1. John Warren Marin is an American former professional basketball player.
21 Facts About Jack Marin
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The left-handed Jack Marin was a two-time All-Star and scored 12,541 points in his career.
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Jack Marin played high school basketball at Farrell High School in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
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Jack Marin attended Duke University as an undergraduate, and was a key player on its basketball teams that went to the Final Four in 1964 and 1966.
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Jack Marin was selected to the 1966 Final Four All-Tournament Team, after scoring 52 points in the two games that year.
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Jack Marin was nicknamed "Mr Consistency" as a Duke player.
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Jack Marin was selected to the NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team in his senior year, and made the All Atlantic Coast Conference team as a junior and senior.
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In 1966, Jack Marin had been accepted into Duke's medical school, but decided to pursue professional basketball, and was drafted and signed by the Baltimore Bullets in 1966.
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Jack Marin was the fifth player taken in the 1966 NBA Draft, and made the 1967 All Rookie Team.
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Jack Marin played a key role in Baltimore's trip to the 1971 NBA Finals, averaging postseason career highs of 20.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per playoff game as the Bullets upset the defending champ New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, before ultimately losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in the finals.
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Jack Marin had an intense rivalry with New York Knicks player, and later United States Senator, Bill Bradley.
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Jack Marin is perhaps most remembered for being traded to the Rockets for Elvin Hayes on June 23,1972.
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Jack Marin was named to the NBA All-Star Team in 1972 and 1973.
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Jack Marin acted as outside counsel to the National Basketball Retired Players Association, and represented basketball players performing abroad.
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Jack Marin served on the Chief Justice of North Carolina's Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts.
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Jack Marin helped found the Celebrity Players Tour in 1996, a small stakes golf tour for celebrities and notable figures, acting both as an administrator and a player, and eventually becoming its head.
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Jack Marin served for three years as the executive director of the Celebrity Players Tour.
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Jack Marin has been a playing member and has served on its board of directors.
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Jack Marin teaches golf and other sports activities to United States Marines who were severely wounded in combat.
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Jack Marin currently serves on the Be Active North Carolina Campaign Cabinet.
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Jack Marin was valedictorian of his high school class at Farrell High School.