- Carlisle Towery
Infobox NBA player
name = Carlisle Towery
nickname = Blackie, Big Boy
caption =
position = Power forward
Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lbs = 210
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1920|6|20
birth_place =
college =Western Kentucky University
career_start = 1941
career_end = 1950
former_teams =Fort Wayne Pistons Indianapolis Jets
Baltimore Bullets
awards =William Carlisle Towery (born
June 20 1920 ), nicknamed "Blackie" or "Big Boy", [ [http://www.hilltopperhaven.com/interviews/towery.html Carlisle Towery Interview] at Hilltopper Haven. Retrieved onJanuary 13 ,2008 .] is a retired Americanbasketball player.A 6'5" (1.96 m) forward/center, Towery played for the
Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers from 1938 to 1941. He was a two-timeAll-America selection and the first Hilltopper to score 1,000 points. He also led the Hilltoppers to threeSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles.Danny Schoenbaechler. " [http://media.www.wkuherald.com/media/storage/paper603/news/2003/02/25/Sports/Mens-Basketball.its.An.Honor.And.Im.Speechless-378237.shtml Men's Basketball: 'It's an honor and I'm speechless'] ". "College Heights Herald".February 25 2003 . Retrieved onJanuary 13 2008 .]After graduating, Towery began his professional career with the
Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League. He played three seasons with the Pistons before enterring military service inWorld War II , where he earned a Bronze Star as aninfantryman . He then returned to the Pistons in 1946, and remained with the team as they joined the Basketball Association of America (the modern NBA) in 1948. Towery spent half a season with the Pistons in the BAA, and later served stints for theIndianapolis Jets and Baltimore Bullets. When he retired from basketball in 1950, he had scored 2,317 combined NBL/NBA points. ["The Official NBA Encyclopedia." New York: Doubleday, 2000. 784.]In 2003, Western Kentucky University retired his #42 college jersey. He became the sixth Hilltopper to receive such honors.
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