YouTube Gold: Art Heyman And The Pittsburgh Pipers

LOUISVILLE, KY - MARCH 22: Art Heyman #25 of the Duke Blue Devils looks at the scoreboard against the Loyola Ramblers during the semifinal game of the NCAA Men”u2019s Basketball Tournament held at Freedom Hall on March 22, 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky. Loyola defeated Duke 94-75 to advance to the finals.Art Heyman had a memorable and exciting career at Duke but in the NBA, he ran into trouble.

The #1 pick in the 1963 draft and taken by his hometown New York Knicks, Heyman was, we think but could be wrong on this, the only Jewish player ever taken at #1. The only other Jewish player in any league that we’re aware of to go #1 was Sue Bird, who was the first pick of the 2002 WNBA Draft, taken…