Major General John Crawford Toomay (August 9, 1922 – March 12, 2008) was an American professional

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player. He played for several teams in the Basketball Association of America and

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. He averaged 6.7 points and 0.9 assists per game in 131 career games played. Toomay holds the NBA record for the most personal fouls committed in a playoff game with 8. He later became a major general in the

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and was a key architect of nuclear defense strategies.

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