Terry Furlow
Personal information | |
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Born | Flint, Michigan | October 18, 1954
Died | May 23, 1980 Linndale, Ohio | (aged 25)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Flint Northern (Flint, Michigan) |
College | Michigan State (1972–1976) |
NBA draft | 1976: 1st round, 12th overall pick |
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
Playing career | 1976–1980 |
Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Number | 25 |
Career history | |
1976–1977 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1977–1979 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1979 | Atlanta Hawks |
1979–1980 | Utah Jazz |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,550 (10.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 507 (2.1 rpg) |
Assists | 568 (2.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Terry Furlow (October 18, 1954 – May 23, 1980) was an American basketball player. Furlow was a 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) shooting guard from Flint, Michigan. He played collegiately at Michigan State. In 1975-76, as a senior, he led the Big Ten in scoring, and finished his career at MSU with 1717 points – which places him seventh on the Spartans' all-time scoring list. The 50 points he scored against Iowa on January 5, 1976 is still the Michigan State men's all-time single game scoring record.[1]
Furlow was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 12th overall pick in the 1976 NBA Draft; he was also selected in the sixth round of the 1975 ABA draft by the Memphis Sounds.[2] In 1977, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he averaged 11.0 points in a one-and-a-half seasons with the team. In 1979, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for point guard Butch Lee, and midway through the 1979-80 season, he was traded to the Utah Jazz, where he averaged a career-best 16 points per game.
On May 23, 1980, Furlow was killed in a car accident when he crashed into a pole on Interstate 71 in Linndale, Ohio He leaves behind one son, Terrence O'Neal Paige from Hammond, IN.[3]
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