Dom Flora

Dom Flora
	Washington and Lee (1954–1958)
NBA draft	1958: 4th round, 31st overall pick
	Selected by the Boston Celtics
Position	Point guard
Number	44, 45
Career highlights and awards
	SoCon Player of the Year (1958); AP honorable mention All-American (1958); 2× First-team All-SoCon (1957, 1958);

Dominick Anthony Flora (June 12, 1935 – July 5, 2021) was an All-American college basketball standout at Washington and Lee University (W&L), located in Lexington, Virginia.^[1]^[2]^[3] Flora played for the W&L Generals from 1954–55 to 1957–58.^[2] Dom Flora was a native of Jersey City, New Jersey and played high school football, baseball, and basketball for William L. Dickinson High School.^[1]

A

Division I history.^[2]^[4] As of the conclusion of the 2011–12 season, Flora's 696 free throws made are still in the top 25 all-time in Division I history.^[4] He shot 696-for-954 (73.0%) in 109 career games played.^[4]

As a

Helms Foundation that also included NBA all-time legends Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, and Elgin Baylor.^[2] He also earned his second straight First Team All-Southern Conference selection.^[2] When his career ended, Flora finished with 2,310 points, which at the time was the fifth–highest total in NCAA history.^[1]^[2]

Dom was also a standout on the baseball diamond playing baseball all four years while at W&L after turning down a contract from the New York Giants (baseball) MLB team.^[2]

Dom was drafted by the

Akron, OH

from 1958–1960.

He eventually moved from playing into the front office including being a Sales and Marketing Executive for the Portland Thunder of the World Football League, Director of Marketing for the New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League (including the 1977 championship team led by soccer superstar Pelé), as well as General Manager for the Cleveland Force of the National Indoor Soccer League.

Bill Brill, a sports writer for

The Roanoke Times & World News

, once wrote about Flora:

“Flora left the fans gasping with one bit of razzle-dazzle, on which he dribbled with his left hand, jumped into the air, switched the ball behind his back to his right hand, and made a jump shot. It was worth the price of admission.”^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jersey City's Bob Hurley Elected to Hoop Hall of Fame". Bob Hurley Hall of Fame Issue (Printable Edition). Volume 23, No. 2. Jedsey Journal. April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Dominick A. (Dom) Flora '58". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
^ "Visiting W&L". Washington and Lee University. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). 2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

[JEDSEY-1] "Jersey City's Bob Hurley Elected to Hoop Hall of Fame". Bob Hurley Hall of Fame Issue (Printable Edition). Volume 23, No. 2. Jedsey Journal. April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

[WASHLEE-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Dominick A. (Dom) Flora '58". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

[3] "Visiting W&L". Washington and Lee University. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

[NCAA-4] "2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). 2009–10 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.

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