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((Short description|American basketball player (1930–1983)))
((more citations needed|date=January 2019))
((Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Mark Workman
| image           = 
| width           = 
| caption         = 
| number          = 12, 24
| position        = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 9
| weight_lb       = 215
| birth_date      = ((birth date|1930|03|10))
| birth_place     = [[Logan, West Virginia]]
| death_date      = ((death date and age|1983|12|21|1930|03|10))
| death_place     = [[Bradenton, Florida]]
| nationality     = American
| high_school     = ((nowrap|[[Charleston High School (West Virginia)|Charleston]] (Charleston, West Virginia)))
| college         = [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball|West Virginia]] (1949–1952)
| draft_year      = 1952
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 1
| draft_team      = [[Milwaukee Hawks]]
| career_start    = 1952
| career_end      = 1954
| years1          = ((nbay|1952|start))
| team1           = [[Milwaukee Hawks]]
| years2          = ((nbay|1952|full=y))
| team2           = [[Philadelphia Warriors]]
| years3          = ((nbay|1953|full=y))
| team3           = [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)|Baltimore Bullets]]
| highlights      = 
* Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1952 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1952]])
* Third-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]], [[Look (American magazine)|Look]] ([[1951 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1951]])
| stats_league    = NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 386 (4.9 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 230 (2.9 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 44 (0.6 apg)
| bbr             = workmma01
))

'''Mark Cecil Workman''' (born March 10, 1930 – December 21, 1983) was an American professional [[basketball]] player from [[Charleston, West Virginia]].  He played collegiately at [[West Virginia University]]. Workman was the [[List of first overall NBA draft picks|first overall pick]] in the [[1952 NBA draft]], by the [[Milwaukee Hawks]].

==Early life==
Born in [[Logan, West Virginia]], Workman moved from Logan to [[Charleston, West Virginia]], in 10th grade, leading the [[Charleston High School (West Virginia)|Charleston High School]] Mountain Lions to the state title as a junior.<ref name="wvusports.com">((cite web|url=http://wvusports.com/hof.aspx?hof=5|title=Mark Workman (1994) - WVU Sports Hall of Fame|website=West Virginia University Athletics))</ref> Workman averaged 32.8 points per game as a senior in 1948. He scored 63 points in a sectional tournament game that season.<ref name="upi.com">((cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/12/22/Mark-Workman-a-former-All-America-basketball-player-at-the/2700440917200/|title=Mark Workman, a former All-America basketball player at the...|website=UPI))</ref>

Workman (1952) and [[Hot Rod Hundley]] ([[1957 NBA draft]]) are the only [[List of first overall NBA draft picks|No. 1 overall draft picks]] to come from the same high School.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-jabari-parker-bucks-nba-draft-20140626-story.html|title=Jabari Parker to Bucks at No. 2: 'Excited to represent Chicago'|first=Mike Helfgot, Special to the|last=Tribune|website=chicagotribune.com|date=26 June 2014 ))</ref>

He also lettered in track, specializing in shot put, javelin, and discus. Upon graduation some local car dealers gave him a [[Chrysler New Yorker]] in order make the drive to Morgantown, becoming the first automobile in the Workman family.<ref name="wvusports.com"/>

==College career==
After graduating from [[Charleston High School (West Virginia)|Charleston High School]], Workman enrolled at [[West Virginia University]]. There he led the Mountaineers from 1950 to 1952, scoring 1,469 career points (21.0 point-per-game average) under Coaches [[Lee Patton]] and Robert N. "Red" Brown.<ref name="sports-reference.com">((cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-workman-1.html|title=Mark Workman College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com))</ref>

Workman averaged 26.1 points a game in 1950-1951. In 1951-1952, he averaged 23.1 points and 17.5 rebounds for the 23-4 Mountaineers.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/west-virginia/1952-schedule.html|title=1951-52 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com))</ref> Workman was a [[1952 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans]], alongside [[Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame]] inductees [[Cliff Hagan]], [[Clyde Lovellette]] and [[Bob Pettit]], as well as major league baseball All-Star [[Dick Groat]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html|title=NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams|website=Basketball-Reference.com))</ref><ref name="basketball-reference.com">((cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/workmma01.html|title=Mark Workman NBA Stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=September 15, 2023))</ref><ref name="sports-reference.com"/>

His top scoring performance was 50 points against [[Salem College]] in 1951. He also scored 48 points against [[Washington and Jefferson College]], and 44 points against [[George Washington University]]. He still holds the WVU single-game records for field goals (22), free throws (17), and points in a half (37), along with four of the top 10 scoring marks.

