Description: Up for auction "DePaul University" Tom Kleinschmidt Hand Signed 3X5 Card. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.ES-468A 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).[1] 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.
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