John Mandic

Mandic, circa 1941
Personal information
Born	(1919-10-03)October 3, 1919 Los Angeles, California
Died	June 22, 2003(2003-06-22) (aged 83) Portland, Oregon
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Roosevelt (Los Angeles, California)
College	Oregon State (1939–1942)
NBA draft	1947: 9th round, 74th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Capitols
Playing career	1946–1950
Position	Power forward / center
Number	50, 12, 17
Career history
1946–1947	Portland Indians
1947–1948	Rochester Royals
1948–1949	Indianapolis Jets
1949–1950	Washington Capitols
1950	Baltimore Bullets
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1942) First-team All-PCC (1942)
Career BAA and NBA statistics
Points	335 (4.1 ppg)
Assists	88 (1.1 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John Joseph Mandic (October 3, 1919 – June 22, 2003) was an American professional basketball player of Croatian origin.^[1] He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers from 1939 to 1942. He played for the Portland Indians of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League in the team's debut season in 1946–47, and was drafted by the Washington Capitols in the 1947 BAA draft after the season had finished. Instead of playing for the Capitols, he instead signed with the Rochester Royals of the National Basketball League and played for the team for one season. He joined the Indianapolis Jets for the 1948–49 BAA season. He was sold to the Capitols, the team that had drafted him two years prior, on August 13, 1949.^[2] After playing 22 games with the Capitols, he was waived, and signed with the Baltimore Bullets, but only managed three games with the team before retiring from playing basketball.^[2]

BAA/NBA career statistics

Regular season