Jonathan Moore (born November 3, 1957) is an American former basketball player who is best known for his collegiate career at
Furman University
Furman University is a private university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1826 and named after Baptist pastor Richard Furman, the Liberal arts college, liberal arts university is the oldest private institution of higher l ...
between 1976 and
1980
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A native of
Charleston, South Carolina
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, Moore finished his career as one of the greatest players in
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c ...
history.
During his four-year tenure at Furman, Moore averaged 16.9 points per game, became one of only three players in conference history to be named First Team All-SoCon four times, was a two-time
SoCon Basketball tournament MVP and was twice named the
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
The Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Southern Conference's (SoCon) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1951–52 season. Fred Hetzel of Davidson is the only player to ha ...
.
NCAA
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Division I men's basketball players to achieve both of those milestones.[
After his collegiate career ended, Moore was selected in the third round (64th overall) in the ]1980 NBA draft
The 1980 NBA draft was the 34th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 10, 1980, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel & Towers, before the 1980–81 season. In this draft, 23 NBA teams took turns selectin ...
by the Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...
.[ However, he never played a game in the league. Moore spent the first season out of college in ]Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
playing for Nuova Pallacanestro Vigevano with another Furman alumnus, Clyde Mayes
Clyde Clauthen Mayes Jr. (born March 17, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in Europe for various teams. His international career took him to Italy, France ...
.NBA
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-ready by playing a year of professional basketball abroad and then try to make the Pistons' roster for the season, but ultimately it never worked out. Moore played 14 seasons in Finland's Korisliiga
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...
from 1983 to 1998, and holds also a Finnish citizenship.
See also
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References
External links
Finnish League profile
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1957 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Finland
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American men's basketball players
Detroit Pistons draft picks
Finnish people of African-American descent
Finnish people of American descent
Furman Paladins men's basketball players
Naturalized citizens of Finland
Power forwards
Basketball players from Charleston, South Carolina
20th-century American sportsmen