# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-marshall
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:36:26.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-marshall"
name: "Tom Marshall"
slug: "tom-marshall"
description: "John Thomas Marshall was an American basketball player and coach. He graduated from Mount Juliet High School in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. He was a star at Western Kentucky University in the 1950s, where he was a two-time All-American. His number 41 is one of only six retired at Western Kentucky. He was named to the OVC Half-Century Team and the OVC 40th Anniversary team. A 6'4\" forward, he was drafted by the Rochester Royals with the seventh pick of the 1954 NBA draft. After a promising rookie season, he was drafted into the Army and missed the 1955–56 season. In a four-year NBA career, he played for the Royals, as well as for the Detroit Pistons. In his final year as a player (1958–59) he served as a player-coach; then coached the Cincinnati Royals for one additional season (1959–60) after retiring from playing. Marshall died in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 10, 2024, at the age of 93."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1931-01-06"
deathDate: "2024-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.669654666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Marshall_(basketball)"
    title: "Tom Marshall (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "طوم مارشال (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "توم مارشال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Marshall_(cestista)"
    title: "Tom Marshall (cestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Marshall_(baloncestista)"
    title: "Tom Marshall (baloncestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Marshall_(basket-ball)"
    title: "Tom Marshall (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3992501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump