Joe Fulks

Joe Fulks

Fulks in 1946
Personal information
Born	(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.