Tom Marshall (basketball)

Tom Marshall

Personal information
Born	(1931-01-06) January 6, 1931
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 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Rochester Royals
Playing career	1954–1959
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
Number	16, 8, 20
Career history
As player:
1954–1957	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)
Career NBA statistics
Points	952 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds	492 (2.9 rpg)
Assists	188 (1.1 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John Thomas "Tom" 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)