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Slater Martin
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. (October 22, 1925 – October 18, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A seven-time NBA All-Star, he won five championships. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Martin was born on October 22, 1925, in Elmina, Walker County, Texas. Martin's father gave him the nickname "Dugan" early in life, after a character in the Maggie and Jiggs comic strip; and Martin did not realize his name was actually Slater for years. The nickname became "Dugie" when he went to Minneapolis to play for the Lakers.
Martin's grandmother got him interested in playing basketball at a young age, and made great efforts to support his development as a basketball player. She learned the subtleties of the game, and would conduct review sessions with Martin after his high school games. Martin was an alumnus of Jefferson Davis High School (now Northside High School) in Houston, where he led his school to two state basketball championships in 1942 and 1943, at 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) and 130 pounds (59 kg). Martin won All-State honors as a player both years as well.
In 1943, Martin tried out for and made the basketball team at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), but left after either four or 14 freshman games to join the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific theater of war. Martin returned to UT in 1946, also having grown to 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m). He was also a married man when he attended college.
He averaged 9.4 points per game as a sophomore guard during the 1946-47 season, in which UT won the Southwest Conference (SWC) title with a 12–0 conference record and 26–2 overall record. Texas defeated Wyoming in the first round of the 1947 NCAA tournament, but then lost to Oklahoma. UT then defeated City College of New York to take third place in the tournament, which only consisted of eight teams at the time.
He averaged 12.7 points per game as a junior the following season. Texas played in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1948. As a senior, he led the Southwest Conference in scoring at 16 points per game, 3.1 points per game better than the runner-up. Martin set a UT and Southwest Conference scoring record in 1949 with 49 points in a game for the Longhorns against Texas Christian University (TCU).
Martin and backcourt teammates Al Madsen (5 ft 10 in) and Roy Cox (5 ft 8 in) were known as the "Mighty Mice". Throughout his career with the Longhorns, he averaged 12.7 points per game. At the time he graduated, he held the school's scoring record.
In 1948, as a junior, Slater was named a third-team All-American by both the Helms Athletic Foundation and True Magazine. Martin was named a 1949 Helms Athletic Foundation first-team All-American team as a senior, and second-team All-American by Look Magazine. He was All-SWC as a junior and senior. Opposing coach Bill Henderson of the Baylor Bears said of Martin, "'He was a great team man, a leader, a shooter, a passer, a great ball hawk .... And he was a great influence on others. He was dedicated to basketball, and unhesitatingly helped others.'"
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Slater Martin
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. (October 22, 1925 – October 18, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A seven-time NBA All-Star, he won five championships. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Martin was born on October 22, 1925, in Elmina, Walker County, Texas. Martin's father gave him the nickname "Dugan" early in life, after a character in the Maggie and Jiggs comic strip; and Martin did not realize his name was actually Slater for years. The nickname became "Dugie" when he went to Minneapolis to play for the Lakers.
Martin's grandmother got him interested in playing basketball at a young age, and made great efforts to support his development as a basketball player. She learned the subtleties of the game, and would conduct review sessions with Martin after his high school games. Martin was an alumnus of Jefferson Davis High School (now Northside High School) in Houston, where he led his school to two state basketball championships in 1942 and 1943, at 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) and 130 pounds (59 kg). Martin won All-State honors as a player both years as well.
In 1943, Martin tried out for and made the basketball team at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), but left after either four or 14 freshman games to join the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific theater of war. Martin returned to UT in 1946, also having grown to 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m). He was also a married man when he attended college.
He averaged 9.4 points per game as a sophomore guard during the 1946-47 season, in which UT won the Southwest Conference (SWC) title with a 12–0 conference record and 26–2 overall record. Texas defeated Wyoming in the first round of the 1947 NCAA tournament, but then lost to Oklahoma. UT then defeated City College of New York to take third place in the tournament, which only consisted of eight teams at the time.
He averaged 12.7 points per game as a junior the following season. Texas played in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1948. As a senior, he led the Southwest Conference in scoring at 16 points per game, 3.1 points per game better than the runner-up. Martin set a UT and Southwest Conference scoring record in 1949 with 49 points in a game for the Longhorns against Texas Christian University (TCU).
Martin and backcourt teammates Al Madsen (5 ft 10 in) and Roy Cox (5 ft 8 in) were known as the "Mighty Mice". Throughout his career with the Longhorns, he averaged 12.7 points per game. At the time he graduated, he held the school's scoring record.
In 1948, as a junior, Slater was named a third-team All-American by both the Helms Athletic Foundation and True Magazine. Martin was named a 1949 Helms Athletic Foundation first-team All-American team as a senior, and second-team All-American by Look Magazine. He was All-SWC as a junior and senior. Opposing coach Bill Henderson of the Baylor Bears said of Martin, "'He was a great team man, a leader, a shooter, a passer, a great ball hawk .... And he was a great influence on others. He was dedicated to basketball, and unhesitatingly helped others.'"
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