Calvin Murphy

American basketball player · United States · On the map · Basketball Players · Born 1948 · age 78

Calvin Jerome Murphy is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara University, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Association as a guard for the San Diego/Houston Rockets from 1970 to 1983.

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Career 2

ClubYearsMatchesGoals

Houston Rockets1970-1983

Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball1967-1970

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Awards

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award1979

NBA All-Rookie Team1971

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He is currently a member of the Houston Rockets' Space City Home Network broadcast team. Standing at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), Murphy has the distinction of being the shortest NBA player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and to play in an NBA All-Star Game.

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