Jack Toomay
American basketball player
Personal information | |
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Born | (1922-08-09)August 9, 1922 Ontario, California |
Died | March 12, 2008(2008-03-12) (aged 85) Carlsbad, California |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Webb School (Claremont, California) |
College | Pacific (1941–1944, 1946–1947) |
BAA draft | 1947: undrafted |
Playing career | 1947–1950 |
Position | Center |
Number | 20, 15, 19 |
Career history | |
1947 | Chicago Stags |
1947–1948 | Providence Steamrollers |
1948 | Washington Capitols |
1948–1949 | Baltimore Bullets |
1949–1950 | Denver Nuggets |
Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Major General John Crawford Toomay (August 9, 1922 – March 12, 2008) was an American professional basketball player. He played for several teams in the Basketball Association of America and National Basketball Association.[1] He averaged 6.7 points and 0.9 assists per game in 131 career games played.[1]
Toomay holds the NBA record for the most personal fouls committed in a playoff game with 8.[2] He later became a major general in the United States Air Force and was a key architect of nuclear defense strategies.[3]
BAA/NBA career statistics
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1947–48 | Chicago | 19 | .191 | .550 | .1 | 1.5 |
1947–48 | Providence | 14 | .361 | .690 | .4 | 10.9 |
1948–49 | Washington | 13 | .381 | .750 | .1 | 1.9 |
1948–49 | Baltimore | 23 | .381 | .659 | .5 | 3.3 |
1949–50 | Denver | 62 | .397 | .705 | 1.5 | 9.6 |
Career | 131 | .376 | .691 | .9 | 6.7 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1949 | Baltimore | 1 | .200 | .714 | .0 | 7.0 |
Career | 1 | .200 | .714 | .0 | 7.0 |
References
- ^ a b "Jack Toomay stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ^ "John Crawford Toomay obituary". The Dallas Morning News. March 16, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ^ The Washington Post (April 6, 2008). "John C. Toomay; Air Force Major General". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
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