Curly Armstrong

Curly Armstrong
No. 31, 3
Forward/Guard
Personal information
Date of birth	November 1, 1918(1918-11-01)
Nationality	American
Date of death	June 6, 1983(1983-06-06) (aged 64)
Place of death	Fort Wayne, Indiana
High school	Central (Fort Wayne)
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
College	Indiana
Career history
As player: Fort Wayne Pistons
As coach: Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–1949)
Career highlights and awards
NCAA Champion (1940)
Stats at NBA.com

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.

External links

Curly Armstrong at Basketball-Reference.com
Profile at Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

Preceded by Carl Bennett	Fort Wayne Pistons head coach 1948–1949	Succeeded by Murray Mendenhall

Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1939–40 NCAA Champions

7 Andy Zimmer 10 Jay McCreary 32 Herm Schaefer 33 Curly Armstrong 34 Marvin Huffman (MOP) 35 Bill Menke 36 Bob Dro Head Coach Branch McCracken Assistant Coach: Ralph Graham

Detroit Pistons

Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and the Fort Wayne Pistons • Founded in 1941 • Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise	Detroit Pistons • All-time roster • Seasons • Draft history • Head coaches • Current season

Arenas	North Side High School Gym • Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Olympia Stadium • Cobo Arena • Pontiac Silverdome • Joe Louis Arena • The Palace of Auburn Hills

Head coaches	Carl Bennett • Curly Armstrong • Murray Mendenhall • Paul Birch • Charley Eckman • Red Rocha • Dick McGuire • Charles Wolf • Dave DeBusschere • Donnie Butcher • Paul Seymour • Butch van Breda Kolff • Terry Dischinger • Earl Lloyd • Ray Scott • Herb Brown • Bob Kauffman • Dick Vitale • Richie Adubato • Scotty Robertson • Chuck Daly • Ron Rothstein • Don Chaney • Doug Collins • Alvin Gentry • George Irvine • Rick Carlisle • Larry Brown • Flip Saunders • Michael Curry • John Kuester • Lawrence Frank

D-League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Retired numbers	William Davidson • Jack McCloskey • 2 • 4 • 10 • 11 • 15 • 16 • 21 • 40

Hall of Famers	Bobby McDermott • Dave DeBusschere • Walt Bellamy • Dave Bing • Larry Brown • Chuck Daly • Adrian Dantley • Joe Dumars • Harry Gallatin • Bob Houbregs • Bailey Howell • Bob Lanier • Earl Lloyd • Bob McAdoo • Dick McGuire • Andy Phillip • Dennis Rodman • Isiah Thomas • George Yardley • Fred Zollner

NBA Championships (3)	1989 • 1990 • 2004

Culture and lore	Hooper • Jordan Rules • John Mason • Pacers–Pistons brawl

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Boston Celtics • Los Angeles Lakers

Broadcasters	TV: Fox Sports Detroit • Radio: WXYT-AM, WXYT-FM, WWJ • Announcers: George Blaha • Greg Kelser • Mark Champion • Rick Mahorn • Matt Dery • John Long • Eli Zaret

Persondata
Name	Armstrong, Curly
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 1, 1918
Place of birth
Date of death	June 6, 1983
Place of death	Fort Wayne, Indiana