Curly Armstrong

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Paul Carlyle "Curly" Armstrong (November 1, 1918 – June 6, 1983) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

A 5'11" guard/forward, Armstrong starred at Central High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he reached two state championship games while leading his team to a 50–6 record. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Armstrong attended Indiana University, earning All-Big Ten Conference honors during his junior year. He then played, and briefly coached, for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons professional basketball team (today's Detroit Pistons). In 1943, he was named the World Professional Basketball Tournament's Most Valuable Player. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.

He was head basketball coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, for two seasons. His record in 1951–52 was 10 wins and 10 losses. His record in 1952–53 was 9 wins and 10 losses.

Career playing statistics

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GP	Games played	FG%	Field-goal percentage
FT%	Free-throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	PPG	Points per game
Bold	Career high

BAA/NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1948–49	Fort Wayne	52	.306	.698	–	2.0	7.3
Template:Nbay	Fort Wayne	63	.279	.705	–	2.8	7.3
Template:Nbay	Fort Wayne	38	.310	.644	2.3	2.0	5.3
Career		153	.295	.692	2.3	2.3	6.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1950	Fort Wayne	3	.182	.250	–	2.0	3.0
1951	Fort Wayne	3	.368	1.000	2.3	1.7	5.0
Career		6	.268	.400	2.3	1.8	4.0

Head coaching record

Template:NBA coach statistics legend Template:NBA coach statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"|Fort Wayne | style="text-align:left;"|Template:Nbay | 54||22||32||Template:Winning percentage|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Western||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |} Source

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