March 26, 2013(2013-03-26) (aged 67) Willowbrook, Illinois
Listed height
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight
265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school
Millersburg Military Institute (Millersburg, Kentucky)
College
Tennessee (1965–1968)
NBA draft
1968: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career
1968–1978
Position
Center
Number
18
Career history
1968–1978
Chicago Bulls
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-SEC (1967, 1968)
Career statistics
Points
4,596 (7.2 ppg)
Rebounds
5,745 (9.0 rpg)
Assists
2,007 (3.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Thomas F. Boerwinkle (August 23, 1945 – March 26, 2013) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) center who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bulls.
Chicago Bulls. TomBoerwinkle was born in Independence, Ohio, one of three children of John and Katherine Boerwinkle. John Boerwinkle, an engineer for...
Chet Walker, point guard Norm Van Lier, and centers Clifford Ray and TomBoerwinkle. The team made the conference finals in 1975 but lost to the eventual...
starting center rather than continue with a three-man rotation of Ray, TomBoerwinkle and Dennis Awtrey. The Warriors added more fiscal stability when completing...
era included Jerry Sloan, Bob Love, Chet Walker, Norm Van Lier, and TomBoerwinkle. Revered basketball writer Bob Ryan wrote that Sloan and Van Lier comprised...
as CBS' lead analyst following the 1983 Finals by former Celtics teammate Tom Heinsohn. 1977: The post-game trophy presentation following Game 6 was never...
the Year Johnny "Red" Kerr – 1967 Dick Motta – 1971 Phil Jackson – 1996 Tom Thibodeau – 2011 NBA Executive of the Year Jerry Krause – 1988, 1996 Gar...
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but Bulls center TomBoerwinkle tipped it in to tie the game at 124 with one second left. Despite this, Rakel waved off Boerwinkle's basket because he...
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farmer and prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays TomBoerwinkle (born 1945) – basketball player at the University of Tennessee and with...