- Larry Foust
Infobox Pro athlete
name = Larry Foust
league = NBA
height = 6'9"
weight = 215 lb
position = Power forward/Center
birth_date = birth date|1928|6|24|mf=y
birth_place =Painesville, Ohio
death_date = death date and age|1984|10|27|1928|6|24|mf=y
death_place =
team = Fort Wayne Pistons,
Minneapolis Lakers,
St. Louis Hawks
college =La Salle University
nationality = American
draft = Round 1, pick 6
draft_year = 1950
draft_team =Chicago Stags
career_start = 1950
career_end = 1962
awards = 8-Time NBA All-Star (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959),
All-NBA First Team (1955),
All-NBA Second Team (1952)Lawrence Michael Foust (
June 24 ,1928 –October 27 ,1984 ) was an Americanbasketball player who spent 12 seasons in theNBA and was an 8-timeAll-Star . He attended South Catholic High School in Philadelphia. Pa and was instrumental in winning the city championship against archrival Southern High School by scoring a last second basket. larry was one of a number of great players to come out of the south philadelphia area during the mid fortiesA 6'9" center from
La Salle University , Foust was selected by theChicago Stags in the 1950NBA Draft , but the Stags franchise folded before the start of the1950-51 NBA season , and Foust joined the Fort Wayne Pistons. OnNovember 22 ,1950 , Foust scored the winning basket in a 19-18 Pistons victory over the Minneapolis Lakers, the lowest scoring game in NBA history. Foust later joined the Lakers in 1957, and he also spent two-and-a-half seasons with the St. Louis Hawks, retiring in 1962 with 11,198 career points and 8,041 career rebounds.External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/foustla01.html College and NBA Stats] @ basketball-reference.com
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