Bumper Tormohlen
Personal information | |
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Born | Power forward / center | May 12, 1937
Number | 12, 34 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1959-1961 | Cleveland Pipers |
1961–1963 | Kansas City Steers |
1963–1970 | St. Louis / Atlanta Hawks |
As coach: | |
1976 | Atlanta Hawks |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 1,191 (4.4 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,122 (4.1 rpg) |
Assists | 257 (0.9 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Eugene R. "Bumper" Tormohlen (May 12, 1937 – December 27, 2018) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was born and raised in Holland, Indiana; he attended Holland High and helped lead the Dutchmen to an IHSAA Sectional in 1953.
He was recruited to the
After a splendid college career at the
He remained with the Hawks, becoming an assistant coach for four seasons. With the Hawks at 28–46 and mired in a ten-game losing streak, he was promoted to replace Cotton Fitzsimmons on an interim basis on March 30, 1976.[1] The next season, the team hired Hubie Brown as their full-time head coach. He spent several seasons as the Director of College Scouting for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Tormohlen died on December 27, 2018, at age 81.[2]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Source[3]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1962–63 | St. Louis | 7 | 6.7 | .500 | .200 | 2.1 | .7 | 1.7 |
1963–64 | St. Louis | 51 | 12.5 | .376 | .478 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
1965–66 | St. Louis | 71 | 10.9 | .444 | .659 | 4.4 | .8 | 4.8 |
1966–67 | St. Louis | 63 | 16.4 | .427 | .595 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 6.3 |
1967–68 | St. Louis | 77 | 9.3 | .374 | .589 | 2.9 | .9 | 3.0 |
1969–70 | Atlanta | 2 | 5.5 | .500 | – | 2.0 | .5 | 2.0 |
Career | 271 | 11.9 | .411 | .579 | 4.1 | .9 | 4.4 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1963 | St. Louis | 5 | 3.0 | .400 | – | 1.0 | .6 | 1.6 |
1964 | St. Louis | 6 | 6.5 | .385 | .600 | 2.3 | .8 | 2.2 |
1966 | St. Louis | 6 | 6.3 | .200 | .750 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1967 | St. Louis | 6 | 8.7 | .524 | .400 | 3.7 | .3 | 4.0 |
1968 | St. Louis | 3 | 8.3 | .333 | .750 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
Career | 26 | 6.5 | .400 | .611 | 2.5 | .8 | 2.3 |
Head coaching record
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlanta | 1975–76 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5th in Central | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
Source[4]
References
- ^ "Cotton pickin'," The Associated Press (AP), Wednesday, March 31, 1976. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Tennessee Basketball Great Gene Tormohlen Passes Away". wtlv.tv. December 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2024.