Personal information | |
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Born | Medicine Mound, Texas | December 10, 1919
Died | July 9, 2006 | (aged 86)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Wichita Falls ( Wichita Falls, Texas) |
College | West Texas A&M (1940–1943) |
Playing career | 1946–1949 |
Position | Forward / guard |
Career history | |
1946–1948 | Oshkosh All-Stars |
1948–1949 | Hammond Calumet Buccaneers |
1949 | Indianapolis Jets |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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. [3] He transferred to the West Texas A&M Buffaloes where he played for three years [3] before joining the Marines. While in the Marines, he played basketball for the Pearl Harbor team. [4]
Maddox played in the National Basketball League for the Oshkosh All-Stars [5] and Hammond Calumet Buccaneers between 1946 [6] 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 [3] [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 |
Jack Maddox, set shot artist and clever passer, starred at guard with West Texas State before going into the service. While in the Marines he played on the crack Pearl Harbor team and rated all-service honors.