Tom Bishop (basketball)

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Tom Bishop
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
High school Western Canada High School
(Calgary, Alberta)
College
Position Center
Career highlights and awards
  • CIAU First Team All-Canadian (1976)
  • Canada West Player of the Year (1976)
  • Canada West First Team All-Star (1976)
  • University of Calgary Male Athlete of the Year (1976)
  • Canada West Co-coach of the Year (1983) (also awarded to Ken Shields)
  • University of Calgary Sports Hall of Fame (2007)

Tom Bishop is former Canadian basketball player, CIAU All-Canadian, member of the Canada men's national basketball team and coach.

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University

Bishop was a four-year starter at the University of Calgary (1972-1976). [1] [2] He played a season with Mount Royal College before transferring to Calgary. [1] [2] He is regarded as one of the most talented inside players to ever play for the University of Calgary. [1]

Bishop was a CIAU first team All-Canadian, Canada West first team All-Star and Canada West Player of the Year. [1] [2] [3] [4] Bishop was the first Calgary men's basketball player in history to be named an All-Canadian or Canada West Player of the Year. [3] [4]

In the 1976 season, he averaged 20.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. [1] [2] This year he led Calgary to be the Canada West champions and finish in the top 8 of the CIAU national tournament. [2] [3] [4] This year he was also named the University of Calgary's male athlete of the year. [1]

Over the course of his four years at Calgary, Bishop averaged 12.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. [1] [2] Even though he played over 40 years ago, he is still the school's leading rebounder in terms of rebounds per game (7.2). [1] And even though he only played 80 conference games, he still ranks fourth overall in rebounds with 577. [1]

In 2007, Bishop was inducted into the University of Calgary Sports Hall of Fame. [1] He was the second basketball player to be inducted into the university's hall of fame, the first being Karl Tilleman in 1995. [1]

International

Bishop was a member of the Canadian national men's basketball team for six seasons (1977–80, 82–83). [1] [5] This included being named to the men's national team that qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. [5] However, Bishop unfortunately was unable to compete in these 1980 games given that Canada boycotted said Olympics as a result of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. [6]

This 1980 Canadian men's team was positioned to perform well in these Olympics given that Canada competed for the bronze medal in the Olympic games preceding and following these 1980 Olympics (1976, 1984) [7] [8] and this time in Canadian basketball has been described as "arguably the Canadian national team's greatest era" and "Canada's golden age of basketball". [9] [10]

Despite the 1980 boycott, Bishop competed in many international tournaments for Team Canada, including FIBA World Championships and Pan American games. [1]

Coaching

Bishop later became an assistant coach for the University of Calgary men's basketball team. [1] He was the interim head coach in the 1983–84 season when head coach, Gary Howard, took a sabbatical leave. [1] [2] [3] [4] Calgary performed well under Bishop this year, going 7–3 in conference play; [1] [2] 28-14 overall; [1] and reaching the conference finals, losing to the University of Victoria en route to UVic winning their 5th consecutive national championship that year. [1] [2] [11] This year, he was named Canada West co-coach of the year, along with University of Victoria's Ken Shields. [12]

Bishop has also coached successfully at the high school level in Calgary at various schools. [1]

Personal life

Bishop graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in Physical Education. [1] He is a native Calgarian. [1]

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  6. ↑ "Canada boycotts 1980 Moscow Olympics". CBC Archives. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Event Standings". FIBA Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Event Standings". FIBA Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Eli Pasquale". BC Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Eli Pasquale, Olympian and Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 59". CBC Sports. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "1983-84 Men's Basketball National Championship". University of Victoria Athletics. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  12. ↑ Toneguzzi, Mario (4 March 1983). "Bishop makes most of ideal situation". The Calgary Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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