Joe Louis Caldwell was born on November 1,1941 and is an American former professional basketball player.
19 Facts About Joe Caldwell
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Joe Caldwell was one of the few players to be an All-Star in both leagues, making 2 All-Star teams in each league.
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Joe Caldwell was a member of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Joe Caldwell was one of 11 children born in Texas City, near Houston, Texas.
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Joe Caldwell was the son of a longshoreman and mechanic and a homemaker.
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When he was six, Joe Caldwell witnessed the Texas City disaster in 1947, when a docked ship blew up and 581 people died with thousands injured.
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When Joe Caldwell was 15, he moved with his sister to Los Angeles, California.
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Joe Caldwell emerged as a late-bloomer player and John Wooden courted him to play for him at UCLA.
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Joe Caldwell played for Arizona State from 1961 to 1964, setting the Sun Devils career scoring record with 1,515 points.
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Joe Caldwell then jumped to the rival ABA, playing for the Carolina Cougars from 1970 to 1974.
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Joe Caldwell was interviewed on 60 Minutes, who ran a segment on the lawsuit.
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Joe Caldwell prevailed and received his pension payments beginning in 1996.
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Spirits' management blamed Joe Caldwell for influencing team star Marvin Barnes to briefly leave the team.
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Joe Caldwell filed various lawsuits, alleging that he was wrongly blacklisted by the ABA and later the NBA.
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Tedd Munchak, who was suing Joe Caldwell was now Commissioner of the ABA.
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Joe Caldwell, who was President of the ABA Players Association, had his case go all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Joe Caldwell averaged 16.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in eleven professional seasons.
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Joe Caldwell is the grandfather of Marvin Bagley III, a power forward for the Memphis Grizzlies and Marcus Bagley, a small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Joe Caldwell attended his grandson's games throughout high school and college.