Terry Dischinger

American basketball player and coach (1940–2023)

Person human Q2625050

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: November 21, 1940
Date of death: October 10, 2023, October 9, 2023^[7]
Place of birth: Terre Haute
Place of death: Lake Oswego
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: basketball player, basketball coach
Educated at: Purdue University, Terre Haute North Vigo High School^[9]^[10]
Award received: NBA Rookie of the Year Award^[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[25]
Country for sport: United States^[26]
Drafted by: Washington Wizards^[21]
End of work period: 1973^[32]
Family name: Dischinger^[22]
Given name: Terry^[23]
Height: +201^[33]
League or competition: National Basketball Association, NCAA Division I men's basketball^[17]^[18]
Mass: +86^[34]
Member of sports team: Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers, Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, Washington Wizards^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Name in native language: Terry Dischinger^[27]
P14750: 942B-EF59-2C8F-D262-D2BC^[35]
Participant in: 1960 Summer Olympics^[24]
Position played on team / speciality: small forward^[19]

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Sport: basketball^[20]
Sport number: 42 (18–43, n=3)^[28]^[29]^[30]
Start of work period: 1962^[31]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 21

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Terry Dischinger.png ↗
Awards & Winners artist ID: 08h_gh
Basketball Reference NBA coach ID: dischte01c
Basketball Reference NBA player ID: d/dischte01
Basketball Reference international player ID: terry-dischinger-1
ESPN.com NBA player ID: 4833
Eurobasket.com player ID: 774116
FIBA.basketball people ID: 191803
FIBA.com player ID (archived): 94927
Freebase ID: /m/08h_gh
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame ID: terry-dischinger
NBA.com player ID: 76577

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Olympedia people ID: 6014
Proballers ID: 187409
RealGM basketball player ID: 66184
RealGM basketball staff ID: 2443
Sports Reference college basketball player ID: terry-dischinger-1
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): di/terry-dischinger-1
The Draft Review ID: 287
Trading Card Database name ID: 6938
WikiTree person ID: Dischinger-38

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Member of sports team 3

Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons

Occupation 2

basketball player, basketball coach

Award received 1

NBA Rookie of the Year Award

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Drafted by 1

Washington Wizards

Educated at 1

Purdue University

Given name 1

Terry

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

League or competition 1

National Basketball Association

Participant in 1

1960 Summer Olympics

Place of birth 1

Terre Haute

Place of death 1

Lake Oswego

Position played on team / speciality 1

small forward

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

basketball

← Winner 1

NBA Rookie of the Year Award

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Summary

Terry Dischinger was born on November 21, 1940^[1], in Terre Haute^[2]. He died on October 10, 2023^[3], in Lake Oswego^[4]. He worked as a basketball player^[5] and basketball coach^[6].

FAQs

Where was Terry Dischinger born?

Terry Dischinger was born in Terre Haute^[2].

Where did Terry Dischinger die?

Terry Dischinger passed away in Lake Oswego^[4].

What did Terry Dischinger do for work?

Terry Dischinger worked as a basketball player^[5] and basketball coach^[6].

Where did Terry Dischinger go to school?

Terry Dischinger was educated at Purdue University^[9] and Terre Haute North Vigo High School^[10].

What awards did Terry Dischinger receive?

Honors received include NBA Rookie of the Year Award^[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Terry Dischinger — place of birth (P19): Terre Haute. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Terry Dischinger — place of death (P20): Lake Oswego. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Terry Dischinger — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Terry Dischinger — country of citizenship (P27): United States. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Terry Dischinger — member of sports team (P54): Detroit Pistons. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Terry Dischinger — member of sports team (P54): Portland Trail Blazers. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Terry Dischinger — member of sports team (P54): Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Terry Dischinger — member of sports team (P54): Washington Wizards. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Terry Dischinger — educated at (P69): Purdue University. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Terry Dischinger — educated at (P69): Terre Haute North Vigo High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Terry Dischinger — occupation (P106): basketball player. RealGM. Retrieved 2022-04-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Terry Dischinger — occupation (P106): basketball coach. Basketball Reference. Retrieved 2022-04-24. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Terry Dischinger — league or competition (P118): National Basketball Association. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Terry Dischinger — league or competition (P118): NCAA Division I men's basketball. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Terry Dischinger — award received (P166): NBA Rookie of the Year Award. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Terry Dischinger — position played on team / speciality (P413): small forward. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Terry Dischinger — date of birth (P569): November 21, 1940. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Terry Dischinger — date of death (P570): October 10, 2023. nba.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11. nba.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Terry Dischinger — date of death (P570): October 9, 2023. The Oregonian. Retrieved 2023-11-02. obits.nola.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Terry Dischinger — sport (P641): basketball. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Terry Dischinger — drafted by (P647): Washington Wizards. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Terry Dischinger — family name (P734): Dischinger. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Terry Dischinger — given name (P735): Terry. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Terry Dischinger — participant in (P1344): 1960 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Terry Dischinger — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Terry Dischinger — country for sport (P1532): United States. FIBA database. Retrieved 2025-06-05. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Terry Dischinger — name in native language (P1559): Terry Dischinger. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Terry Dischinger — sport number (P1618): 43. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Terry Dischinger — sport number (P1618): 18. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Terry Dischinger — sport number (P1618): 42. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Terry Dischinger — start of work period (P2031): 1962. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Terry Dischinger — end of work period (P2032): 1973. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Terry Dischinger — height (P2048): 201 cm. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Terry Dischinger — mass (P2067): 86 kg. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Terry Dischinger — P14750 (P14750): 942B-EF59-2C8F-D262-D2BC. wikidata.org.

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