Dick Mehen was a professional basketball player who played Power forward / Center as number 7, 10,17. Mehen died on December 14, 1986, in North Olmsted, Ohio. Mehen was born on May 20, 1922, in Wheeling, West Virginia. Mehen’s height was 6 ft 5 in. This article takes a deep dive into Dick Mehen’s net worth.
In high school, Dick Mehen played basketball for Wheeling High School (Wheeling, West Virginia). Mehen played basketball in college with Tennessee Volunteers basketball (1941-1943, 1946-1947) and started playing professionally in 1947. Mehen left the game of basketball in 1950-51 NBA season.
Mehen played for the Toledo Jeeps during 1947-1948 as well as the Waterloo Hawks in 1948-1949. Later, Mehen played for the Baltimore Bullets (original) throughout 1950-, the Boston Celtics over 1950-, the Fort Wayne Pistons during 1950-1951-, and the Milwaukee Hawks during 1951-1951. Some of the highlights of Dick Mehen’s career included: All-NBL First Team, Second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans – Pic, and 2× First-team All-Southeastern Conference.
Mehen set a career record of 2,067 (10.7 ppg) points, 505 (3.9 rpg) rebounds, and 480 (2.5 apg) assists.
Player annual payments vary between $20,000 and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of considerations. Although typical NBA players earn a salary of nearly $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is approximately $100 million, although as of today no player earns anywhere near that amount. The top players in the NBA earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can be as low as $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
So what was basketball player Dick Mehen’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Dick Mehen’s net worth at death is:
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