Tom Marshall (basketball)

Tom Marshall

No. 16, 8, 20
Small forward / Guard
Personal information
Born	January 6, 1931 (1931-01-06)
High school	Mount Juliet
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Western Kentucky
NBA Draft	1954 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Pro career	1954–1959
League	NBA
Career history
As player:
1954–1957	Rochester Royals
1957	Detroit Pistons
1957–1959	Cincinnati Royals
As coach:
1958–1960	Cincinnati Royals
Career highlights and awards
Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1954)
Career NBA statistics
Points	952 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds	492 (2.9 rpg)
Assists	188 (1.1 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John Thomas (Tom) Marshall (born January 6, 1931) is a former basketball player and coach. He graduated from Mt. Juliet High School in Mt. Juliet,Tennessee. He was a star at Western Kentucky University in the 1950s, where he was a 2-time All-American. His number 41 is one of only six retired at WKU.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 7th 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. The Royals would eventually become the Sacramento Kings many years after his retirement.

External links

• Basketball-Reference.com: Tom Marshall (as player)
• Hilltopper Haven: Legends, Tom Marshall
• Basketball-Reference.com: Tom Marshall (as coach)

Preceded by Bobby Wanzer

Cincinnati Royals head coach 1958–1960

Succeeded by Charles Wolf