Terry Furlow
Terry L. 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]
| 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 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall |
| 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 Basketball-Reference.com | |
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 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, Indiana.[4]
References
- 2005 Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame -- Terry Furlow - Posthumous Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- "BasketballReference.com Terry Furlow page". basketballreference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/08/20/widespread-cocaine-use-by-players-alarms-nba/0eb819b3-bd92-412a-b14c-baed1a9e7c68/
- "Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.