1975 Topps basketball card of one of the NBA’s legendary “small” guards, Calvin Murphy. Murphy played for the San Diego/ Houston Rockets from 1971 until 1983, and was once a member of the Rockets’ broadcast team. He was also a world class baton twirler, and while playing in college at Niagara University, occasionally twirled baton with the marching bands at halftime of the Buffalo Bills’ football games. Murphy was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Loved watching Murphy twirl at the Bills games. If I remember correctly, he was also one of the best free throw shooters of his era.