26 Facts About Terry Dischinger

Terry Gilbert Dischinger was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association.

In 2019, Terry Dischinger was inducted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

In 2010, the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team of which Terry Dischinger was a member, was collectively inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The son of the football coach, Terry Dischinger was a 3-year letter winner in basketball and was twice being named the Purple Eagles' MVP.

Terry Dischinger was a member of Garfield High's 1955 IHSAA Sectional Championship team; this was the deepest run Garfield would make during his high school career.

Terry Dischinger attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he played under Coach Ray Eddy in the Big Ten Conference.

On January 9,1960, Terry Dischinger pulled down 26 rebounds against Wisconsin, the second most in a game behind Carl McNulty's school record of 27 in 1951.

Terry Dischinger was named a First Team All-American and led the conference in scoring with 28.2 points and 13.4 rebounds a game.

Terry Dischinger was named a second straight First Team All-American while leading the Big Ten Conference in both scoring and rebounding.

Terry Dischinger attempted a single-season Purdue record 350 free throws in his senior season.

When he left Purdue, Terry Dischinger held almost every Purdue scoring record.

Terry Dischinger was named All-Big Ten three consecutive seasons and selected as the Purdue MVP for each season.

Terry Dischinger currently holds school records for nine 40-plus-point games, 713 made free throws with 871 attempted, 14.3 rebounds a game and the second most in a career with 958 behind Joe Barry Carroll's 1,148 mark.

Terry Dischinger averaged 28.3 points a game in his three varsity seasons, in which he led the conference in scoring each season.

Terry Dischinger was selected to the USA men's basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics under head coach Pete Newell; at age 19, and just finishing his sophomore year of college, he was the youngest member of the team.

Terry Dischinger started all 8 games, scoring 90 total points, with an 11.3 points-per-game average as the fourth-leading scorer on the team.

Terry Dischinger was the first pick of the second round by the Chicago Zephyrs in the 1962 NBA draft.

Terry Dischinger played alongside future Hall of Famers Walt Bellamy and Rod Thorn, as well as Kevin Loughery, Gene Shue and Sihugo Green.

On June 18,1964, Terry Dischinger was traded by the Bullets with Don Kojis and Rod Thorn to the Pistons for Bob Ferry, Bailey Howell, Les Hunter, Wali Jones and Don Ohl.

Terry Dischinger spent the next two years serving in the United States Army.

In six total seasons in Detroit, Terry Dischinger averaged 12.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 452 games, playing alongside Hall of Famers Bob Lanier, Dave Bing and Walt Bellamy.

July 31,1972, Terry Dischinger was traded by the Pistons to the Portland Trail Blazers for Fred Foster.

Terry Dischinger was involved in an altercation in 1973, with Mike Price of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Terry Dischinger graduated from Purdue University with a BS in chemical engineering.

Terry Dischinger graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in Nashville where he earned his DDS and was valedictorian of his class.

Terry Dischinger died at age 82 from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Lake Oswego, Oregon on October 9,2023.