Bobby Plump

Bobby Plump

Plump with the Phillips 66ers.
Personal information
Born (1936-09-09) September 9, 1936
Pierceville, Indiana
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school Milan (Milan, Indiana)
College Butler (1955–1958)
NBA draft 1958 / Undrafted
Position Point guard
Career history
1958–1961 Phillips 66ers (AAU)
Career highlights and awards

Bobby Gene Plump (born September 9, 1936) was a member of the Milan High School basketball team that won the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) State Tournament in 1954. Plump was selected Indiana's coveted "Mr. Basketball" in 1954, the award bestowed upon Indiana's most outstanding senior basketball player as voted on by the press. Plump was also named one of the most noteworthy Hoosiers of the 20th century by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine. He was also one of the 50 greatest sports figures from Indiana in the 20th century, according to Sports Illustrated.

After graduating from Butler University, he played three years for Phillips 66ers of the National Industrial Basketball League. Following his professional sports career with Phillips 66, he began a near forty-year career in the life insurance and financial consulting industry. After retiring from that career, he established "Plump's Last Shot", a restaurant in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]

Bobby Plump and his Milan high school teammates were the inspiration behind the 1986 film Hoosiers starring Gene Hackman as coach of the fictitious Hickory High School. Hickory's star player, Jimmy Chitwood, is loosely based on Plump, most notably in that Chitwood's last-second shot in the championship game was taken from exactly the same spot in the same building as Plump in the 1954 state final.

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References

  1. ↑ Pete Thamel (2010-03-30). "Tales of Indiana Hoops, as Told by the 'Hoosier'". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-31.

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