George Munroe (basketball)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 5, 1922 St. Louis Bombers |
| 1947–1948 | Boston Celtics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career statistics | |
Points | 485 |
| Rebounds | Not tracked |
| Assists | 20 |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
George Barber Munroe (January 5, 1922 – August 19, 2014) was an American professional
College
Munroe matriculated at
After graduation, Munroe served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.[2][3]
Professional basketball career
After he was discharged from the Navy, Munroe played for two seasons in the
Post-playing career
Lawyer and Rhodes Scholar
When his basketball career ended, he enrolled at Harvard Law School where he earned his LL.B. in 1949.[3] Shortly thereafter, Munroe was admitted to the New York State Bar Association and became associated with the firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City.[3] He was only with the firm for a short while before enrolling at Christ Church, Oxford, one of the biggest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
In 1951, Munroe received his
Phelps Dodge Company
In 1962, after spending four years with the company, he was appointed vice president, a position which he held for another four years.
Dartmouth service
Although Munroe graduated from Dartmouth College in 1943, he retained a lifelong dedication to the institution. From 1959 to 1964 he was a Class Agent and was awarded the Hood Trophy in 1964 for his efforts.
Personal life
Munroe was born in Joliet, Illinois.[3] He attended Joliet Township High School and graduated from there in 1939.[4] Munroe's father was George Muller Munroe and his mother was Ruth Barber.[2] He had two sons, George Taylor and Ralph W. Taylor, by his first wife Helen Taylor.[2] They were married from June 22, 1945, until getting divorced in 1964.[2] Munroe remarried on May 30, 1968, to Elinor Bunin.[2] He died in August 2014 at the age of 92.[8]
BAA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
| FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | ||
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–47 | St. Louis
|
59 | .263 | .647 | .3 | 7.0 |
| 1947–48 | Boston | 21 | .297 | .654 | .1 | 3.4 |
| Career | 80 | .268 | .648 | .3 | 6.1 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | St. Louis
|
3 | .484 | .571 | .0 | 11.3 |
| 1948 | Boston | 3 | .200 | 1.000 | .3 | 1.3 |
| Career | 6 | .444 | .667 | .2 | 6.3 | |
References
- ^ a b c d "George Munroe". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "George B. Munroe". NNDB. Soylent Communications. 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Papers of George B. Munroe in the Dartmouth College Library". Dartmouth College Library. Trustees of Dartmouth College. 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Spotlight on JTHS Alumni". Joliet Township High School District 204. 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "Men's Basketball Year-by-Year". dartmouthsports.com. Dartmouth College. 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "Men's Basketball All-time Leaders". dartmouthsports.com. Dartmouth College. 2010. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "The NCAA Tourney". dartmouthsports.com. Dartmouth College. 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ "Death notice for George Munroe". legacy.com. New York Times. 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Munroe's full collection of papers during his tenure as Dartmouth's Chairman of the Trustees