Curly Armstrong
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | November 1, 1918 |
Died | June 6, 1983 Fort Wayne, Indiana | (aged 64)
Nationality | American |
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 (1938–1940) |
Playing career | 1941–1951 |
Position | Forward / Guard |
Number | 31, 3 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1941–1943 1945–1951 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
As coach: | |
1948–1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Paul Carlyle "Curly" Armstrong (November 1, 1918 – June 6, 1983) was an American professional basketball player.
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). He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
External links
- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1983 deaths
- American basketball coaches
- Basketball players at the 1940 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Indiana
- Guards (basketball)
- Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players
- Fort Wayne Pistons head coaches
- Fort Wayne Pistons players
- Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons players
- Player-coaches
- Sportspeople from Fort Wayne, Indiana
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs