Tom Meschery

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Tom Meschery is a former professional basketball player and coach, best known as a rugged forward in the NBA and ABA and later as a poet and author.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
basketball coach
human
poet
professional basketball player
birthName Tomislav Nikolayevich Meshcheryakov
cityOfHighSchool San Francisco
coachedTeam Carolina Cougars
Seattle SuperSonics
collegeAttended Saint Mary's College of California
surface form: Saint Mary’s College of California
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-10-26
draftedBy Philadelphia Warriors
draftLeague National Basketball Association
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 7
draftRound 1
draftYear 1961
ethnicGroup Russian
genre poetry
sports literature
givenName Tom
hallOfFame Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
surface form: Saint Mary’s College Athletic Hall of Fame
highSchoolAttended Lowell High School
jerseyNumber 12
14
knownFor being one of the first foreign-born NBA All-Stars
rugged forward play in the NBA
languageOfWorkOrName English
Russian
leaguePlayedIn American Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
memberOfSportsTeam Philadelphia Warriors
Golden State Warriors
surface form: San Francisco Warriors

Seattle SuperSonics
NBAAllStarSelection 1963
notableWork Nothing We Lose Can Be Replaced
Over the Rim: Basketball Poems
occupation teacher
placeOfBirth Harbin
surface form: Harbin, China
playedForCollegeTeam Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
surface form: Saint Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball
positionPlayed power forward
small forward
religion Russian Orthodox Church
residence Nevada
sport basketball

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Carolina Cougars notableCoach Tom Meschery