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Tom Marshall (basketball)

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Tom Marshall
Personal information
Born(1931-01-06)January 6, 1931
Coldwater, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 2024(2024-05-10) (aged 93)
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolMount Juliet
(Mount Juliet, Tennessee)
CollegeWestern Kentucky (1951–1954)
NBA draft1954: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career1954–1959
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
Number16, 8, 20
Career history
As player:
1954–1955,
1956–1957		Rochester Royals
1957Detroit Pistons
1957–1959Cincinnati Royals
As coach:
1958–1960Cincinnati Royals
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points952 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds492 (2.9 rpg)
Assists188 (1.1 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

John Thomas Marshall (January 6, 1931 – May 10, 2024) was an American basketball player and coach. He graduated from Mount Juliet High School in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. He was a star at Western Kentucky University in the 1950s, where he was a two-time All-American. His number 41 is one of only six retired at Western Kentucky. He was named to the OVC Half-Century Team and the OVC 40th Anniversary team. A 6'4" forward, he was drafted by the Rochester Royals with the seventh pick of the 1954 NBA draft. After a promising rookie season, he was drafted into the Army and missed the 1955–56 season. In a four-year NBA career, he played for the Royals (in both Rochester and Cincinnati), as well as for the Detroit Pistons. In his final year as a player (1958–59) he served as a player-coach; then coached the Cincinnati Royals for one additional season (1959–60) after retiring from playing. Marshall died in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 10, 2024, at the age of 93.[1]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1954–55 Rochester 72 18.6 .442 .675 3.6 1.5 8.0
1956–57 Rochester 40 11.5 .344 .810 2.1 .8 4.0
1957–58 Detroit 9 7.3 .318 .875 .9 .4 2.3
1957–58 Cincinnati 29 15.6 .313 .745 3.2 .5 4.5
1958–59 Cincinnati 18 15.1 .291 .621 2.9 1.5 3.6
Career 168 15.4 .388 .709 2.9 1.1 5.7

Playoffs

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Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1955 Rochester 3 16.7 .150 .600 5.7 .7 3.0
1958 Cincinnati 2 16.5 .412 .800 8.0 1.0 9.0
Career 5 16.6 .270 .700 6.6 .8 5.4

References

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  1. ^ "WKU Basketball legend Tom Marshall passes away at 93". WNKY. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tom Marshall NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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