Tom LaGarde

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameThomas Joseph "Tom"•LaGarde
Used nameTom•LaGarde
Born10 February 1955 in Detroit, Michigan (USA)
Measurements208 cm / 97 kg
AffiliationsNorth Carolina Tar Heels, Chapel Hill (USA)
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

From the University of North Carolina and member of the gold medal winning team at the 1975 Pan American Games, Tom LaGarde went on to play for his college coach, Dean Smith, at the Montreal Olympics. He then returned to Chapel Hill for one more season of college ball, during which he earned second-team All-America honors, before joining the NBA as a first round draft pick of the Denver Nuggets. After one season with Denver, LaGarde was traded to the Seattle Supersonics, which worked out well as he helped them win an NBA championship in that first year with them. After one more year with Seattle, LaGarde was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the expansion draft of 1980. He played two years in Dallas and retired, but came back in 1985 to play one game with the New Jersey Nets.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) USA Tom LaGarde
Basketball, Men (Olympic) United States 1 Gold

Special Notes