Lonnie Eggleston was a star athlete at Walters High School in Oklahoma City. Eggleston was a three year starter for Oklahoma A&M. Eggleston was a bomber pilot in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, Eggleston played two seasons for the National AAU champion Bartlesville Phillips 66ers. Eggleston also had a brief post-war pro basketball career. In 1947, he was the leading scorer with the Oklahoma City Drillers in the short-lived Professional Basketball League of America and the flollowing season played basket two games for the St. Louis Bombers in the Basketball Association of America. In 1951, Eggleston returned to the military, where he served in the Air Force for the next twenty-two years.
LONNIE EGGLESTON |
Height: |
6:00 |
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Weight: |
175 |
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College: |
Oklahoma A&M’42 |
Lonnie Joe Eggleston |
Born: Jun 8, 1918 |
Died: Jul 10, 1998 |
Hometown: |
Oklahoma, City, Ok. |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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1938-39 |
Oklahoma A&M (Frosh) |
College |
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1939-40 |
Oklahoma A&M |
College |
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1940-41 |
Oklahoma A&M |
College |
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1941-42 |
Oklahoma A&M |
College |
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1042-45 |
U.S. Army Air Corp. |
Military Service |
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1945-46 |
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers |
AAU |
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1946-47 |
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers |
AAU |
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1947-48 |
Oklahoma City |
PBLA |
5 |
19 |
17 |
26 |
.654 |
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55 |
11.0 |
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1948-49 |
St.Louis |
BAA |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
.667 |
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4 |
2.0 |
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US Air Force |
1951-1970 |
Military Service |
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Major League Totals |
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7 |
20 |
19 |
29 |
.667 |
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59 |
8.4 |
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Tommy Edwards was a football, basketball and baseball star at Woodward High School in Toledo. Edwards played independent basketball for Toledo teams throughout the 1930’s. In the fall of 1941, Edwards was named coach of the Jim White Chevrolets, a longtime Toledo indpendent team, that had joined the National Basketball League for the 1941-42 season. It turned out to be a chaotic experience for everyone involved. Twenty-three players appeared on the Toledo roster during the course of the season, including a one game appearance by Edwards himself, on route to a disastrous 3-21 record.
TOMMY EDWARDS |
Height: |
5:10 |
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Weight: |
170 |
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College: |
None |
Thomas C.arlEdwards |
Born: Jan 14, 1911 |
Died: Mar 14, 1977 |
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Hometown: |
Toledo, Oh.
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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1930-31 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1931-32 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1932-33 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1933-34 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1934-35 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1925-26 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1936-37 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1937-38 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1938-39 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1939-40 |
Toledo |
Indep |
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1940-41 |
Toledo Collegians |
Indep |
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1940-41 |
Toledo White Huts |
Indep |
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1941-42 |
Toledo |
NBL |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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1 |
1.0 |
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Major League Totals |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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1 |
1.0 |
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