Career
He also played professionally in the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association) from 1950-1954. Lofgran, a native of Oakland, California and 1946 graduate of Oakland Technical High School, spent the first two years of college (1946-1948) at Grant Technical College, a junior college in Sacramento California (now American River College). He graduated Grant Technical and enrolled at the University of San Francisco to play for the Dons basketball team
While at USF, Lofgran averaged approximately 15 points per game for his career.
Lofgran was drafted as the 11th pick in the first round of the 1950 National Basketball Association Draft by the Syracuse Nationals. He was traded to the Indianapolis Olympians his rookie year.
During Lofgran"s four year National Basketball Association career, he also played for the Philadelphia Warriors and Milwaukee Hawks.