of America and was the leading scorer in the team's inaugural 1946–47 season. Palmer is considered to be one of the inventors of the
Born in Hollywood, California, Palmer was the son of football player and actor Maurice Bennett "Lefty" Flynn and singer Blanche Palmer. He was nicknamed "Bud" due to being the budding image of his father; Palmer relinquished his father's surname from his name when his parents divorced. Palmer was when he started playing basketball at Hun School of Princeton, and started using the jump shot to compensate for his height. He grew a foot taller to by the time he began playing college basketball at Princeton University, and played for three seasons before he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during
After his NBA career ended, Palmer went on to have a successful career as a sportscaster. He was Chief of Protocol and Official Greeter for the City of New York for seven years during John Lindsay's administration. Palmer modeled menswear, advertised Vitalis hair tonic, and wrote as an in Glamour magazine.
Palmer died at 91 of metastatic prostate cancer in 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
| GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage |
| FT% | Free throw percentage | APG | Assists per game |
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| 1946–47 | New York | 9.5 |
| 1947–48 | New York | 13.0 |
| 1948–49 | New York | 12.3 |
| Career | 11.7 | |
| 1947 | New York | 15.6 |
| 1948 | New York | 14.0 |
| 1949 | New York | 13.5 |
| Career | 14.4 | |
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