Harold Francis Uplinger (September 30, 1929 – February 1, 2011) was an American professional

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player and television producer. A guard from

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, Uplinger spent the

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with the Baltimore Bullets, scoring 86 points in 23 games. He was the Northern League basketball player of the year at John Marshall High School, and an All-Los Angeles City player as well, going on to play for the National Championship Junior College team at Los Angeles City College before playing at L.I.U. for legendary coach Clair Bee. He is the only Marshall High School (opened in 1931) basketball player to ever play in the NBA.

Television producer

He worked for CBS in

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and

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as the production manager at KCBS, then as sports producer for the CBS Television Network. He produced the American side of

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and was responsible for the international distribution of the 16-hour broadcast to 155 countries and raised $283.7 million for the Band Aid Trust. Uplinger produced many worldwide TV broadcasts mainly using top musical talent promoting humanitarian themes. He is considered to be the co-founder, along with Tony Verna, of the system used to present instant replays on television.

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NBA

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Regular season

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