TOM KIVISTO
KIVISTO, THOMAS 'TOM'
Hometown: Aurora, Il (East HS) Brother of Bob Kivisto '71
| CATEGORY | TOTAL | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | |
| YEAR | So. | Jr. | Sr. | ||
| POSITION | G | G | G | ||
| HEIGHT | 6'3 | 6'2 | 6'2 | ||
| WEIGHT | 175 | 175 | 180 | ||
| JERSEY | |||||
| Games Played/Started | 82/ | 26/26 | 26/ | 30/30 | |
| Points | 684 | 232 | 224 | 228 | |
| Per Game | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.6 | |
| Rebounds | 251 | 85 | 74 | 92 | |
| Per Game | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | |
| FG: Attempts | 645 | 229 | 206 | 210 | |
| Made | 260 | 77 | 91 | 92 | |
| Percent | 40.3 | 33.6 | 44.7 | 43.8 | |
| FT: Attempts | 256 | 125 | 69 | 62 | |
| Made | 164 | 78 | 42 | 44 | |
| Percent | 64.0 | 62.4 | 60.9 | 71.0 | |
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1972: Lettered, Starter.
1973: Lettered, Starter.
1974: Lettered, Starter, Captain, All-Big 8
Saturday, February 8, 2003
Ernie Kivisto, father of former Kansas University basketball players Tom Kivisto and Bob Kivisto, died Wednesday in Tulsa, Okla. He was 81.
The elder Kivisto was a highly successful high school basketball coach in suburban Chicago and in Arizona. His two sons both played on NCAA Final Four teams at Kansas -- Bob in 1971 and Tom in 1974.
Tom Kivisto, who lives in Tulsa, is married to the former
Julie Lienhard, a daughter of Bill Lienhard who played on KU's 1952 NCAA
championship team.
Article about Bob and Tom
Kivisto's father
Kivisto Proud in Oklahoma: KUSports.com
Tom Kivisto played for Owens from 1971 to '74, and, like Owens, lives in Tulsa where he is in the oil business.
"I am so proud to live in Oklahoma and feel the (KU) tradition," Kivisto said. "I have gone to the playgrounds and kids there say, ‘Hey, old man, where'd you play ball?' I say, ‘Kansas,' and they say, ‘Gimme five.'''
Kivisto's father Ernie, a famed Illinois and Arizona high school coach, died last week. "My dad always said basketball is a game of innovation and teamwork," Kivisto said.
Kivisto is married to a daughter of Lawrence's Bill Lienhard, a member of the 1952 NCAA championship team. "The players today talk about the thrill running out of the tunnel onto the court," said Lienhard, a retired banker. "We ran from Robinson Gym to Hoch (Auditorium) sometimes in a snowstorm." The Jayhawks didn't move into Allen Fieldhouse until 1955.
KU Hoops Alumnus Makes Football Pledge, by Ryan Wood, September 27, 2005
Kivisto Assists KU Again, by Tom Keegan, 2/4/06
The ABCs of Tom Kivisto, http://www.tulsapeople-digital.com/tulsapeople/200701/?pg=18
On Board of Trustees, University of Tulsa