"DePaul University" Tom Kleinschmidt Hand Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

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Up for auction "DePaul University" Tom Kleinschmidt Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Tom Kleinschmidt
(born February 21, 1973) is a retired American
basketball
player and current head basketball coach at
DePaul College Prep
High School in
Chicago, Illinois
. He was an
All-American
at
DePaul University
and the first player in school history to win a conference player of the year award. In 1961-1962, the Lakers finished 54-26 as Selvy averaged 14.7 points and the Lakers advanced to the
1962 NBA Finals
, losing to the
Boston Celtics
in seven games. Selvy averaged 12.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the Finals.
The Lakers advanced to the
NBA Finals
again in 1962-1963, with Selvy averaging 10.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.The Lakers again lost to the Celtics in six games in the Finals, with Selvy averaging 7.5 points in the series.
Selvy averaged 10.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists in his nine-season NBA Career and played in the 1955 & 1962 NBA All-Star Games.
Kleinschmidt led Chicago's Gordon Tech to a runner-up finish in the 1990 Illinois High School Association's boys basketball tournament. While losing to
Chicago King
, 65 - 55, Kleinschmidt, as a junior, scored 27 of the 55 points. During the entire tournament that included four games, he totaled 125 points (31.25 ppg), 38 rebounds (9.5 rpg), 15 assists (3.75 apg), 14 steals (3.5 spg) and 7 blocked shots (1.75 bpg).
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In 2006, Kleinschmidt was voted as one of the
100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament
, a group of former players and coaches in honor of the 100 anniversary of the
IHSA boys basketball tournament
. A hotly recruited
small forward
from
Gordon Tech
in
Chicago
, Kleinschmidt settled on hometown
DePaul University
. There, he became one of the Blue Demons' greatest players. He was a three-time first team All-
Great Midwest Conference
pick and was the
conference player of the year
and an
AP
honorable mention All-American as a senior in 1995. This made him the first conference player of the year winner in DePaul history. In his DePaul career, Kleinschmidt scored 1,837 points (16.3 per game). He was the first Blue Demon to amass over 1,000 points, 500
rebounds
, 300
assists
, 100
steals
and 100
three pointers
. After graduation, Kleinschmidt was not drafted in the
1995 NBA Draft
. He went to training camp with the
Seattle SuperSonics
but was among the final cuts. He then played for the
Chicago Rockers
of the
Continental Basketball Association
during the 1995–96 season, where he averaged 13.3 points per game and made the CBA All-Rookie second team.
rom there, Kleinschmidt played in
Japan
,
Italy
and
Venezuela
, with his best years coming in the
Japanese Super League
for
Bosch
,
Mitsubishi
and
Toshiba
. He led the Super League in scoring twice during his time there.