height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 8,114 -rrb- 1,561 -lrb- 3.6 apg -rrb- -lrb- 18.6 ppg -rrb- 1,457 -lrb- 3.3 rpg american 29 november 1947 1969 1969 -- 1972 1972 -- 1974 1974 y 1969 pittsburgh -lrb- aba -rrb- milwaukee bucks pipers / condors -lrb- aba -rrb- memphis tams 66 25 , 23 , 24 marquette -lrb- 1966 -- 1969 -rrb- aba and nba george thompson points rebounds assists erasmus hall -lrb- brooklyn , new york -rrb- 200 brooklyn , new york boston celtics 1975 point guard 5 t 2 thompge01 george thompson -lrb- basketball -rrb-

george thompson -lrb- basketball -rrb-

george `` tip '' thompson -lrb- born november 29 , 1947 -rrb- is an american former professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 2 '' guard , he attended erasmus hall high school from which he graduated in 1965 .
he then attended marquette university , where he played for coach al mcguire .
he held the marquette scoring record for 40 years , and still holds the single season scoring record of over 20 ppg .
he was selected by the boston celtics in the fifth round of the 1969 nba draft but began his career with the pittsburgh pipers of the upstart american basketball association .
thompson played five seasons -lrb- 1969 -- 1974 -rrb- in the aba , including two with the memphis tams , appearing as an all-star three times .
he then played one season with the milwaukee bucks of the nba , in 1974-75 .
he scored 8,114 combined aba/nba career points .
thompson holds the aba record for free throws attempted in a single game with 30 .
thompson was elected to the wisconsin athletic hall of fame in 2001 .
he was inducted into the new york city basketball hall of fame in 2013 .
