Curly Armstrong

Curly Armstrong
Personal information
Born	(1918-11-01)November 1, 1918
Died	June 6, 1983(1983-06-06) (aged 64) Fort Wayne, Indiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Central (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
College	Indiana (1938–1940)
Playing career	1941–1951
Position	Forward / Guard
Number	31, 3
Career history
As player:
1941–1943 1945–1951	Fort Wayne Pistons
As coach:
1948–1949	Fort Wayne Pistons
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (1940)

Paul Carlyle "Curly" Armstrong (November 1, 1918 – June 6, 1983) was an American professional basketball player.

A 5'11" guard/forward, Armstrong starred at Central High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he reached two state championship games while leading his team to a 50-6 record. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Armstrong attended Indiana University, earning All-Big Ten Conference honors during his junior year. He then played, and briefly coached, for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons professional basketball team (today's Detroit Pistons). He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com

Detroit Pistons head coaches

Carl Bennett (1948)
Curly Armstrong (1948–1949)
Murray Mendenhall (1949–1951)
Paul Birch (1951–1954)
Charley Eckman (1954–1957)
Red Rocha (1957–1960)
Dick McGuire (1959–1963)
Charles Wolf (1963–1964)
Dave DeBusschere (1964–1967)
Donnie Butcher (1967–1968)
Paul Seymour (1968–1969)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1969–1971)
Terry Dischinger (1971)
Earl Lloyd (1971–1972)
Ray Scott (1972–1976)
Herb Brown (1976–1977)
Bob Kauffman # (1977–1978)
Dick Vitale (1978–1979)
Richie Adubato # (1979–1980)
Scotty Robertson (1980–1983)
Chuck Daly (1983–1992)
Ron Rothstein (1992–1993)
Don Chaney (1993–1995)
Doug Collins (1995–1998)
Alvin Gentry (1998–2000)
George Irvine (2000–2001)
Rick Carlisle (2001–2003)
Larry Brown (2003–2005)
Flip Saunders (2005–2008)
Michael Curry (2008–2009)
John Kuester (2009–2011)
Lawrence Frank (2011–2013)
Maurice Cheeks (2013–2014)
John Loyer # (2014)
Stan Van Gundy (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1939–40 NCAA Champions

7 Andy Zimmer 10 Jay McCreary 32 Herm Schaefer 33 Curly Armstrong 34 Marvin Huffman (MOP) 35 Bill Menke 36 Bob Dro Head Coach Branch McCracken Assistant Coach Ralph Graham

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