Calvin Murphy

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee National Basketball Association player basketball player human

Calvin Murphy is a Hall of Fame American basketball guard best known for his prolific scoring and free-throw shooting during his career with the Houston Rockets.

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instanceOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
National Basketball Association player ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
assistsInNBA 4957 ⓘ
careerAssistsPerGame 4.4 ⓘ
careerEnd 1983 ⓘ
careerPointsPerGame 17.9 ⓘ
collegeAttended Niagara University ⓘ
collegeHonors three-time All-American at Niagara University ⓘ
collegeScoringAverage 33.1 points per game (career at Niagara) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-03-09 ⓘ
draftedBy San Diego Rockets ⓘ
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 18 ⓘ
draftRound 2 ⓘ
draftYear 1970 ⓘ
familyName Murphy ⓘ
fullName Calvin Jerome Murphy ⓘ
gamesPlayedInNBA 1002 ⓘ
givenName Calvin ⓘ
height 175 cm ⓘ
5 ft 9 in ⓘ
heldRecord NBA single-season free-throw percentage record ⓘ
inductedInto Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
inductionYear 1993 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 1 ⓘ
23 ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Houston Rockets ⓘ
San Diego Rockets ⓘ
NBAAllRookieTeamSelection 1971 ⓘ
NBAAllStarSelection 1979 ⓘ
NBAdebutSeason 1970–71 NBA season ⓘ
notableFor exceptional free-throw shooting ⓘ
prolific scoring despite small stature ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norwalk, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
playedForFranchiseThroughoutNBAcareer Rockets franchise ⓘ
pointsScoredInNBA 17949 ⓘ
positionPlayed point guard ⓘ
shooting guard ⓘ
postPlayingCareerOccupation television analyst ⓘ
singleSeasonFreeThrowPercentage .958 (1980–81 NBA season) ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
stealsInNBA 1238 ⓘ
teamJerseyRetiredBy Houston Rockets ⓘ
workedFor Houston Rockets ⓘ
surface form: Houston Rockets (broadcast team)

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1981 NBA Finals → notablePlayerRunnerUp → Calvin Murphy ⓘ