Jack Toomay

Jack Toomay
Personal information
Born(1922-08-09)August 9, 1922
Ontario, California
DiedMarch 12, 2008(2008-03-12) (aged 85)
Carlsbad, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolWebb School
(Claremont, California)
CollegePacific (1941–1944, 1946–1947)
BAA draft1947: undrafted
Playing career1947–1950
PositionCenter
Number20, 15, 19
Career history
1947Chicago Stags
1947–1948Providence Steamrollers
1948Washington Capitols
1948–1949Baltimore Bullets
1949–1950Denver Nuggets
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Major General John Crawford Toomay (August 9, 1922 – March 12, 2008) was an American professional basketball player. He played for several teams in the Basketball Association of America and National Basketball Association.[1] He averaged 6.7 points and 0.9 assists per game in 131 career games played.[1]

Toomay holds the NBA record for the most personal fouls committed in a playoff game with 8.[2] He later became a major general in the United States Air Force and was a key architect of nuclear defense strategies.[3]

BAA/NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 FT%  Free-throw percentage  APG  Assists per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1947–48 Chicago 19 .191 .550 .1 1.5
1947–48 Providence 14 .361 .690 .4 10.9
1948–49 Washington 13 .381 .750 .1 1.9
1948–49 Baltimore 23 .381 .659 .5 3.3
1949–50 Denver 62 .397 .705 1.5 9.6
Career 131 .376 .691 .9 6.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1949 Baltimore 1 .200 .714 .0 7.0
Career 1 .200 .714 .0 7.0

References

  1. ^ a b "Jack Toomay stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "John Crawford Toomay obituary". The Dallas Morning News. March 16, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  3. ^ The Washington Post (April 6, 2008). "John C. Toomay; Air Force Major General". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 4, 2021.


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