Jim Ashmore
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | May 14, 1935 New Market, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, 2023 (aged 88) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Forest (Forest, Mississippi) |
| College | Mississippi State (1954–1957) |
| NBA draft | 1957: 4th round, 32nd overall pick |
| Drafted by | Boston Celtics |
| Playing career | 1957–1960 |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 1957–1960 | Denver-Chicago Truckers |
| Career highlights | |
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James Ashmore (May 14, 1935 – December 15, 2023) was an American basketball player.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Ashmore attended Mississippi State University (MSU) from 1954 to 1957 after growing up in New Market, Missouri. He played on the MSU basketball team and was notable for being Mississippi's first college basketball player to score more than 1,000 career points, scoring a total of 1,918 points. In 1957, Ashmore scored 45 points in a single game. He made 76.6% of his free throws in his 1956–57 season.
From 1957 to 1960 Ashmore played for the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League.[1]
Death
[edit | edit source]Ashmore died on December 15, 2023, at the age of 88.[2][3]
Honors
[edit | edit source]- Ashmore was honored as a Converse and Helms Foundation All-American in 1956–1957.
- Ashmore was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[4]
References
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- 1935 births
- 2023 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Missouri
- Boston Celtics draft picks
- Guards (basketball)
- Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players
- People from Platte County, Missouri
- People from Forest, Mississippi
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs