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RE: Who in the hell was/is Med Park? I must have slept...
Posted on: August 21, 2020 at 15:07:24 CT
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Medford Park
Letterman - 1953, 1954, 1955
A 6'2 guard from Lexington, MO who turned down an offer to play baseball with the Pittsburg Pirates to attend MU, Park was both one of the top perimeter defenders of his day as well as a prolific scorer. Med avged 8.6 ppg as a sophomore and 9.5 ppg as a junior. His senior season the Tigers would climb as high as #6 in the AP poll with Park averaging 15.4 ppg. He led the Tigers with 24 points in the title game of the conference tournament, an MU championship victory, and he tallied 20 points in beating ku in the last ever meeting of the clubs in Hoch Auditorium to end ku's 33 game win streak at home. In his final game as a Tiger he reached a new career high of 27 in a 90-71 win to complete the sweep of ku. He was First Team All Conference in 1955 and an All American. His teams never finished below 3rd in conference in any year he lettered, a feat that had not been achieved for several decades prior. At the conclusion of his playing career he was fourth all time on the MU scoring list with 800 points. He later played a 5 year career with St. Louis in the NBA (beating out Norm Stewart for the Hawks final roster spot) and became one of only three Tigers to ever win an NBA championship. After his playing days he became the first executive director of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mo.
Letterman - 1953, 1954, 1955
A 6'2 guard from Lexington, MO who turned down an offer to play baseball with the Pittsburg Pirates to attend MU, Park was both one of the top perimeter defenders of his day as well as a prolific scorer. Med avged 8.6 ppg as a sophomore and 9.5 ppg as a junior. His senior season the Tigers would climb as high as #6 in the AP poll with Park averaging 15.4 ppg. He led the Tigers with 24 points in the title game of the conference tournament, an MU championship victory, and he tallied 20 points in beating ku in the last ever meeting of the clubs in Hoch Auditorium to end ku's 33 game win streak at home. In his final game as a Tiger he reached a new career high of 27 in a 90-71 win to complete the sweep of ku. He was First Team All Conference in 1955 and an All American. His teams never finished below 3rd in conference in any year he lettered, a feat that had not been achieved for several decades prior. At the conclusion of his playing career he was fourth all time on the MU scoring list with 800 points. He later played a 5 year career with St. Louis in the NBA (beating out Norm Stewart for the Hawks final roster spot) and became one of only three Tigers to ever win an NBA championship. After his playing days he became the first executive director of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mo.
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RE: Who in the hell was/is Med Park? I must have slept... - FIJItiger MU - 8/21 15:07:24