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were ineligible to participate on varsity teams, Foley's college career did not officially begin until 1959–60. In his three seasons as a
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in 1960—as well as having scored 40 or more points five times in his career. Foley became the first player in school history to score 2,000 career points, and his 2,185 points was the most in school history until the early 1980s.
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honors. In addition to his high season scoring averages, Foley also put up big single game numbers. He is the record holder of the two highest scoring games in school history—56 points against
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season, Foley averaged 24.6 points per game (ppg), followed by 26.9 ppg and 33.3 ppg during his
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262:(April 19, 1939 – November 29, 2020) was an American professional
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Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
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276:National Basketball Association
210:retired by Holy Cross Crusaders
118:: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
61:Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
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663:. Sports Reference LLC. 2010
190:Career highlights and awards
252:at Basketball-Reference.com
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702:. 2010. Archived from
655:"Jack Foley NBA stats"
295:Assumption High School
197:Consensus second-team
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377: GS
660:Basketball Reference
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989:Second Team
980:Chet Walker
975:Bill McGill
970:Jerry Lucas
894:Hubie White
884:Chet Walker
843:LeRoy Ellis
828:Zelmo Beaty
818:Bill McGill
811:First round
802:Jerry Lucas
738:December 2,
415:percentage
406:percentage
397:percentage
332:Connecticut
324:Bill McGill
214:First-team
105:(1959–1962)
87:High school
1036:Categories
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996:Jack Foley
953:First Team
904:Jack Foley
899:Gene Wiley
823:Paul Hogue
628:References
413:Free throw
395:Field goal
264:basketball
242:at NBA.com
103:Holy Cross
91:Assumption
38:1939-04-19
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1021:Rod Thorn
889:Bud Olsen
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561:1962–63
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303:freshmen
284:the Shot
139:Position
600:Career
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366:Legend
344:1962–63
336:Colgate
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208:No. 32
143:Forward
99:College
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453:Blocks
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250:Stats
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511:RPG
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320:Utah
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