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Sep 13, 2021 · Though the smallest player in the league, Murphy made the NBA All-Rookie team in 1971. Over the course of his career, spent all in a Rocket uniform, he averaged 17.9 points and ended his career...
Standing at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), Murphy has the distinction of being the shortest NBA player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and to play in an NBA All-Star Game (the latter has since tied by Isaiah Thomas in 2016).
Murphy took an elbow to the head during the 28/2/80 game against Washington, resulting in a severe concussion and a hospital stay. When he came back a few games later, Murphy had taken to wearing a modified hockey helmet to protect his head.
You've seen Gerald Henderson in a neck brace, now here's Calvin Murphy in a hockey helmet!
Calvin J. Murphy. Pound-for-pound and inch-for-inch nobody played with more heart than Calvin Murphy. The 5-foot-9-inch, 165-pound bundle of energy played pressure basketball at both ends of the court.
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