Jim Spruill
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 26, 1923 Dublin, Texas |
| Died | January 8, 2006 (aged 82) Boulder City, Nevada |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Dublin (Dublin, Texas) |
| College | Rice (1941–1943, 1946–1948) |
| BAA draft | 1948: undrafted |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 1948 | Indianapolis Jets |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
James Winfred Spruill (February 26, 1923 – January 8, 2006) was an American professional basketball and football player.[1][2] He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Indianapolis Jets in just one game during the 1948–49 BAA season.[1] In that game he scored two points and recorded three personal fouls.[1] His professional football career was longer, spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons in the All-America Football Conference.[2] Spruill played for the Baltimore Colts in 26 total games (starting 15 of them).[2] In college, Spruill had college basketball and college football at Rice University.[1] He was later a high school football coach, at Durango High School in Durango, Colorado, Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Arizona, and Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California.[3]
BAA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | ||||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
| FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
| APG | Assists per game | ||||
| PPG | Points per game | ||||
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | Indianapolis | 1 | .333 | .000 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 1 | .333 | .000 | .0 | 2.0 | |
References
- ^ a b c d "Jim Spruill BAA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Jim Spruill NFL stats". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Jordan, Ed (April 30, 1965). "AHS Loses Jim Spruill To Lompoc". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. p. 35. Retrieved October 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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External links
- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- 1923 births
- 2006 deaths
- American football tackles
- American men's basketball players
- Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players
- Basketball players from Texas
- Guards (basketball)
- High school football coaches in Arizona
- High school football coaches in California
- High school football coaches in Colorado
- Indianapolis Jets players
- People from Dublin, Texas
- Players of American football from Texas
- Rice Owls football players
- Rice Owls men's basketball players
- Sam Houston State Bearkats football coaches
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players