Jimmy Moore (basketball, born 1952)

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Jimmy Moore
Personal information
Born (1952-01-13) January 13, 1952 (age 72)
Leakesville, Mississippi
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolLeakesville High School
(Leakesville, Mississippi)
College Utah State (1972–1975)
NBA draft 1975: 4th round, 66th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career1975–1987
Position Power forward
Coaching career1987–1992
Career history
As player:
1975–1977 Arke Stars Enschede
1977–1979 Frisol Rowic
1979–1981 Donar
1983–1987 Canadians Amsterdam
As coach:
1987–1992 Utah State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Jimmy "Shimmy" Moore (born January 13, 1952) is an American former basketball player and author. He played college basketball with the Utah State and later worked as assistant coach and administrator for the university.

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During the 1970s and 1980s, Moore played professionally in the Dutch Eredivisie for several clubs. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), Moore played as power forward. [1]

Early life

Moore grew up in Leakesville, Mississippi as the son of a pulpwood worker and domestic servant and grew up with 11 siblings. [2] As a kid, he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis but eventually recovered. [3]

He attended Leakesville High School, where he experienced regular racism. [4]

College career

Moore played for Utah State for three seasons from 1972 to 1975 after he was recruited by coach Dale Brown. [5] He recorded 30 straight double-double games in his career. As a senior, Moore scored a career-high 40 points against Wyoming. Moore was named to the Aggies' All-Century Team in 2005, [5] and was inducted into the Aggies' Hall of Fame in 2013. [6]

Professional career

Moore was drafted in the 1975 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 66th overall pick in the fourth round. [7] He never played a game in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [8]

Moore played for Arke Stars Enschede (1975 to 1977), Frisol Rowic (1977 to 1979), Donar (1979 to 1981), Canadians Amsterdam (1983 to 1987). [9] He was named the Eredivisie Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1976–77 season during his time with Enschede. [10]

Post-playing career

After his playing career, Moore returned to Utah State to serve as assistant coach under Rod Tueller in 1987 and remained for five seasons. [6] After that, he became an administrator at USU where he was the director of admissions. [11]

Personal

Moore has two sons, Grayson and Jalen who both played basketball for Utah State as well. [5] He obtained a bachelor's degree in physical education during his college career and a Master's degree in education after his playing days. [4] In 2020, Moore released a book named "Basketball and Some of Life’s Technical Fouls", in which he writes about his life, basketball career and institutional racism. [5]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ DonarMuseum. "Jimmy Moore – DonarMuseum.nl". www.donarmuseum.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ "More than a game: The legacy of Jimmy Moore". The Utah Statesman. March 2, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Making of Jimmy Moore". Utah State Magazine. December 19, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "More than a game: The legacy of Jimmy Moore". The Utah Statesman. March 2, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Former Aggie player and coach Jimmy Moore authors book chronicling his life journey" . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Jimmy Moore (2013) – Hall of Fame". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy Moore College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  8. ↑ Nesgoda, Kevin (May 25, 2013). "1975 NBA Draft: Seattle SuperSonics Pick Review". Sonics Rising. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jimmy Moore Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier – NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  10. ↑ "MVP Competitie". J-dus.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ University, Utah State (January 28, 2005). "Going for Moore — Top Aggie Now Administrator". Utah State Today. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
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