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{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Corky Calhoun
| image           = 
| image_size      = 
| caption         = 
| position        = [[Small forward]]
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 7
| weight_lb       = 210
| number          = 20, 10
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1950|11|01}}
| birth_place     = [[Waukegan, Illinois]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[Waukegan High School|Waukegan]] (Waukegan, Illinois)
| college         = [[Penn Quakers men's basketball|Penn]] (1969–1972)
| draft_year      = 1972
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 4
| draft_team      = [[Phoenix Suns]]
| career_start    = 1972
| career_end      = 1979
| years1          = {{nbay|1972|start}}–{{nbay|1974|start}}
| team1           = [[Phoenix Suns]]
| years2          = {{nbay|1974|start}}–{{nbay|1975|end}}
| team2           = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| years3          = {{nbay|1976|start}}–{{nbay|1977|end}}
| team3           = [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| years4          = {{nbay|1978|start}}–{{nbay|1980|start}}
| team4           = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| highlights      = 
* [[List of NBA champions|NBA champion]] ([[1977 NBA Finals|1977]])
* [[Robert V. Geasey Trophy]] (1972)
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 2,896 (5.3 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 1,962 (3.6 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 601 (1.1 apg)
| bbr             = calhoco01
}}

'''David "Corky" Calhoun''' (born November 1, 1950) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. Calhoun played in the NBA from 1972 to 1980 after playing [[college basketball]] for the [[Penn Quakers men's basketball|Penn Quakers]]. Calhoun was the first-round selection (4th overall) of the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the [[1972 NBA draft]]. He won an [[NBA championship]] as a member of the 1976–1977 [[Portland Trail Blazers]].

==Basketball career==

=== College career ===
Calhoun played college basketball for the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CalhoCo01|title=BasketballReference.com Corky Calhoun page|publisher=|access-date=November 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917173846/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CALHOCO01|archive-date=September 17, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 84 games for the [[Penn Quakers men's basketball|Penn Quakers]] of the [[Ivy League]], Calhoun averaged 12.7 points and 8.1 rebounds playing under Coach [[Chuck Daly]]. As a senior, Calhoun led Penn to the East Regional Final of the [[1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] and a 25–3 record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/pennsylvania/1972.html|title=1971–72 Penn Quakers Roster and Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>

=== NBA career ===
Calhoun was selected by the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the [[1972 NBA draft]] with the 4th overall pick and by the [[Kentucky Colonels]] in the 1972 [[American Basketball Association]] draft.  Calhoun played for the [[Phoenix Suns]] for 3 years before being traded to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].  He joined the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] as a free agent in 1976, and was a member of their championship team that year.  After two seasons with the Blazers, Calhoun was traded to the [[Indiana Pacers]] where he was released in the middle of the 1980 season.

==Personal life==
Calhoun considered playing in France after the NBA, but ultimately took a job offer from [[Mobil]]) where he worked as U.S. fuels marketing coordinator.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013049/http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/118092033955920.xml&coll=7&thispage=2 The 1976–77 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers: 30 years later], Oregonlive.com, June 4, 2007</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y}}

===NBA===
Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/calhoco01.html|title=Corky Calhoun NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=27 January 2025}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1972}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1972–73 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|'''82'''* || 24.7 || .469 || || .740 || 4.1 || .9 || || || 6.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1973}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1973–74 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 77 || '''28.7''' || .461 || || .760 || '''5.3''' || '''1.8''' || '''.9''' || .4 || '''8.2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1974}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1974–75 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 13 || 8.3 || .375 || || '''.933''' || 2.5 || .3 || .5 || .2 || 2.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1974|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 57 || 22.3 || .420 || || .710 || 4.1 || 1.3 || '''.9''' || .4 || 5.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1975}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 76 || 23.9 || .467 || || .783 || 4.5 || 1.1 || .8 || '''.5''' || 5.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| {{nbay|1976}}†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 70 || 10.6 || .464 || || .776 || 2.1 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 3.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1977}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 79 || 17.3 || '''.479''' || || .868 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .5 || .2 || 5.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1978}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1978–79 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 81 || 16.4 || .457 || || .837 || 2.9 || 1.3 || .5 || .2 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1979}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1979–80 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 7 || 4.3 || .444 || &ndash; || .000 || 1.4 || .0 || .3 || .0 || 1.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 542 || 20.1 || .460 || &ndash; || .782 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .6 || .3 || 5.3
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1977 NBA playoffs|1977]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| '''12''' || 7.8 || '''.520''' || '''.667''' || 1.2 || .3 || '''.3''' || '''.2''' || 2.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1978 NBA playoffs|1978]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 6 || '''18.2''' || .517 || .571 || '''2.3''' || '''.5''' || '''.3''' || '''.2''' || '''5.7'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 18 || 11.3 || .519 || .600 || 1.6 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 3.4
{{S-end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{basketballstats|bbr=c/calhoco01|name=Corky Calhoun}}

{{1972 NBA draft}}
{{Portland Trail Blazers 1976–77 NBA champions}}
{{Robert V. Geasey Trophy}}

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