Terry Furlow
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1954 Flint, Michigan |
| Died | May 23, 1980 (aged 25) Linndale, Ohio |
| 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. An autopsy report confirmed he had cocaine and Valium in his bloodstream when he died.[3] He left behind one son, Terrence O'Neal Paige from Hammond, IN.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/hallfame/05/furlowT.shtml Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BasketballReference.com Terry Furlow page
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/08/20/widespread-cocaine-use-by-players-alarms-nba/0eb819b3-bd92-412a-b14c-baed1a9e7c68/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.330424549a97
- ^ Crash kills Furlow
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