# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-kudelka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:49:02.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-kudelka"
name: "Frank Kudelka"
slug: "frank-kudelka"
description: "Frank Carl Kudelka, nicknamed Apples, was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. In his first two years at Saint Mary's College of California, Kudelka averaged 18.1 points per game. Once the shotclock was introduced to college basketball in his junior season, Frank averaged 20.4 points per game. He was the nation's fourth leading scorer. As a senior at Saint Mary's, Frank averaged 16.2 points per game. He was also named an All-American basketball player by the Helms Foundation after his senior season. Frank made his NBA debut in the 1949-50 NBA season for the Chicago Stags. In his first NBA season, Frank averaged 6.7 points and 2.0 assists per game. Frank played four seasons in the NBA with the Stags, Washington Capitols, Boston Celtics, Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia Warriors. In his NBA career, Frank averaged 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Kudelka_1950.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1925-06-25"
deathDate: "1993-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.98
  momentum:             10.8
  historical:           5.671490666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Frank Kudelka (basketball)"
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    title: "فرانك كوديلكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانك كوديلكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%97%E5%85%B0%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E5%BA%93%E5%BE%B7%E5%B0%94%E5%8D%A1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kudelka"
    title: "Frank Kudelka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kudelka"
    title: "Frank Kudelka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5487769"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump