1. Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks was an American professional basketball player.
12 Facts About Joe Fulks
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Joe Fulks was posthumously enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.
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Joe Fulks began his high school career for Birmingham High School, becoming a star player for the team.
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Joe Fulks played college ball at Murray State University for two years before leaving school to join the Marines in May 1942.
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Joe Fulks served with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines during World War II, and was discharged as a corporal in May 1946.
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Joe Fulks joined the BAA's Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, at age 25, and as a rookie won the league's first scoring title with a 23.2 points per game average as the Warriors won the BAA title.
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Joe Fulks made 27 of 56 field goal attempts and nine of 14 free throws.
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Joe Fulks was perhaps most remembered as one of the pioneers of the modern jump shot.
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Joe Fulks was named to the All-BAA First Team during his first three seasons.
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Joe Fulks holds the record for missed shots in a game, in both the regular season and playoffs.
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Joe Fulks worked at the Kentucky State Penitentiary as the prison recreation director.
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Joe Fulks was shot and killed on March 21,1976, by Gregg Bannister, the son of his girlfriend, Roberta Bannister, during an argument over a handgun.