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{{Short description|American basketball player (1932–2024)}}
{{redirect|Selvy|a similar surname|Selvey}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Frank Selvy
| image = Frank Selvy Furman.jpg
| width = 
| caption = Selvy in 1954
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|9}}
| birth_place = [[Corbin, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|13|1932|11|9}}
| death_place = [[Simpsonville, South Carolina]], U.S.
| high_school = Corbin (Corbin, Kentucky)
| college = [[Furman Paladins men's basketball|Furman]] (1951–1954)
| draft_year = 1954
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_team = [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)|Baltimore Bullets]]
| career_start = 1954
| career_end = 1964
| career_number = 13, 28, 19, 11, 15, 70
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]], [[small forward]]
| years1 = {{nbay|1954|start}}
| team1 = [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)|Baltimore Bullets]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1954|start}}–{{nbay|1957|end}}
| team2 = [[Atlanta Hawks|Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1957|end}}
| team3 = [[Minneapolis Lakers]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1958|full=y}}
| team4 = [[New York Knicks]]
| years5 = {{nbay|1959|start}}
| team5 = [[Syracuse Nationals]]
| years6 = {{nbay|1959|start}}–{{nbay|1963|end}}
| team6 = Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers
| cyears1 = 1964–1966
| cteam1 = [[Furman Paladins men's basketball|Furman]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 1966–1970
| cteam2 = Furman
| highlights = * 2× [[NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1955}}, {{nasg|1962}})
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1954]])
* Consensus second-team All-American ([[1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1953]])
* 2× [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA scoring champion]] (1953, 1954)
* 2× [[Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|SoCon Player of the Year]] (1953, 1954)
* No. 28 [[Furman Paladins men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Furman Paladins]]
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 6,120 (10.8 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 2,097 (3.7 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 1,569 (2.8 apg)
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2022
}}

'''Franklin Delano Selvy''' (November 9, 1932 – August 13, 2024) was an American [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) player who was best known for holding the record for the most points (100) in a Division I college basketball game. Born in [[Corbin, Kentucky]], Selvy was an All-State basketball player at Corbin High School and was a teammate of College Football Hall of Fame inductee [[Roy Kidd]]. Selvy was the No. 1 overall pick in the [[1954 NBA draft]] and was a two-time [[NBA All-Star]], playing nine seasons.

==Early life==
Selvy was born on November 9, 1932, in [[Corbin, Kentucky]] to John Robert Selvy, a coal miner from ages 12–54, and Iva Selvy. He was named after [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], who had been elected [[President of the United States]] the day before Selvy was born. He was one of ten children living in a two-bedroom home. At only 12 years old, Selvy was a summer migrant worker in Indiana, picking tomatoes. Selvy attended Corbin High School where he starred in basketball, even though his playing time was limited because he had to work. He played basketball for coach Harry Taylor, as did older brother Curt and younger brother Edd. He was the most valuable player in a number of high school all-star games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=August 13, 2024 |title=Frank Selvy, 91, Dies; Scored 100 Points in a College Basketball Game |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/sports/basketball/frank-selvy-dead.html |work=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1955/02/28/601371/that-old-kentucky-eye|title=That Old Kentucky Eye|first=Duane|last=Decker|newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; Si.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Roberts |first=John |date=Spring 2017 |title=A Glorious Story, A Modest Man |url=https://www.furman.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FurmanMagazineSpring17.pdf |journal=Furman Magazine |pages=46–47}}</ref>

==College career==
After a storied career at Corbin High School, Selvy attended [[Furman University]], where he was two-time [[Southern Conference]] Player of the Year, and a two-time [[All-America|All American]]. Selvy, chose Furman after [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]]'s [[Adolph Rupp]] and [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]'s [[E.A. Diddle]] refused him scholarships, due to his then-{{convert|6|ft|m|spell=in|adj=on|2}} height and small frame.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1995/02/06/133238/man-of-the-century-frank-selvys-100-point-game-secured-him-a-spot-in-college-hoops-history|title=Man of the Century|first=William F.|last=Reed|website=SI.com/vault|date=February 6, 1995}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

After Selvy grew three inches and was named MVP in the Kentucky East-West all-star game, Kentucky offered a scholarship, but Selvy had committed to play at Furman. "I liked Coach [Lyles] Alley," Selvy said. "He came up and talked to my mother. Plus there were two or three guys from Corbin High who came along with me."<ref name="auto"/>

