(1921-10-26)October 26, 1921 Birmingham, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
March 21, 1976(1976-03-21) (aged 54) Eddyville, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight
190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school
Kuttawa (Kuttawa, Kentucky)
College
Murray State (1941–1943)
Playing career
1946–1954
Position
Power forward
Number
10
Career history
1946–1954
Philadelphia Warriors
Career highlights and awards
BAA champion (1947)
2× NBA All-Star (1951, 1952)
3× All-BAA First Team (1947–1949)
All-NBA Second Team (1951)
BAA scoring champion (1947)
NBA 25th Anniversary Team
No. 26 retired by Murray State Racers
Career statistics
Points
8,003 (16.4 ppg)
Rebounds
1,379 (5.3 rpg)
Assists
587 (1.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks (October 26, 1921 – March 21, 1976) was an American professional basketball player. The NBA's first scoring champion, he was sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards". He was posthumously enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.
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manager of the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign. Fulks is from Ellaville, Georgia. He graduated from Schley Middle High School in 2008. Fulks was a split...
with Philadelphia having home court advantage. Hall of Fame inductee JoeFulks played for the Warriors in the series. Philadelphia was not the Eastern...
the American Basketball League in 1925. Led by early scoring sensation JoeFulks, the team won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946–47 season...
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won both the scoring title and the NBA championship in the same season: JoeFulks in 1947 with the Philadelphia Warriors, Mikan from 1949 to 1950 with the...
a dynasty. Jordan became only the fourth player in NBA history (after JoeFulks, George Mikan, and Abdul-Jabbar) to capture the scoring title and a championship...
University press. ISBN 978-0-8156-2754-8. Retrieved January 16, 2010. "Fulks' Warriors Star in League's First Season". NBA/Turner Sports Interactive...
"Max Zaslofsky Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 6, 2012. "JoeFulks Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 6, 2012. "Bobby Wanzer Stats"...
March 26, 1974, joining Barry and Naismith honorees Wilt Chamberlain and JoeFulks as the only Warriors players to do so. On January 26, he was named a Western...
reference to the United States military. Led by early scoring sensation JoeFulks, the Warriors won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946–47 season...
players from the 25th anniversary team were chosen, with Bob Davies and JoeFulks—who both last played in the 1950s—being omitted. Forty-seven of the 50...
position and vote received. F Bob Pettit F Dolph Schayes F Paul Arizin F JoeFulks C Bill Russell C George Mikan G Bob Cousy G Bill Sharman G Bob Davies...
team excludes 25th Anniversary Team players Paul Arizin, Bob Davies, JoeFulks, Sam Jones, Dolph Schayes, and Bill Sharman. The list was made through...
California, on April 8, 1933. She recorded her name as 'Jane Fulks', foster parents Emma and Richard Fulks, and her age as 19 on the wedding certificate. Though...
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