Scott Thomas Armstrong, Jr. Born:
October 12, 1913
Fort Wayne, IN
Died:
August 20, 1997
Fort Wayne, IN
Career
1933-34 Butler University (College)
1934-35 Butler University (College)
1935-36 Butler University (College)
1936-37 Fort Wayne General Electrics (MBC)
1937-38 Fort Wayne General Electrics (NBL)
1938-39 Oshkosh All-Stars (NBL)
1939-40 Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL)
1940-41 Crawfordsville Merchants (Independent)
1941-42 Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL)
A graduate of Butler, Armstrong played four seasons in the NBL.
After a season with Fort Wayne, he moved to Oshkosh where he was an
all-star. He then moved to Indianapolis, where he played a couple
seasons and was also an assistant coach under Tony Hinkle back at
Butler. He served in the Navy before entering education and coaching
high school track, football, baseball and, of course, basketball. He was the long-time principal at New Haven Junior High School until he retired in 1976.He married Barbara Jean Rose on May 28, 1949.
Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/a/armstsc01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=armstsc01
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/scotty-armstrong-2/
Correction: Scott was not the brother of Paul "Curly" Armstrong though they attended the same high school. Scott was the brother of Paul J. Armstrong of New Haven, Indiana. The two brothers coached and taught together at New haven High School until their respective retirements.
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