Joe Fulks

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Basketball Hall of Fame inductee human professional basketball player

Joe Fulks was an early professional basketball star and prolific scorer, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the modern jump shot in the 1940s.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Basketball Hall of Fame inductee → human → professional basketball player →
BAASeasonScoringLeader	1946–47 → 1947–48 → 1948–49 →
careerEnd	1954 →
careerStart	1946 →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound →
championshipWon	1947 BAA championship →
collegeAttended	Murray State University →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1921-10-26 →
dateOfDeath	1976-03-21 →
describedBySource	NBA historical records → Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame biography →
educatedAt	Murray State University →
familyName	Fulks →
fieldOfWork	sports →
fullName	Joseph Franklin Fulks →
givenName	Joseph →
hallOfFame	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
height	196 cm → 6 ft 5 in →
jerseyNumber	10 →
league	Basketball Association of America → National Basketball Association →
memberOfSportsTeam	Philadelphia Warriors →
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps →
NBAAllStar	1951 →
nickname	Jumping Joe →
notableFor	being one of the earliest prolific scorers in professional basketball → pioneering the modern jump shot →
placeOfBirth	Kuttawa, Kentucky, United States →
placeOfDeath	Marshall County, Kentucky, United States →
playedIn	inaugural BAA season →
positionPlayed	forward →
residence	Kentucky, United States →
scoredCareerPoints	8076 →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	basketball →
team	Philadelphia Warriors →
yearInductedIntoHallOfFame	1978 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basketball Association of America → Philadelphia Warriors →	notablePlayer
Fulks →	hasNotableBearer
Kuttawa, Kentucky, United States →	hasNotablePerson
1946–47 BAA season →	mostValuablePlayer
Jumping Joe →	nicknameOf
Jumping Joe →	realName
1946–47 BAA season →	topScorer