Post by wtm97 on Jan 28, 2014 16:29:55 GMT -5
PHILADELPHIA -- Tom Gola, the Hall of Fame basketball player who led La Salle to the 1954 NCAA title and helped the Philadelphia Warriors win the 1956 NBA championship, died Sunday. He was 81. Gola was a three-time All-American, the 6-foot-6 Gola averaged nearly 21 points and 19 rebounds for La Salle from 1952-55. also led La Salle to the 1952 NIT title and a runner-up finish in the 1955 NCAA tournament. He still holds the NCAA career rebounds record with 2,201 and scored 2,461 points. He and former George Washington player Joe Holup are the only players in NCAA history to top 2,000 in both points and rebounds.
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