Phil Tollestrup
Personal information
Born(1949-10-21)21 October 1949
Raymond, Alberta, Canada
Nationality Canada
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolRaymond High School Comets[1]
CollegeBrigham Young University Cougars and University of Lethbridge Pronghorns
NBA draft1973: 19th round, 211th overall pick
Selected by the Buffalo Braves
Playing career1973–1974
PositionForward
Coaching career1978–1980
Career history
As player:
1973–1974Saski Baskonia
As coach:
1978–1980McMaster University Marauders
1980sMilk River youth basketball
1980sStirling youth basketball
1980s-1990sMagrath High School
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
Pan Am Games
World Student Games
FIBA World Championship
Summer Olympic Games

Philip Tollestrup[2] (born October 21, 1949)[3] is a former Olympic basketball player as a member of the Canadian national men's basketball team during the 1970s.

Six feet, six inches tall forward, Tollestrup attributes the development of his basketball ability to his being able to practice on a daily basis both at his school gym, where his father was janitor, and at the local cultural centre, which has an open gym.[4] The native of Raymond, Alberta was later a member of his local basketball team which won the provincial youth basketball championship in 1967 and '68. He played college basketball at Brigham Young University, and was a teammate of Cougar and Yugoslav legend Krešimir Ćosić. He then played an additional year of college ball with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns where for 1972-3 he was named Male Pronghorn Athlete of the Year and a CIAU All-Canadian. After college, he was drafted by the Buffalo Braves with their last pick in the 1973 draft (19th round, 211th overall), but never played in the NBA.[5] Instead, he played professionally with a club in the Spanish first division for the 1973-4 season, Saski Baskonia - TAU Cerámica.

Tollestrup participated in the 1971, '75, and '79 Pan Am Games, 1973 World Student Games, the 1974 FIBA World Championship, and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He finished the Olympics as the tournament's 3rd leading scorer as the Canadians finished just out of the medals in fourth place.

Tollestrup coached McMaster University from 1978 to 1980. He then turned to teaching school and coaching youth basketball in the Southern Alberta communities of Milk River, Stirling, and most recently Magrath where he is the Magrath High School head coach. He has been inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame,[6] Raymond Sports Hall of Fame, and Pronghorns Hall of Fame

Personal life

Tollestrup is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympedia - Phil Tollestrup". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 Oct 2023.
  2. ↑ "Philip TOLLESTRUP Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". olympics.com. Retrieved 3 Oct 2023.
  3. ↑ "Phil Tollestrup Olympic Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2008-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Buffalo Braves & San Diego/Los Angeles draft picks basketball-reference.com
  6. ↑ "Phil Tollestrup" (PDF). Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News. 1998. p. 555. ISBN 1573454915.

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