Twombley played for the Syracuse basketball club his freshman year, 1899-1900, before the sport was recognized as an official university team. As a sophomore, he started all four games of the first official Syracuse basketball season. | Earl K. Twombley |
| Forward |
| HS: | Herkimer, NY |
| Born: |
| Season | Cl | Pos | G | GS | FG | FGA | % | FT | FTA | % | Fls | DQ | Pts | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900-01 | So | F | 4 |
4 |
0.0 |
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| 1901-02 | Jr | F | 5 |
5 |
+12 | 0.0 |
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| 1902-03 | Sr | F | 0.0 |
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| 1903-04 | Gr | F | +8 |
0.0 |
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| Career | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
+20 |
0.0 |
Earl Twombley was a speedy forward for Syracuse for four seasons. He was one of the fastest players on the court, and was the top sprinter on the Syracuse track team. He was also a left end on the Syracuse football team.
Twombley played for the Syracuse basketball club his freshman year, 1899-1900, before the sport was recognized as an official university team. As a sophomore, he started all four games of the first official Syracuse basketball season.
Twombley would start five of the six games his junior season. As a senior, he was named captain of the team, and would continue to start most of the games. He would play a fourth year on the varsity as a post graduate student, primarily as a reserve.
His name was often spelled as Twombly in the Syracuse newspapers.
[Note 1901-02 statistics missing scoring from four games, 1903-04 missing fifteen games, noted by the +]
© RLYoung 2006