In 1951–52, Selvy averaged 24.6 points per game as Furman finished 18–6 under Coach Lyles Alley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/furman/1952-schedule.html|title=1951–52 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> In 1952–53, Selvy averaged 29.5 points as Furman finished 21–6.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/furman/1953-schedule.html|title=1952–53 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>

As a senior in 1953–54, Selvy [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders|led the NCAA in scoring]] for the second season in a row, scoring 1,209 points (averaging 41.7 points per game), as Furman finished 20–9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/furman/1954.html|title=1953–54 Furman Paladins Roster and Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> His 41.7 points per game remained a record until [[Pete Maravich]] averaged 43.8 points per game at [[Louisiana State University]] in the 1967–68 season.<ref name=":0" /> Maravich would go on to break his own scoring records in the following two seasons (44.2 and 44.5 points per game), and remains the only person to average more than Selvy in a season in men's Division I basketball.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Division I Men's Basketball Records |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2017/D1.pdf |website=fs.ncaa.org}}</ref>

Overall, in 78 career games, Selvy averaged 32.5 points at Furman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/frank-selvy-2.html|title=Frank Selvy College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>

===100-point college game===
Selvy is best remembered for scoring 100 points in a college game for [[Furman University]] against [[Newberry College]] on February 13, 1954, the only [[NCAA Division I]] player ever to do so. ([[Jack Taylor (basketball)|Jack Taylor]] of [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] [[Grinnell College]] holds the NCAA all-time record for points scored at 138.<ref name=":1" />) Selvy's 100-point game was played towards the end of his final collegiate season on a night that Furman coach Lyles Alley had designated the game "Frank Selvy Night." The special night was planned to garner recognition for Selvy, who was already certain to finish the season leading the nation in scoring and earn first-team [[All-America]]n honors, two accomplishments he had attained the year before.<ref name="auto" />

The game was the first to be broadcast live on television in South Carolina (where Furman is located and where the game was being played) and a large contingent from Selvy's hometown, including his family, had made the six-hour trek just for the occasion. It was actually the first college game his mother saw him play. The instructions from Coach Alley were simply to get the ball to Selvy so he can score as much as possible. Selvy obliged, hitting 41 of 66 [[Field goal (basketball)|field goals]] and 18 of 22 [[free throw]]s, his last two points coming on a desperate heave near midcourt at the buzzer. (The game was played well before the introduction of the [[three-point line]]; Selvy later estimated that eight or nine of his shots that day would have been three-pointers today.<ref name="auto" />) This was the only game of his that Selvy's mother ever attended.<ref name=":1" />

==NBA career==
Selvy was drafted [[NBA first overall draft pick|first overall]] by the [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)|Baltimore Bullets]] in the [[1954 NBA draft]]. He went on to play nine seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] during the late 1950s and early 1960s, interrupted by a stint in the [[U.S. Army]]. As a professional, Selvy was mostly known for his time with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], teaming with [[Jerry West]] and [[Elgin Baylor]]. He was twice an NBA [[All-Star]].

Drafted No. 1 overall by the Bullets, Selvy quickly moved to the [[Milwaukee Hawks]] on November 28, 1954, as the Baltimore franchise was folded. Selvy was drafted by Milwaukee in the [[dispersal draft]] of Baltimore players. Selvy averaged 19.0 points as a rookie as the Hawks finished 29–46 under [[Red Holzman]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="basketball-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/selvyfr01.html|title=Frank Selvy Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MLH/1955.html|title=1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks Roster and Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>

The Hawks moved to [[St. Louis, Missouri]] in 1955–56 and Selvy averaged 11.0 points, as future [[Naismith Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Bob Pettit]] became the centerpiece of the 33–39 Hawks. Selvy then missed the 1956–57 season to military service with the [[U.S. Army]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/STL/1956.html|title=1955–56 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archibald |first=John J. |date=2022-11-04 |title=The day the Hawks made their St. Louis debut, and an NBA legend emerged |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/the-day-the-hawks-made-their-st-louis-debut-and-an-nba-legend-emerged/article_04ee3304-1f6a-11eb-9bcd-53d371eb3b20.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1957–58, Selvy played a reserve role, averaging only 7.5 minutes per game in 26 games,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1957-58 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/STL/1958.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> as the [[St. Louis Hawks]] captured the 1958 NBA Championship, defeating the [[Boston Celtics]] in six games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1958 NBA Finals - Hawks vs. Celtics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1958-nba-finals-hawks-vs-celtics.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Selvy missed a ring, as he was traded on February 16, 1958, by the Hawks to the [[Minneapolis Lakers]] for [[Dick Boushka]] and [[Terry Rand]].<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

