Jack Maddox | |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1919 |
Birth Place: | Medicine Mound, Texas |
Nationality: | American |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
High School: | Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, Texas) |
College: | West Texas A&M (1940–1943) |
Career Start: | 1946 |
Career End: | 1949 |
Career Position: | Forward / guard |
Years1: | 1946–1948 |
Team1: | Oshkosh All-Stars |
Years2: | 1948–1949 |
Team2: | Hammond Calumet Buccaneers |
Years3: | 1949 |
Team3: | Indianapolis Jets |
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Jack Clinton Maddox (December 10, 1919 – July 9, 2006) was an American professional basketball player.[1] [2]
Maddox received an athletic scholarship to play for the SMU Mustangs but was declared academically ineligible in February 1939. He transferred to the West Texas A&M Buffaloes where he played for three years before joining the Marines. While in the Marines, he played basketball for the Pearl Harbor team.[3]
Maddox played in the National Basketball League for the Oshkosh All-Stars[4] and Hammond Calumet Buccaneers between 1946[5] and 1949, then for the Indianapolis Jets in the Basketball Association of America in 1949 for one game.[1] [2]
After his professional career, Maddox returned to Texas. He worked as a cowboy and a rancher, and was a calf roper in rodeos[6] [7] [8] while also coaching basketball at Blossom High School.[9]
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GP | Games played | ||||
FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
APG | Assists per game | ||||
PPG | Points per game |
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG | |
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1948–49 | Indianapolis | 1 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | |
Career | 1 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 |