Carlos Quintanar

Carlos Quintanar (2 June 1939 – 14 October 2010) was a Mexican basketball player from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Quintanar is the second Mexican to be drafted by a National Basketball Association team (after his Olympic teammate Manuel Raga); he was drafted in 1971 by the San Diego Rockets in the 18th round (234th overall pick) of that year's NBA draft (his surname was misspelled Quintar).^[2][3] However, he never played professionally to maintain his amateur status.

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
2. "1971 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.
3. "San Diego/Houston Rockets draft picks". basketball-reference.