One of Workman's greatest accomplishments was winning the [[United States Basketball Writers Association]] Gold Star Award as the outstanding visiting player in the state of New York for the 1951–52 season for leading WVU to wins over [[New York University]] (100-75) and [[Niagara University]] (74-71), despite the New York press having labelled him "the Galloping Goon from West Virginia" the previous year.<ref name="wvusports.com"/>

Workman also competed in Track and Field at West Virginia. He once beat future Olympic Champion [[Bob Mathias]] in the javelin. “Mark Workman was a very good athlete — not a goon as some people thought,” said Eddie Barrett, who was the WVU Sports Information Director at the time. “He also competed in varsity track and field.”<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.register-herald.com/sports/west-virginia-s-workman-once-beat-mathias-in-javelin/article_1243e1ac-39a8-5a64-bcac-dbad2b9a9737.html|title=West Virginia's Workman once beat Mathias in javelin|first=Mickey|last=Furfari|website=Beckley Register-Herald|date=5 September 2006 ))</ref>

==Professional career==

Workman was the first overall pick in the [[1952 NBA draft]], selected by the [[Milwaukee Hawks]], but went on a tour of Europe with the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] before playing two years for the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Philadelphia Warriors]] and [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)|Baltimore Bullets]].

In 1952-1953, Workman played five games for Milwaukee and was traded on November 19, 1952, to the Philadelphia Warriors for [[Don Sunderlage]]. He averaged 5.3 points in 60 games for Philadelphia. In 1953-54, Workman played in 14 games for the Warriors, averaging 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

==Personal==
After retiring from basketball, Workman became a salesman, bringing bowling to the Orient as a representative of the [[Brunswick Corporation]]. He later moved to Florida where he worked as a salesman for a mining company while enjoying his true love of fishing.<ref name="wvusports.com"/><ref>((cite web|url=http://collegehoopedia.com/players/basketball-stars-in-real-world|title=Blasts From the Past: What Did Basketball Stars Do in &quot;Real World&quot;?|website=collegehoopedia.com))</ref>

Workman died at his home on December 21, 1983, after a long illness. He was survived by his wife, Jane.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/23/obituaries/mark-workman.html|title=Mark Workman|last=Upi|newspaper=The New York Times |date=23 December 1983))</ref><ref name="upi.com"/>

==Honors==

Workman was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Writers Hall of Fame in 1974.

In 1994, Workman was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name="wvusports.com"/>

In 2017, Workman was named an inaugural member of West Virginia University's Mountaineer Legends Society.<ref name="wvusports.com"/><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.timeswv.com/sports/wvu-basketball-greats-to-be-inducted-into-mountaineer-legends-society/article_24e7ec76-a403-11e7-b597-b3130acf48d4.html|title=WVU basketball greats to be inducted into Mountaineer Legends Society|last=Wvusports.com|website=Times West Virginian|date=28 September 2017 ))</ref>

==Career statistics==
((NBA player statistics legend))

===NBA===
Source<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|((nbay|1952))
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1952–53 Milwaukee Hawks season|Milwaukee]]
|5
|5.8
|.294
|.500
|1.2
|.2
|2.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|((nbay|1952|nolink=y))
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1952–53 Philadelphia Warriors season|Rochester]]
|'''60'''
|'''16.7'''
|.320
|'''.622'''
|'''3.1'''
|'''.6'''
|'''5.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|((nbay|1953))
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1953–54 Baltimore Bullets season|Baltimore]]
|14
|10.8
|'''.417'''
|.600
|2.6
|.5
|4.0
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|79
|14.9
|.331
|.618
|2.9
|.6
|4.9
|}

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.wvusports.com/hallOfFame.cfm?func=viewProfile&hofID=63 West Virginia U. Sports, Workman bio.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070513193253/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WORKMMA01 Career statistics]

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