Basketball Wiki

READ MORE

Basketball Wiki
Joe Fulks

Fulks with the Philadelphia Warriors.
No. 10
Position: Power Forward
League: NBA
Personal information
Full name: Joseph Franklin Fulks
Born: October 26, 1921
Birmingham, Kentucky
Died: March 21, 1976 (aged 54)
Eddyville, Kentucky
Nationality: American
Physical stats
Listed height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight: 190 lbs (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Kuttawa (Kuttawa, Kentucky)
College: Murray State (1941–1943)
Playing career: 19461954 (8 years)
Career history
19461954 Philadelphia Warriors
Career highlights and awards
NBA career playing statistics
Points: 8,003 (16.4 PPG)
Rebounds: 1,379 (5.3 RPG)
Assists: 587 (1.2 APG)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball–Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 1978)
College Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006)

Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks (October 26, 1921 – March 21, 1976) was an American professional basketball player.

BAA/NBA career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an NBA championship  *  Led the league

Regular season[]

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1946–47 Philadelphia 60 .305 .730 .4 23.2*
1947–48 Philadelphia 43 .259 .762 .6 22.1*
1948–49 Philadelphia 60 .313 .787 1.2 26.0
1949–50 Philadelphia 68 .278 .696 .8 14.2
1950–51 Philadelphia 66 .316 .855* 7.9 1.8 18.7
1951–52 Philadelphia 61 31.2 .312 .825 6.0 2.0 15.1
1952–53 Philadelphia 70 29.8 .346 .727 5.5 2.0 11.9
1953–54 Philadelphia 61 8.2 .266 .571 1.7 .5 2.5
Career 489 23.4 .302 .766 5.3 1.2 16.4
All–Star 2 9.0 .409 .700 6.0 2.5 12.5

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1947 Philadelphia 10 .288 .787 .3 22.2
1948 Philadelphia 13 .242 .810 .2 21.7
1949 Philadelphia 1 .000 .000 .0 .0
1950 Philadelphia 2 .192 .500 1.0 7.5
1951 Philadelphia 2 .327 .741 8.0 .5 26.0
1952 Philadelphia 3 23.3 .152 .778 4.0 .7 5.7
Career 31 23.3 .258 .782 5.6 .4 19.0