Red Morrison

Dwight W. "Red" Morrison


Born:
April 26, 1932
Fresno, CA

Died:
June 7, 2023
Mesa, AZ


Career
1947-48 Walla Walla High School - Washington (High School)
1948-49 Walla Walla High School - Washington (High School)
1949-50 Walla Walla High School - Washington (High School)
1951-52 University of Idaho (College)
1952-53 University of Idaho (College)
1953-54 University of Idaho (College)
1954-55 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1955-56 Boston Celtics (NBA)
1957-58 Boston Celtics (NBA)

Born to James and Phyllis Morrison in Fresno, California, Dwight and the Morrison family moved to Walla Walla, Washington, where "Red" would play basketball in high school.  went Red was drafted by the Celtics in the second round of the 1954 NBA Draft. He signed with the Celtics and played two years before quitting basketball to study medicine at Whitman College back in Walla Walla. He returned the Celtics in 1957 and played one more year before quitting the NBA. He wound up becoming a special agent for the FBI, pursuing fugitives and bank robbers and retired from the FBI after 22 years. He then worked at Boeing for about 4 years.

Red and his wife Peggy had two sons and two daughters.

Source:
celticslife.com, August 2013

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrire01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=morrire01

Jackie Moore

John T. "Jackie" Moore


Born:
September 24, 1932
Philadelphia, PA

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Career
1947-48 Overbrook High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1948-49 Overbrook High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1949-50 Overbrook High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1951-52 La Salle University (College)
1952-53 La Salle University (College)
1953-54 La Salle University (College)
1954-55 Syracuse Nationals (NBA)
1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks (NBA)
1954-55 Sunbury Mercuries (EPBL)
1954-55 Philadelphia Warriors (NBA)
1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors (NBA)
1956-57 Philadelphia Warriors (NBA)

Moore leaded his Overbook HS basketball team to three straight Public League championships before heading to La Salle, where he would be the first black player on the basketball team. He was declared academically ineligibile in spring of 1954 and left school that summer. He signed with the Syracuse Nationals and played one game before being cut on November 3, 1954. He signed with the Milwaukee Hawks, and played one game against the Lakers before being cut again. He found his way to Sunbury in the Eastern League where he caught the attention of the Philadelphia Warriors. Moore signed with the Warriors and played for them for three seasons before a knee injury cut his career short. He was asked to help a young player by the name of Wilt Chamberlain to learn some of the finer points of the game, and Moore gets a lot of credit for helping Wilt to become one of the greatest players the game had ever seen. Moore eventually moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is a well-respected man of the community, volunteering his time to help with people with substance abuse problems and driving people to medical appointments.

Source:
exnba.com, March 28, 2013
Philadelphia Tribune, January 27, 2014

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mooreja01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=mooreja01

Carl McNulty

Carl Edwin McNulty


Born:
February 14, 1930
Logansport, IN

Died:
January 14, 2020



Career
1946-47 Washington Township High School - Indiana (High School)
1947-48 Washington Township High School - Indiana (High School)
1949-50 Purdue University (College)
1950-51 Purdue University (College)
1951-52 Purdue University (College)
1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks (NBA)
1954-55 Rochester High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1955-56 Rochester High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1956-57 Elwood High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1957-58 Elwood High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1958-59 Elwood High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1959-60 Elwood High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1960-61 La Porte High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1961-62 La Porte High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1962-63 La Porte High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1963-64 La Porte High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1964-65 La Porte High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1965-66 La Porte High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach 
1966-67 Warren Central High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1967-68 Warren Central High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach 
1968-69 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1969-70 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1970-71 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1971-72 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1972-73 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1973-74 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1974-75 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1975-76 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1976-77 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1977-78 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1978-79 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1979-80 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1980-81 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1981-82 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1982-83 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1983-84 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1984-85 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1985-86 Kokomo High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach

Coming out of tiny Washington Township High School, McNulty would move on to Purdue where he who twice be selected the team's MVP and was named All-Big Ten. He would set both single game and season scoring records for the Boilermakers, and once pulled down 27 rebounds in a single game, still the school record as of this blog's publication. McNulty was drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1952 NBA Draft. He would play in one game a few years later with the Milwaukee Hawks. He went on to be a successful high school coach in Indiana, leading Kokomo High School to 13 sectional titles. One player he coached at LaPorte HS was future NBA player and MLB pitcher Ron Reed. McNulty was also a great softball player, playing into his 60's and being inducted into the Indiana Softball Hall of Fame.

Source:
Indiana Hoops Hall
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), February 5, 2017
Pharos Tribune, February 9, 2017
kokomoperspective.com, February 20, 2018

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcnulca01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=mcnulca01

Ken McBride

Kenneth Stanford McBride


Born:
May 23, 1929
Centralia, IL

Died:
May 14, 2005
Centralia, IL


Career
1946-47 Centralia High School - Illinois (High School)
1948-49 Maryland State College (College)
1949-50 Maryland State College (College)
1950-51 Maryland State College (College)
1951-52 Maryland State College (College)
1952-53 Camp Gordon (Military)
1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks (NBA)
1954-55 Kansas City Stars (Independent)
1955-56 Harlem Magicians (Independent)
1956-57 Harlem Magicians (Independent)

After a stellar career of basketball at Maryland State, McBride was drafted in 1952 by the Syracuse Nationals. However, he served in the U.S. Army prior to continuing on with his professional basketball career. After the army, McBride was released by the Nationals and signed by the Milwaukee Hawks. He started the season on a high note, pouring in 30 points against the Knicks in the Hawks' second game of the season. However, his game was little inconsistent and he by December of 1954 he was farmed out to the Kansas City Stars to polish his game up. He never returned to the NBA, and played a few more seasons with barnstorming independent teams.

Source:
News-Record (Neenah, WI), December 24, 1954

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcbrike01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=mcbrike01

Phil Martin

Phillip Roger Martin


Born:
April 2, 1928
Jackson, MI

Died:
June 24, 2008
Dallas, TX


Career
1944-45 Jackson High School - Michigan (High School)
1950-51 Michigan State University (College) Freshmen
1951-52 University of Toledo (College)
1952-53 University of Toledo (College)
1953-54 University of Toledo (College)
1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks (NBA)

Martin graduated from Jackson high School and served two years in the U.S. Navy before heading to college. He went to Michigan State for a year before transferring to Toledo where he would star on the basketball team and was names the best college player in Ohio. Martin was drafted by the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1954 NBA Draft and played with the Hawks for part of the 1954-55 season.

Source:
Toledo Rockets

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/martiph01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=martiph01

Tom Marshall

John Thomas "Tom" Marshall


Born:
January 6, 1931
Coldwater, TN

Died:
May 10, 2024
Fort Myers, FL


Career
1948-49 Mount Juliet - Tennessee (High School)
1949-50 Mount Juliet - Tennessee (High School)
1951-52 Western Kentucky University (College)
1952-53 Western Kentucky University (College)
1953-54 Western Kentucky University (College)
1954-55 Rochester Royals (NBA)
1956-57 Rochester Royals (NBA)
1957-58 Detroit Pistons (NBA)
1957-58 Cincinnati Royals (NBA)
1958-59 Cincinnati Royals (NBA) Head coach / player
1959-60 Cincinnati Royals (NBA) Head coach

From Mount Juliet, Tennessee, Tom Marshall was a two-time All-American at Western Kentucky, averaging well over 20 point per game. Marshall was taken seventh overall in the 1954 NBA Draft by the Rochester Royals. He played a season with the Royals before missing the 1955-56 season to serve in the U.S. Army. Except for a short stint with the Pistons, Marshall played exclusively in the NBA with the Royals, both in Rochester and Cincinnati. He would also serve as the head coach for a couple seasons. Marshall would eventually retired to Fort Myers, Florida.

Source:
Hilltopperhaven.com
wilsonpost.com, February 8, 2011

Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/marshto01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=marshto01

Ronnie MacGilvray

Ronald Gordon MacGilvray
born Ronald Gordon Griffith


Born:
July 20, 1930
Poughkeepsie, NY

Died:
February 11, 2007



Career
Sewanhaka High School - Floral Park, NY (High School)
1949-50 St. John's University (College)
1950-51 St. John's University (College)
1951-52 St. John's University (College)
1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks (NBA)

Confusing life story for Ronnie. I am trying to piece it together.

Ronald Gordon Griffith was born in 1930 to Donald Parkhurst Griffith and Beatrice (Plass). At some point before attending St John's, Ronald took on the name MacGilvray. It appears that Beatrice was later married to a Robert MacGilvray, so I am thinking that Donald Griffith either died or divorced, and when Beatrice remarried, the Ronald and his brother Roger took their step-father's name. (All of this could be way off. I am going with the information I can find.)

MacGilvray played basketball at St. John's University and was selected in the 1952 draft by the Rochester Royals, but he served in the U.S. Army for two years. In fall of 1954, we returned to the Royals but was cut two days before the opening of the 1954-55 season. He was signed by the Milwaukee Hawks and played six games for them before being released. He died in 2007, although as of the date of this blog entry, no one outside of his family seemed to be aware of his passing, even 12 years later.

Source:


Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/macgiro01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=macgiro01