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Paul Carlyle "Curly" Armstrong (November 1, 1918 – June 6, 1983) was an American professional basketball player and coach.[1][2]
Personal information | |
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Born | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | November 1, 1918
Died | June 6, 1983 64) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | (aged
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Central (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
College | Indiana (1938–1941) |
Playing career | 1941–1951 |
Position | Forward / guard |
Number | 31, 3 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1941–1943, 1945–1951 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
As coach: | |
1947 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (interim HC) |
1948–1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
1951–1953 | Wabash |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
A 5'11" guard/forward, Armstrong starred at Central High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he reached two state championship games while leading his team to a 50–6 record. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Armstrong attended Indiana University, earning All-Big Ten Conference honors during his junior year. He then played, and briefly coached, for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons professional basketball team (today's Detroit Pistons). In 1943, he was named the World Professional Basketball Tournament's Most Valuable Player.[3] He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
He was head basketball coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, for two seasons. His record in 1951–52 was 10 wins and 10 losses. His record in 1952–53 was 9 wins and 10 losses.
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | ||
APG | Assists per game | PPG | Points per game | ||
Bold | Career high | ||||
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1948–49 | Fort Wayne | 52 | .306 | .698 | – | 2.0 | 7.3 |
1949–50 | Fort Wayne | 63 | .279 | .705 | – | 2.8 | 7.3 |
1950–51 | Fort Wayne | 38 | .310 | .644 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
Career | 153 | .295 | .692 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 6.8 | |
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1950 | Fort Wayne | 3 | .182 | .250 | – | 2.0 | 3.0 |
1951 | Fort Wayne | 3 | .368 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
Career | 6 | .268 | .400 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Fort Wayne | 1948–49 | 54 | 22 | 32 | .407 | 5th in Western | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
Source[4]
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