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Message: [QUOTE="Scrutineer, post: 3303309, member: 8240"] Don't we all wish we could have been there for this game by Murphy? [B]"One of his best games was a 68-point outing against Syracuse University at Niagara's Gallagher Center."[/B] "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.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-yantz-3'][3][/URL] [SIZE=6]College (1967–1970)[/SIZE] Murphy attended [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_University']Niagara University[/URL], where he was a three-time All-American. He [B]scored 2,548 points in 77 games (33.1 points per game)[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Murphy#cite_note-NBA_bio-2'][2][/URL] [B]One of his best games was a 68-point outing against Syracuse University at Niagara's Gallagher Center [/B] [/QUOTE]

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