STATISTICS & HISTORY
Paul “Curly” Armstrong was a star athlete at Central High School in Fort Wayne , Indiana. He played basketball for the University of Indiana for three seasons. In his junior year, Indiana won the NCAA championship. Armstrong spent his entire eight year professional basketball career with the Fort Wayne Pistons. Armstrong was a starter every year except his final season when he was injured. He was a first-team NBL selection in 1943. During Armstrong’s years with the team, the Pistons won three league championships and three World Pro Tournament titles.
| CURLY ARMSTRONG | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Indiana’41 | |||||
| Paul Carlyle Armstrong | Born: | Nov 1, 1918 | Died: Jun 6, 1983 | Hometown: | Fort Wayne, In. | ||||||
| Brother of Scott Armstrong | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Indiana (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Indiana | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Indiana | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Indiana | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 24 | 69 | 60 | 198 | 8.3 | ||||
| 1942-43 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 23 | 67 | 49 | 72 | .681 | 183 | 8.0 | ||
| 1943-45 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1.2 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 44 | 127 | 134 | 195 | .687 | 388 | 8.8 | ||
| 1947-48 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 53 | 148 | 139 | 206 | .675 | 435 | 8.2 | ||
| 1948-49 | Fort Wayne Pistons | BAA | 52 | 131 | 118 | 169 | .698 | 105 | 380 | 7.3 | |
| 1949-50 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBA | 63 | 144 | 170 | 241 | .705 | 176 | 529 | 8.4 | |
| 1950-51 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBA | 38 | 72 | 58 | 90 | .644 | 77 | 202 | 5.3 | |
| Major League Totals | 303 | 761 | 800 | 2322 | 7.7 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 6 | 25 | 21 | 71 | 11.8 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Fort Wayne Pistons | WBT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| 1942-43 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 6 | 20 | 19 | 59 | 9.8 | ||||
| 1942-43 | Fort Wayne Pistons | WBT | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 38 | 9.5 | ||
| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 11 | 3.7 | ||
| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne Pistons | WBT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0.8 | ||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 8 | 24 | 23 | 31 | .742 | 71 | 8.9 | ||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne Pistons | WBT | 3 | 13 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 31 | 10.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBL | 4 | 13 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 37 | 9.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | WBT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| 1949-50 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 6 | 9 | 3.0 | |
| 1950-51 | Fort Wayne Pistons | NBA | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5 | 15 | 5.0 | |
| Major League Totals | 46 | 129 | 97 | 355 | 7.7 | ||||||