John Egan

John "Jack" Egan is an American retired basketball player. His playing career is best remembered for his role on the 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, which won the 1963 NCAA Championship. Egan was the lone white starting player on a team that broke racial barriers by starting four black players in an era when two or three was considered the maximum.

After college, Egan played three years in the short-lived North American Basketball League before retiring from basketball to work as a lawyer.

In 2002, Egan was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame. The entire 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers team was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Early life John Egan was born in the early 1940s and grew up in the South Side of Chicago. He was the second-oldest of nine children born to his parents, a police officer and a stay-at-home mother. Egan started playing basketball in elementary school. He played for St. Rita High School, but they never made it past the sectionals of the city tournament. In high school, Egan was scouted by the University of Iowa starting from junior year. The school ultimately offered him a one-year scholarship, but Egan felt he had outplayed others who were given full scholarships, and declined. He was later scouted by Loyola-Chicago coach George Ireland at a Catholic League All-Star game and eventually offered a full scholarship, which he accepted.

In the 1962–63 season, Loyola went 24–2 in the regular season, then went on to win the 1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament. Egan again averaged 13.7 points across 31 games.

He also studied at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He worked in the Cook County State's Attorney's office in the late 1960s before starting his own criminal defense practice.

Career playing statistics

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Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG Detroit 58 12.0 .425 .762 1.5 1.8 5.5 Detroit 46 16.3 .372 .768 1.3 2.5 5.9 Detroit 24 34.9 .410 .838 2.6 4.8 11.1 New York 42 35.4 .456 .777 3.1 5.8 14.1 New York 74 22.5 .488 .814 1.9 3.4 9.2 New York 7 8.3 .313 .700 .3 2.0 2.4 Baltimore 69 23.0 .455 .765 2.6 3.8 9.8 Baltimore 71 24.5 .428 .845 2.5 3.9 10.1 Baltimore 67 13.9 .393 .776 1.7 2.0 7.0 L.A. Lakers 82 22.0 .412 .850 1.8 2.6 8.5 L.A. Lakers 72 22.6 .438 .818 1.4 3.0 7.3 Cleveland 26 15.8 .408 .893 1.2 2.2 4.0 San Diego 36 11.5 .338 .739 .9 1.5 2.0 Houston 38 11.5 .404 .813 .7 1.3 2.9Career 712 20.3 .429 .805 1.8 3.0 7.8

Playoffs Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1962 Detroit 5 19.4 .468 1.000 1.8 3.2 13.6 1966 Baltimore 3 39.0 .404 .625 3.0 7.7 16.0 1969 L.A. Lakers18* 31.7 .433 .788 2.4 3.9 13.9 1970 L.A. Lakers 16 10.1 .535 .909 .3 1.4 3.5Career 42 22.5 .447 .795 1.6 3.1 10.1

Head coaching record

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