Lawrence Michael Foust was an American basketball

Basketball

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 player who spent 12 seasons in the NBA and was an 8-time All-Star

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. He attended South Catholic High School in Philadelphia. Pa and was instrumental in winning the city championship against archrival Southern High School by scoring a last second basket.
A 6'9" center

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 from La Salle University

La Salle University

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, Foust was selected by the Chicago Stags

Chicago Stags

The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois, U.S..- Franchise history :The Chicago Stags were founded in 1946 and folded in 1950. Despite their short history, they were able to acquire the draft rights to a young Bob Cousy in a trade with the Tri-Cities...

 in the 1950 NBA Draft

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, but the Stags franchise folded before the start of the 1950-51 NBA season

1950-51 NBA season

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, and Foust joined the Fort Wayne Pistons

Detroit Pistons

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. On November 22, 1950, Foust scored the winning basket in a 19-18 Pistons victory over the Minneapolis Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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, the lowest scoring game in NBA history. Foust later joined the Lakers in 1957, and he also spent two-and-a-half seasons with the St. Louis Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

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, retiring in 1962 with 11,198 career points and 8,041 career rebounds.

External links

• College and NBA Stats @ basketball-reference.com