- Terry Furlow
Terry Furlow (
October 18 ,1954 –May 23 ,1980 ) was an Americanbasketball player. Furlow was a 6-foot-4shooting guard from Flint,Michigan . He played collegiately at Michigan State. In 1975-76, as a senior, he led theBig Ten in scoring, and finished his career at MSU with 1717 points – which places him seventh on the Spartans' all-time scoring list. [ [http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/hallfame/05/furlowT.shtml http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/hallfame/05/furlowT.shtml] ]Furlow was selected by the
Philadelphia 76ers with the 12th overall pick in the1976 NBA Draft . In 1977, he was traded to theCleveland Cavaliers , where he averaged 11.0 points in a one-and-a-half seasons with the team. In 1979, he was traded to theAtlanta Hawks for point guard Butch Lee, and midway through the 1979-80 season, he was traded to theUtah Jazz , where he averaged a career-best 16 points per game.On May 23, 1980, Furlow was killed in a car accident when he crashed into a pole on a highway in Ohio. Police reports said there were traces of cocaine and the tranquilizer Valium in his bloodstream. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00EED7133BF934A15751C0A965948260&sec=health&pagewanted=4 NY Times: An athlete, a cocaine addict: John Drew fights for his life] ] He was 25 years old.
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* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/furlote01.html NBA career statistics (basketball reference)]
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