Tom Marshall (basketball)

Tom Marshall

Personal information
Born	(1931-01-06) January 6, 1931 Coldwater, Tennessee
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Mount Juliet (Mount Juliet, Tennessee)
College	Western Kentucky (1951–1954)
NBA draft	1954: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career	1954–1959
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
Number	16, 8, 20
Career history
As player:
1954–1955, 1956–1957	Rochester Royals
1957	Detroit Pistons
1957–1959	Cincinnati Royals
As coach:
1958–1960	Cincinnati Royals
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1954) No. 41 jersey retired by Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Career NBA statistics
Points	952 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds	492 (2.9 rpg)
Assists	188 (1.1 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

John Thomas Marshall (born January 6, 1931) is an American former 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. The Royals would eventually become the Sacramento Kings many years after his retirement.

External links

• Basketball-Reference.com: Tom Marshall (as player)
• Basketball-Reference.com: Tom Marshall (as coach)