Thomas Joseph Hardiman (born August 2, 1947) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Private life He was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. Later he became pastor of the MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Handball By March 1972 he had played five international games played for the United States. He was then selected for the American team which finished 14th in the handball tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.Fremon, Suzanne S. "State Has 13 on Olympic Team", The New York Times, August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Other New Jerseyans on the various Olympic teams are Phillip Grippaldo of Belle ville and Frank Capsouras of River Edge, weight lifters; Robert Sparks of Clark and Thomas Hardiman of Trenton, team‐handball players, and Reginald Jones of Newark a light‐middleweight boxer." He only played the second game of the preliminary round against Yugoslavia. He scored no goal.
Basketball Hardiman played for the Trenton Cathedral High School. Where he averaged 17 points and 19 rebounds. He was selected in the New Jersey All-State team, All-Diocese first team and he was selected for the All-Tournament team in the Capitol City Tournament. He declined an offer from the Georgetown University and selected the Canisius University.
+Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high † Won a National Championship * Led Division I
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;" |+Thomas Hardiman NCAA statistics ! scope="col"|Year ! scope="col"|Team ! scope="col"| ! scope="col"| ! scope="col"| ! scope="col"| ! scope="col"| |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1967–68 | style="text-align:left;"| Canisius | 19 || .345 || .560 || 32 || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1968–69 | style="text-align:left;"| Canisius | 23 || .380 || .667 || 67 || 5.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 42 || .365 || .625 || 99 || 4.6
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External links
Thomas Hardiman stats at Sports Reference