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Message: [QUOTE="Aluminny69, post: 3887441, member: 103"] Being an old timer, I went to High School when Calvin Murphy went to Norwalk High School. His Bio listed on WIKI is remarkable. "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy'][B]Calvin Jerome Murphy[/B][/URL] (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball']basketball[/URL] player who played as a guard for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association']National Basketball Association[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets']San Diego/Houston Rockets[/URL] from 1970 to 1983, and is a current member of the Houston Rockets' AT&T SportsNet TV broadcast team. Standing at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), Murphy has the distinction of being the shortest NBA player inducted into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame']Basketball Hall of Fame[/URL], and to play in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game']NBA All-Star Game[/URL] (the latter since tied by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Thomas_(basketball)']Isaiah Thomas[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NBA_All-Star_Game']2016[/URL]). " "Before basketball, Calvin Murphy was a world-class [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_twirling']baton twirler[/URL]. He says he was "bullied into it" as his mother and all six of her sisters were twirlers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-Time-1'][1][/URL] As an 8th grader, in 1963, he won a national championship in baton twirling.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-NBA_bio-2'][2][/URL] His reputation as a twirler earned him invitations to perform at major sporting events and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair']1964 New York World's Fair[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-yantz-3'][3][/URL] In 1977, at the height of his basketball career in Houston, Murphy won the Texas State Men's Twirling Championship.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-Time-1'][1][/URL] "He played basketball for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwalk_High_School_(Connecticut)']Norwalk High School[/URL], where he was All-State three times and All-America twice. He is a member of the Connecticut Coaches Association Hall of Fame and a Connecticut Sportswriters Gold Key Award winner.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-NBA_bio-2'][2][/URL] Norwalk High School's address is now 23 Calvin Murphy Rd. in his honor." [/QUOTE]

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