Tom Scheffler

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Thomas Mark "Tom" Scheffler (born October 27, 1954 in St. Joseph (Michigan) ) is a retired American basketball player .

career

Scheffler was on the team at Purdue University from 1973 to 1977 . The 2.07 meter tall indoor player played 110 games for Purdue, in which he scored an average of 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds. The NBA team Indiana Pacers secured the rights to Scheffler in 1977 in the league's draft proceedings , who was called in the sixth selection round in a total of 117th place.

As a professional basketball player, Scheffler was first under contract with Scavolini Pesaro (1977 to 1979) and Liberti Treviso in Italy , from 1982/83 he played in Lugano, Switzerland . He went to France, where he played at Le Mans in 1983/84 .

After the year in France, Scheffler made the leap into the NBA. The center was used by the Portland Trail Blazers in 39 games during the 1984/85 season, with averages of 1.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. Scheffler then returned to Switzerland and played again in Lugano in the 1985/86 season.

After a stop at Aris Saloniki in Greece  , the American signed with the French champion Élan béarnais Orthez in 1986 . There he played under his compatriot George Fisher as a coach and contributed to the repetition of the French championship title of the previous year. Scheffler was in the main round of the 1986/87 championship season with 15.1 points per encounter behind Howard Carter, Orthez 'second best scorer. His 9.6 rebounds per game were the team maximum. In the European Cup , he just missed the final with Orthez as third placed in the semi-finals in the spring of 1987. In his second year in Orthez, he was eliminated with his team in the French league in the semi-finals.

In the 1987/88 season Scheffler was briefly under contract with Snaidero Caserta in Italy, then with the Spanish first division club Gran Canaria . He ran for the Spaniards until 1990. His mean values ​​there: In 1988/89 Scheffler came to 16.3 points and 10.6 rebounds, 1989/90 on 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds. 1990/91 Scheffler played a league game for Pau-Orthez again.

Scheffler settled in Lugano after the end of his playing days and worked as the owner and director of a language school.

His younger brother Steve Scheffler was also a professional basketball player.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tom Scheffler. In: ACB.COM. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/purduesports.com/documents/2019/9/30/2019_20_Purdue_MBB_Media_Guide.pdf
  3. ↑ 1977 NBA Draft: all the picks, trades and information. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Scheffler Tom - Statistiche INDIVIDUALI. In: LEGABASKET SERIE A. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (Italian).
  5. ↑ a b Tom Scheffler: De '5' fiable en el Gran Canaria a profesor de inglés en Suiza - Jugadores - Historia del baloncesto - Planeta Basket - Endesa Basket Lover. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Basket-ball: Une poignante minute de silence. Sports. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (French).
  7. ↑ 1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Stats. Accessed August 5, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ http://www.basketarchives.fr/1987/bilan1987.htm
  9. ↑ Stats season regulate 1986-1987. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  10. ↑ http://pearlbasket.altervista.org/CC87.htm
  11. ↑ Champions Cup 1986-87. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  12. ^ Bilan season 1987-1988. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  13. ↑ SCHEFFLER Tom | LNB.fr. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (French).
  14. ↑ TiPress> Servizio 28103: Archivio - Basket: Tom Scheffler. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Steve Scheffler looks back on his 'Cinderella ride'. Accessed August 5, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Scheffler, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheffler, Thomas Mark (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Joseph (Michigan)