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| high_school = [[Airport High School (South Carolina)|Airport]]<br>([[West Columbia, South Carolina]], U.S.)<br />
| college = [[Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball|Jacksonville]] (1978–1982)<br />
| draft_year = 1982<br />
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'''Singh Guram''' is an Indian former [[basketball]] player. He played for the [[Jacksonville Dolphins]] from 1978 to 1982 as the first [[college basketball]] player from India.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Guram was raised in India and did not know about basketball while growing up.<ref name=np/> His family moved to the United States in 1970 when his father accepted a teaching post at [[Voorhees University|Voorhees College]] in [[Denmark, South Carolina]], and there he was first introduced to basketball.<ref name=tcr>{{cite news |title=Guram Picks Dolphins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-guram-picks-dolphins/159357075/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=The Columbia Record |date=April 17, 1978 |page=58 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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Guram attended [[Airport High School (South Carolina)|Airport High School]] where he played on the basketball team.<ref name=tcr/> He averaged a team-high 21.3 points and 16 rebounds per game during his senior season.<ref name=rogers/> In addition, his 5 assists per game made Airport head coach Bob Novinger describe Guram's passing as his greatest asset.<ref name=rogers>{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Hamp |title=Guram Picked Top Of Area's Frontcourt Men |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-guram-picked-top-of/159357002/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=The Columbia Record |date=March 21, 1978 |page=16 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Guram left Airport as its all-time leading scorer and rebounder.<ref name=tcr/><br />
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==College career==<br />
After first being linked to join [[The Citadel Bulldogs basketball|The Citadel Bulldogs]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Hamp |title=Guram Picked Top Of Area's Frontcourt Men |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-guram-picked-top-of/159357028/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=The Columbia Record |date=March 21, 1978 |page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Guram was recruited to play [[college basketball]] for the [[Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball|Jacksonville Dolphins]] in 1978.<ref name=tcr/> He became the first native of India to sign an [[athletic scholarship]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Weber State ready for return visit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-mercury-weber-state-ready-for-return/175752803/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=The Mercury |date=March 9, 1979 |page=13 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> he was also the first Indian to compete in [[college basketball]] in the United States.<ref name=olson>{{cite news |last1=Olson |first1=Stan |title=A place in the Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news-a-place-in-the-sun/175748156/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=The Charlotte News |date=February 22, 1979 |page=8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The Dolphins qualified for the [[1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|1979 NCAA Division I tournament]] during Guram's freshman season.<ref name=np>{{cite news |title=Jacksonville follows script into NCAA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-jacksonville-follows-script-i/159357215/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=News-Press |date=March 4, 1979 |page=51 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Guram was the Dolphins' second-leading rebounder during his senior season in 1981–82.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fay |first1=Bill |title=Wenzel has Dolphins on way up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-wenzel-has-dolphins-on/175754350/ |access-date=July 2, 2025 |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=November 23, 1982 |page=49 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He averaged 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game during his career with the Dolphins from 1978 to 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spanning the Globe: Foreigners Impacting Basketball in Significant Way |url=https://www.collegehoopedia.com/players/foreigners-impact-basketball |website=College Hoopedia |access-date=July 2, 2025}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/singh-guram-1.html Singh Guram college statistics] at [[Sports Reference]]<br />
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