Selvy then played for the [[New York Knicks]] in 1958–59, averaging 9.8 points per game.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

In the 1959–60 season, Selvy was waived by the Knicks on October 25, 1959, and quickly picked up on October 28, 1959, by the [[Syracuse Nationals]].<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/> Then, on December 15, 1959, Selvy was sold by Syracuse to the Minneapolis Lakers. Subsequently, Selvy remained with the Lakers for last five seasons of his career. He averaged 10.7 points for the Lakers in their last season in Minneapolis. Selvy was one of the Lakers on the plane that crashed in an Iowa cornfield in 1960, during a blinding snowstorm.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aldridge |first=David |date=January 24, 2000 |title=The Lakers' plane crash that wasn't |url=https://a.espncdn.com/nba/columns/aldridge/1036857.html |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> In 1960–61, Selvy averaged 10.8 in the first season in Los Angeles, playing alongside [[Elgin Baylor]] and [[Jerry West]], as the team advanced to the Western Division Finals.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1961-nba-western-division-finals-lakers-vs-hawks.html|title=1961 NBA Western Division Finals – Los Angeles Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>

In 1961–62, the Lakers finished 54–26 as Selvy averaged 14.7 points.<ref name="basketball-reference.com" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=1961-62 NBA Standings |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1962_standings.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> They advanced to the [[1962 NBA Finals]], losing to the [[Boston Celtics]] in seven games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1962.html|title=1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> Selvy averaged 12.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in the Finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1962-nba-finals-lakers-vs-celtics.html|title=1962 NBA Finals – Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>

The Lakers advanced to the [[1963 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]] again in 1962–63, with Selvy averaging 10.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/> They lost to the Celtics in six games, with Selvy averaging 7.5 points in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1963-nba-finals-lakers-vs-celtics.html|title=1963 NBA Finals – Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>

Selvy averaged 10.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in his nine-season NBA Career and played in the 1955 and 1962 NBA All-Star Games.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

===1962 NBA Finals, Game 7===
Selvy's best known game in the NBA was probably Game 7 of the [[1962 NBA Finals]] in which he almost defeated the Celtics. Selvy's Lakers faced a four-point deficit at the hands of [[Boston Celtics]] in the final minute of the game's fourth quarter. Selvy proceeded to secure two crucial rebounds and score two baskets in 20 seconds to tie the game at 100. With 5 seconds left, Selvy inbounded the pass at midcourt to [[Hot Rod Hundley|Rodney "Hot Rod" Hundley]], who dribbled to the top of the key. He pump-faked a pass to Jerry West, who was covered, then passed back to an open Selvy in the left corner. "I had one thought in my mind when the ball came to me: 'Do I take the shot?' I was wide open," Hundley recalled. "I thought, 'If I make it, I'll be the mayor of L.A. But if I miss, they'll be riding me out of town on a rail.' So I elected to pass it to Frank."<ref name="farmer"/><ref name=":0" />

However, Selvy lost his chance for the ultimate heroic moment as he missed a 12-foot jump shot right before the buzzer that would have secured the championship for the Lakers had it gone in. The miss sent the game to overtime, where the Celtics prevailed in this, the second of [[Celtics–Lakers rivalry|seven NBA Finals match-ups between Boston and Los Angeles over the course of eleven seasons]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1962 NBA Finals Game 7: Lakers vs Celtics, April 18, 1962 |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196204180BOS.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=List of NBA champions |url=https://www.nba.com/news/history-nba-champions |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=NBA.com |language=en}}</ref> Selvy was proud of his two baskets in 20 seconds that tied the game, giving the Lakers a chance to win, but would typically only hear about the missed shot.<ref name=":0" />

Regrettably for Selvy, his missed shot gained even larger significance as those years went by because the Lakers ultimately lost every one of those championship battles with the Celtics,<ref name=":2" /> thus magnifying the pain of Los Angeles having lost a golden opportunity, with Selvy's shot, to end that streak of futility before it had even begun. (The Lakers, while still playing in [[Minneapolis]], had lost to the Celtics in the NBA Finals in 1959, as well, though Selvy was not on that team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1959 NBA Finals - Lakers vs. Celtics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1959-nba-finals-lakers-vs-celtics.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>)

Selvy's miss meant that Hundley's sacrifice had been for naught and that Hundley would never know if indeed he would have won the championship himself, had he taken the shot he had available. Because of this, Hundley would occasionally call Selvy and, when Selvy answered the phone, Hundley would simply say, "Nice shot!" and then hang up. For his part, Selvy has expressed some degree of irritation at Hundley's teasing.<ref name=farmer>{{citation |last=Farmer |first=Sam |title=He missed a shot at changing NBA history | newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 17, 2010 |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0617-frank-selvy-20100617-20,0,3906683.story}}</ref>

<blockquote>''It was a fairly tough shot because I was almost on the baseline. But I would trade all my points for that last basket.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Florence |first=Mal |date=1999-03-09 |title=One Missed Shot Worth More Than 100 in the Books |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-09-sp-15595-story.html |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
:&mdash; Frank Selvy as quoted on NBA.com<ref>{{Cite web |title=Season Review: 1961-62 |url=https://www.nba.com/news/history-season-review-1961-62 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=NBA.com |language=en}}</ref>
:</blockquote>

== Coaching career ==
After retiring from the NBA with multiple injuries, Selvy joined the Furman basketball staff as an assistant coach in 1964, under his former coach Lyles Alley.

Selvy was hired to replace Alley as head coach at Furman beginning in the 1966–67 season. His Furman teams finished 9–15, 13–14, 9–17 and 13–13 in his four seasons. His brother, Charles Selvy, was a top player on his Furman teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/charles-selvy-1.html|title=Charles Selvy College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> He was replaced as head coach by [[Joe Williams (basketball)|Joe Williams]] in 1970. Overall, Selvy led Furman to a 44–59 mark.<ref name="coachingRecord">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/frank-selvy-1.html|title=Frank Selvy Coaching Record|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/furman/1971.html|title=1970–71 Furman Paladins Roster and Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/selvy-franklin-delano/|title=Selvy, Franklin Delano}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Later, Selvy was employed for 25 years with the St. Joe Paper Company.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=Heckert |first=Justin |date=31 December 2012 |title=The Loneliest Number |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2012/12/31/the-loneliest-number |magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> In 2016, a biography of Selvy's life was published.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McIntosh |first=Jack |title=Frank Selvy: Coal Miner's Son |date=January 1, 2016 |publisher=Independent Publisher |isbn=978-1532310157}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

==Death==
Selvy died at his home in [[Simpsonville, South Carolina]], on the morning of August 13, 2024. He was 91.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Colmenares |first1=Clinton |title=Frank Selvy, Furman Paladin basketball great, dies at 91 |url=https://www.furman.edu/news/frank-selvy-furman-paladin-basketball-great-dies-at-91/ |access-date=13 August 2024 |publisher=Furman University |date=13 August 2024}}</ref>

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

===NBA===
Source<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1954–55 NBA season|1954–55]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1954–55 Baltimore Bullets season|Baltimore]]
|11
|'''39.3'''
|.378
|.730
|'''7.0'''
|2.7
|'''22.1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nbay|1954|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks season|Milwaukee]]
|60
|37.3
|.378
|.727
|5.3
|3.6
|18.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 NBA season|1955–56]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1955–56 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
|17
|26.1
|.366
|.746
|3.2
|2.1
|11.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 NBA season|1957–58]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season|St. Louis]]
|26
|7.5
|.193
|.563
|2.0
|.6
|2.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nbay|1957}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1957–58 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
|12
|19.3
|.333
|.690
|2.9
|1.6
|6.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1958}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1958–59 New York Knicks season|New York]]
|68
|21.3
|.385
|'''.767'''
|3.6
|1.4
|9.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1959}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1959–60 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
|19
|11.4
|.383
|.646
|2.5
|1.6
|5.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1959|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
|43
|25.4
|.396
|.763
|3.0
|1.9
|10.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nbay|1960}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|77
|28.0
|.405
|.753
|3.9
|3.2
|10.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nbay|1961}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|79
|35.5
|.420
|.738
|5.2
|'''4.8'''
|14.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nbay|1962}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|style="background:#cfecec;"|'''80'''*
|29.6
|'''.424'''
|.714
|3.6
|3.5
|10.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nbay|1963}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|73
|17.6
|.378
|.639
|1.9
|2.0
|5.5
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|565
|26.4
|.394
|.728
|3.7
|2.8
|10.8
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |All-Star
|2
|15.0
|.200
|.750
|3.5
|1.0
|3.5
|}

====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
!Year
!Team
!GP
!MPG
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1959 NBA Playoffs|1959]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1958–59 New York Knicks season|New York]]
|2
|21.5
|'''.500'''
|.818
|2.0
|1.5
|14.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960 NBA Playoffs|1960]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1959–60 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
|9
|36.7
|.359
|.705
|'''6.1'''
|3.2
|'''15.7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961 NBA Playoffs|1961]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|style="background:#cfecec;"|12*
|30.9
|.387
|.771
|3.7
|4.2
|10.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962 NBA Playoffs|1962]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|'''13'''
|'''36.8'''
|.434
|.846
|5.6
|'''5.0'''
|12.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1963 NBA Playoffs|1963]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|style="background:#cfecec;"|'''13'''*
|24.4
|.395
|.813
|3.5
|2.8
|7.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1964 NBA Playoffs|1964]]
| style="text-align:left;" |[[1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
|3
|23.0
|.481
|'''1.000'''
|1.7
|2.0
|9.3
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|52
|30.9
|.403
|.786
|4.3
|3.6
|11.3
|}

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Furman Paladins men's basketball|Furman Paladins]]
 | conference = [[Southern Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1966
 | endyear    = 1970
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1966–67]]
 | name         = Furman
 | overall      = 9–15
 | conference   = 4–6
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1967–68]]
 | name         = Furman
 | overall      = 13–14
 | conference   = 6–6
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1968–69]]
 | name         = Furman
 | overall      = 9–17
 | conference   = 5–6
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1969–70]]
 | name         = Furman
 | overall      = 13–13
 | conference   = 5–6
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
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 | name       = Furman
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|44|59|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|20|24|record=y}}
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 | overall = {{Winning percentage|44|59|record=y}}
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==Honors==
* Selvy was the 1954 United Press National Player of the Year.
* Consensus first-team [[1954 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American (1954)]]
* Consensus second-team All-American ([[1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1953]])
* 2 × [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA scoring champion]] (1953, 1954)
* 2 × [[Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|SoCon Player of the Year]] (1953, 1954)
* Selvy was a 1955 and 1962 NBA All-Star.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>
* In 2009, Selvy was a charter member inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1528467/bio|title=Frank Selvy|website=IMDb}}</ref>
* Selvy was a charter member of the Furman Athletic Hall of Fame (1981).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furmanpaladins.com/paladin_club/Hall_of_Fame/HallofFame|title=Furman|website=Furman|access-date=January 19, 2019|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407053914/http://www.furmanpaladins.com/paladin_club/Hall_of_Fame/HallofFame|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Selvy's jersey number 28 is retired at Furman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eweb.furman.edu/athletics/basketball_mens/seasons/2001-02/'01-'02%20pressreleases/Gordon.html|title=Furman To Retire Basketball Great Nield Gordon's Jersey Saturday}}</ref>
* Selvy is listed on the "[[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] Eligible Candidates" for the Class of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 21, 2018 |title=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Eligible Candidates for the Class of 2019 |url=https://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-eligible-candidates-for-the-class-of-2019 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=hoophall.com}}</ref>
* A street in Corbin, Kentucky is named "Frank Selvy Way".<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |last=Noble |first=Jeff |date=April 17, 2013 |title='The Boys From Corbin' come back |url=https://www.thetimestribune.com/news/local_news/the-boys-from-corbin-come-back/article_ef26f2a5-6cbb-5f82-9a12-281e4adee323.html |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=The Times-Tribune.com}}</ref>
* The video boards in Timmons Arena at [[Furman University]] have "Frank Selvy" adorned on them.<ref name="auto1"/>

==See also==
* [[History of the Los Angeles Lakers]]
* [[List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 60 or more points in a game]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Basketballstats|bbr=s/selvyfr01 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051222103917/http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/7903308.htm The State – The Night He Scored 100]
*[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2004-02-12-selvys-century-mark_x.htm USA Today – 50 Years Since Selvy's 100]
*{{YouTube|6IfZmHAgChM|Video recounting the 1962 NBA Finals, including tape of Selvy's missed shot and Hundley's recollection of the play }}

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