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Forward · Sacramento Kings

Tom Marshall

Age 95 · USA · 193 cm (6'4") · 98 kg · Born Jan 6, 1931 · Western Kentucky

5.4 PPG 2.9 RPG 1.0 APG 206 games 4 seasons

Career snapshot

4seasons
206games
1,104career pts
8.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Sacramento Kings · 159 games · 1954-55–1958-59

Position rank · 1954-55

#14PPG rank
#16PER rank
#16WS rank
Among 24 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 8.0 1954-55 · SAC
RPG 3.6 1954-55 · SAC
APG 1.5 1954-55 · SAC

Draft

1954
Round 1 · Pick 7
from Western Kentucky

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1954-55 SAC 72 0 18.6 8.0 3.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 44.2 0.0 67.5
1956-57 SAC 40 0 11.5 4.0 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 34.4 0.0 81.0
1957-58 NBA 38 0 13.6 4.0 2.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 31.3 0.0 76.2
1957-58 SAC 29 0 15.6 4.5 3.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 31.3 0.0 74.5
1957-58 DET 9 0 7.3 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 31.8 0.0 87.5 8.3 0.0
1958-59 SAC 18 0 15.1 3.6 2.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 29.1 0.0 62.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

All entries are season change.

About Tom Marshall

John Thomas Marshall was an American 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, 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. Marshall died in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 10, 2024, at the age of 93.