Curly Armstrong
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Paul Carlyle "Curly" Armstrong (November 1, 1918–June 6, 1983) was an American basketball player.
A 5'11" guard/forward, Armstrong starred at Central High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he reached two state championship games while leading his team to a 50-6 record. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Armstrong attended Indiana University, earning All-Big Ten Conference honors during his junior year. He then played, and briefly coached, for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons professional basketball team (today's Detroit Pistons). He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
[edit] External links
- Curly Armstrong Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- Profile at Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
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