Bernard Toone
Personal information | |
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Born | Yonkers, New York |
July 14, 1956
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Gorton (Yonkers, New York) |
College | Marquette (1975–1979) |
NBA draft | 1979 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37th overall |
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
Playing career | 1979–1983 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 3 |
Career history | |
1979–1980 | Philadelphia 76ers |
1980–1981 | Latte Matese Caserta (Italy) |
1982–1983 | Gaiteros del Zulia (Venezuela) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Bernard Toone (born July 14, 1956) is a retired American basketball player born in Yonkers, New York.
Toone played collegiately at Marquette University, where as a sophomore reserve he was a member of the Warriors' 1977 National Championship team in Hall of Fame coach Al McGuire's final season. As a senior, Toone averaged 18.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game and was named a fourth team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).[1]
After his college eligibility was over, Toone was drafted in the second round of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Toone's NBA career lasted only one season, as he averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in a reserve role for the 76ers in 1979–80.[2]
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- Basketball players at the 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from New York
- Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs