Harold Fox (basketball)

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Harold Fox
Harold Fox and Roland Taylor.jpeg
Fox (left) guarding Roland Taylor (right)
Personal information
Born (1949-08-29) August 29, 1949 (age 74)
Hyattsville, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Northwestern (Hyattsville, Maryland)
College
NBA draft 1972: 2nd round, 15th overall pick
Selected by the Buffalo Braves
Position Guard
Number7, 44
Career history
1972 Buffalo Braves
1972–1973 Scranton Apollos
Career highlights and awards
  • NJCAA Third Team All-American (1969)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Harold Fox (born August 29, 1949) is a former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Buffalo Braves.

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High school career

As a high school player at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland, Fox was one of the best high school players to ever come out of the Washington metro area. [1] As a junior guard, he helped lead the Wildcats to a Maryland State Championship with Captain Mark Christian, a dominant center. As a senior guard, Fox was a First Team All-Metropolitan selection and despite the graduation of Christian, led Northwestern to a second-in-a-row Maryland State Basketball Championship his senior season. [2] He was also named the 1968 High School Player of the Year in the Washington Metro Area. [2] Later he suffered a serious finger injury on his right hand, that required surgery, when a classroom door closed on it but was able to make full recovery. [3]

College career

In his freshman year of college, Fox played for Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College) [2] where he averaged 27.7 points per game in 29 appearances and was a NJCAA Third Team All-American. [4] [5] After his sophomore year, Fox transferred to Jacksonville University. In his two seasons at Jacksonville, Fox averaged 19.9 points per game and 6.5 assists per game. [6]

Professional career

Fox was drafted with the third pick in the second round of the 1972 NBA draft. He played in 10 games for the Buffalo Braves in the 1972–73 NBA season and averaged 3.1 points per game, 1.0 assists per game and 0.8 rebounds per game. [7] He was waived in middle of December 1972 [8] following an arrest for a drug charge that was later dropped for lack of evidence. [9] Later that same month, he signed with the Scranton Apollos of the Eastern Basketball Association. [10] He appeared in two games for the Apollos, averaging 3.0 points. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Pete Gallagher (29 March 1970). "The flip side of Harold Fox". Florida Today . pp. 1C–5C. Retrieved 12 April 2022– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 3 Jack Flowers (2 February 1969). "The Fox". Florida Today . pp. 9–10. Retrieved 12 April 2022– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Al Levine (11 April 1970). "The Fox trots to traveling music". The Miami News . p. B1. Retrieved 12 April 2022– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ Dave Larimer (31 December 1969). "Brevard '69: Harold Fox BJC hero, Mustangs make playoffs". Florida Today . p. 4C. Retrieved 12 April 2022– via Newspapers.com. Harold Fox of BJC is selected to the third team on the National Junior College All-American squad. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ Dwight Massengale (11 December 1969). "Harold Fox leading Titans offensively". The Orlando Sentinel . p. 19. Retrieved 12 April 2022– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ "Harold Fox". 4 May 2007.
  7. ↑ "Harold Fox NBA statistics".
  8. ↑ "Harold Fox on waivers". The Greenville News . Associated Press. 19 December 1972. p. 15. Retrieved 22 January 2024– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ Sandy Padwe (30 April 1973). "Season disappeared for Jones, Fox". Newsday . p. 84. Retrieved 22 January 2024– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. ↑ "New faces to appear with Apollos tonight". The Times-Tribune . 30 December 1972. p. 13. Retrieved 22 January 2024– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  11. ↑ "Harold Fox minor league basketball statistics on StatsCrew.com". statscrew.com. Stats Crew. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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