Last Updated on April 16, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Here is the detailed profile of Carl Braun:

Player Profile

  • Full Name: Carl Albert Braun
  • Nationality: American
  • Age: Born on July 25, 1926 – Passed away on October 25, 2010 (84 years old at the time of his death)
  • Hometown: New York City, New York, USA
  • Height: 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 meters)
  • Weight: 190 pounds (86 kg)
  • Wingspan: 6 feet 4 inches
  • Shoe Size: Size 13 (US)
  • Number: 18, 6
  • Position: Shooting guard / Small forward
  • High School: John Adams High School (Queens, New York)
  • College: University of Rhode Island (1945–1949)
  • NBA Draft: 1949, 1st round, 4th overall pick by the New York Knicks
  • Teams Played For:
    • New York Knicks (1949–1957, 1962–1963)
    • Boston Celtics (1957–1962)
  • Championship Rings: 2 (1957, 1959 with the Boston Celtics)
  • Kids: Information about children is not widely documented.
  • Siblings: Information about siblings is not widely available.

Player Archetype / Play Style

Carl Braun’s player archetype was that of a high-volume scoring guard, an early lead backcourt star who could function as both a primary shot-maker and a secondary playmaker within New York’s offense. He was an offense-first perimeter player who routinely carried major scoring responsibility for the Knicks, leading the team in scoring during his first seven seasons, while still contributing as a passer rather than operating as a pure finisher. At 6-foot-5 and 180 pounds, Braun had excellent size for a guard in his era, which helped him play over smaller defenders and gave him lineup flexibility in the backcourt. Defensively, his role appears to have been more solid and positional than specialist-driven, with his reputation built much more on scoring punch, durability, and all-around backcourt value than on shutdown defense. Overall, Braun’s play style blended size, shot creation, and offensive polish, making him one of the Knicks’ foundational perimeter scorers of the 1950s and a guard whose game was built to produce points first. (NBA)

Sources:

NBA.com — Carl Braun | Guard | New York Knicks
NBA.com — Top 5 all-time New York Knicks scoring leaders
NBA.com — NBA Birthdays: Players born on Sept. 25
NBA.com — Year-by-year All-NBA Teams