Given the question: Facts: - draft round: 1 - draft pick: 7 - career end: 1971 - number: 14 - height in: 6 - team: philadelphia / san francisco warriors seattle supersonics - birth date: 26 october 1938 - draft team: philadelphia warriors - weight lb: 215 - statlabel: points rebounds assists - statvalue: 9,904 -rrb- 1,331 -lrb- 1.7 apg -rrb- -lrb- 12.7 ppg -rrb- 6,698 -lrb- 8.6 rpg - draft year: 1961 - bbr: meschto01 - college: saint mary 's -lrb- 1958 -- 1961 -rrb- - stats league: nba - width: 125px - letter: m - name: tom meschery - birth place: harbin , manchuria - position: power forward - high school: lowell -lrb- san francisco , california -rrb- - career start: 1961 - nationality: russian / american - years: 1961 end start -- 1966 end 1967 start -- 1970 - height ft: 6 - image: tom meschery.png Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom meschery .
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thomas nicholas '' tom '' meschery -lrb- born october 26 , 1938 as tomislav nikolayevich meshcheryakov -lrb- -rrb- -rrb- is a russian american former professional basketball player .he was a power forward with a 10 year national basketball association career from 1961 to 1971 .he played for the philadelphia/san francisco warriors and the seattle supersonics .he led the league in personal fouls in 1962 and played in the 1963 nba all-star game .his jersey , number 14 , was retired by the warriors .