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born 1954 · South Bend by birth and formation
Thomas Craig Abernethy was born May 6, 1954, in South Bend, and at St. Joseph's High School he set the city's scoring record: 648 points in his senior season of 1971–72, 25.9 a game, for a third-ranked Indians team that won 22 games and the South Bend sectional championship. He wore the number 2 jersey on the 1972 Indiana All-Star team. At Indiana University he was a four-year player for Bob Knight, and as a senior starter he averaged 10.0 points for the 1976 Hoosiers — 32–0, national champions, the last undefeated team to win the title — and was named to the NCAA all-tournament team. The Los Angeles Lakers took him 43rd overall in the 1976 draft, and he played five NBA seasons for the Lakers, Golden State and Indiana, then two seasons in Italy with Basket Brescia Leonessa. He founded the Indiana Basketball Academy in Indianapolis in the mid-1990s, was a member of the 1997 NCAA Silver Anniversary Team, and entered the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Born here, record-set here, champion at the game's highest college level: a full South Bend line.
Sources
- Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, inductee record (2012) — the city scoring record, the sectional championship, the 1976 season and all-tournament selection, the draft position, the five NBA seasons, the Italian years and the Academy's founding.
- Indiana University honors records — the starter's place on the undefeated 1976 champions.