Jim Walsh (basketball)
![]() Walsh with the Phillips 66ers. | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Born | San Francisco, California | August 29, 1930|||||||||||||
Died | March 4, 1976 San Francisco, California | (aged 45)|||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
College | Stanford (1949–1952) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1952 / Round: 12 / Pick: 97th overall | |||||||||||||
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1957–1958 | |||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||
Number | 20 | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
1957–1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
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Stats ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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James Patrick Walsh (August 29, 1930 – March 4, 1976) was an American basketball player.
A 6'4" forward from Stanford University, Walsh competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team. He then played one season (1957–1958) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors, averaging 2.0 points per game.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
- Olympic Medal Record at DatabaseOlympics.com
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 1976 deaths
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) draft picks
- Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from San Francisco
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Philadelphia Warriors players
- Phillips 66ers players
- Small forwards
- Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players
- United States men's national basketball team players
- American men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs