Personal information | |
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Born | Blount County, Tennessee | June 10, 1943
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Charles M. Hall ( Alcoa, Tennessee) |
College | East Tennessee State (1964–1967) |
NBA draft | 1967: undrafted |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 54 |
Career history | |
1967–1968 | Kentucky Colonels |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
James Thomas Woods Jr. (born June 10, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. [1] He played for the Kentucky Colonels during the 1967–68 ABA season after a collegiate career at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). [1] He also played internationally for a time after his one season in the ABA. [2]
Woods was a racial integration pioneer in college. [2] When he enrolled at ETSU as a freshman in 1963–64 to play basketball, he became the first African-American player in school history. [3] In a segregated southern United States, Woods was harshly booed early in his college career. [3] His final three seasons from 1964 to 1967, in which he was eligible to play for the varsity team, saw Woods have an ETSU Hall of Fame career. [4] He was a two-time All- Ohio Valley Conference Team selection and set still-unbroken school records for rebounds in a game (38), career (1,034) and career per-game average (16.2). [3] By the end of his career, the same fans who had been booing him as a freshman were giving him "loudest and longest" standing ovation on senior night that a local reporter had ever seen. [3]
After college, Woods played in the American Basketball Association for the Kentucky Colonels for one season. [1] After a brief stint playing internationally, he retired due to an injury. [3] Woods then served as a police officer in Louisville, Kentucky for the next 30-plus years. [3] In 1996, ETSU inducted him into their hall of fame. [4] On November 3, 2012, in a ceremony prior to the school's 2012–13 season, the men's basketball locker room was named in his honor. [3]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Source [1]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1967–68 | Kentucky | 18 | 10.2 | .326 | .000 | .875 | 3.1 | .2 | 2.3 |
Personal information | |
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Born | Blount County, Tennessee | June 10, 1943
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Charles M. Hall ( Alcoa, Tennessee) |
College | East Tennessee State (1964–1967) |
NBA draft | 1967: undrafted |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 54 |
Career history | |
1967–1968 | Kentucky Colonels |
Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
James Thomas Woods Jr. (born June 10, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player. [1] He played for the Kentucky Colonels during the 1967–68 ABA season after a collegiate career at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). [1] He also played internationally for a time after his one season in the ABA. [2]
Woods was a racial integration pioneer in college. [2] When he enrolled at ETSU as a freshman in 1963–64 to play basketball, he became the first African-American player in school history. [3] In a segregated southern United States, Woods was harshly booed early in his college career. [3] His final three seasons from 1964 to 1967, in which he was eligible to play for the varsity team, saw Woods have an ETSU Hall of Fame career. [4] He was a two-time All- Ohio Valley Conference Team selection and set still-unbroken school records for rebounds in a game (38), career (1,034) and career per-game average (16.2). [3] By the end of his career, the same fans who had been booing him as a freshman were giving him "loudest and longest" standing ovation on senior night that a local reporter had ever seen. [3]
After college, Woods played in the American Basketball Association for the Kentucky Colonels for one season. [1] After a brief stint playing internationally, he retired due to an injury. [3] Woods then served as a police officer in Louisville, Kentucky for the next 30-plus years. [3] In 1996, ETSU inducted him into their hall of fame. [4] On November 3, 2012, in a ceremony prior to the school's 2012–13 season, the men's basketball locker room was named in his honor. [3]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Source [1]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1967–68 | Kentucky | 18 | 10.2 | .326 | .000 | .875 | 3.1 | .2 | 2.3 |