Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 53-54 33 G 5-11 170 So * Madison, WI 56-57 G 5-11 175 Jr-R Madison, WI
| Tom Nissalke |
Full Name: Thomas Edward Nissalke
Born: July 7, 1932, Madison, Wis.
Died: August 22, 2019, San Antonio, Tex.
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 53-54 33 G 5-11 170 So * Madison, WI 56-57 G 5-11 175 Jr-R Madison, WI |
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Thomas Edward Nissalke Obituary. Published by finadagrave.com.
Professional Basketball Coach. For thirteen seasons (1971 to 1984), he
served as a head coach in the American and National Basketball Associations
with the Dallas Chaparrals, Seattle SuperSonics, San Antonio Spurs, Utah
Stars, Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers. Born Thomas
Edward Nissalke, he attended Florida State University, before launching his
lengthy coaching career, initially at the high school level. He coached on
the collegiate level as an assistant at the University of Wisconsin
followed by Tulane University, prior to reaching the professional ranks as
an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks. He served under Larry Costello
during Milwaukee's NBA Title winning season of 1970-1971. He received ABA
Coach of the Year honors when he guided the Dallas Chaparrals to a playoff
berth (1971-1972) and was given NBA Coach of the Year honors with his
guiding of the Houston Rockets to the Eastern Conference Finals
(1976-1977). He had additional assistant coaching stints with the Charlotte
Hornets and Denver Nuggets, before becoming a game analyst with the Utah
Jazz. |
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--3 Point--- ----REBOUNDS-----
Year GP GS Min FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ AST TO BLK STL
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53-54 7 4 .000 .000 4 .000 12 1.7 0.0
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Tot 7 0 0 4 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 0 .000 12 1.7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Game Statistics 1953-54 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 16 Jacksonville State 1 0 2 3 2 Jan 6 Tampa 1 0 0 0 0 Jan 9 Miami 1 1 0 0 2 Jan 12 Tampa 1 0 1 1 Jan 13 Florida Southern Col 1 1 0 2 Jan 16 Stetson 1 1 1 1 3 Jan 19 Rollins College 1 1 0 0 2 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |