Terry Gilbert Dischinger (born November 21, 1940) is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dischinger was a 3 × NBA All-Star and the 1963 NBA Rookie of the Year after averaging 28 points per game in his three seasons at Purdue University. In 2010, the 1960 United States men\'s Olympic basketball team of which Dischinger was a member, was collectively inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Dischinger practiced orthodontics after his NBA career.\n', '

Dischinger attended James A. Garfield High School in Terra Haute, Indiana.The son of the football coach, Dischinger was a 3-year letter winner in basketball and was twice being named the Purple Eagles\' MVP. During his senior season (1957–58), he was selected as Captain and was the MVP of the 1958 Indiana All-Star team. Dischinger was also a 1958 Parade Magazine All-American.\n', '

During his high school career, Dischinger earned All-State honors in basketball, while being coached by Willard Kehrt, and in football and track, being coached by his father, Donas Dischinger. \n', 'As a High School Freshman, he was a member of Terre Haute\'s 1955 Babe Ruth League world championship baseball team.\n', 'He was also a member of Garfield High\'s 1955 IHSAA Sectional Championship team; this was the deepest run Garfield would make during his high school career. City rival, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer Tech, was the main opposition to Garfield during Dischinger\'s career.\n', '

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