Duquesne athletics is morning James Fallon, who helped the Dukes men’s basketball team win the 1955 National Invitation Tournament title.
Fallon died June 24, at age 94.
A three-year letterwinner known as “Try Guy,” Fallon and the Dukes finished 22-4 in 1955, defeating No. 9 Dayton to win the NIT at Madison Square Garden.
The Carrick native played in 75 games during his career, averaging 7.1 points and 3.2 rebounds as a senior in 1954-55.
Fallon and the 1955 Dukes were inducted into the Duquesne Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978 and were honored at halftime of a 73-58 victory over Robert Morris on Dec. 3, 2005, at the A.J. Palumbo Center for the 50th anniversary of the championship season. Fallon was among those in attendance.
After graduating from Duquesne, Fallon spent his career as a CPA and director of accounting at Allegheny Ludlum Steel until his retirement. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, a 1956 graduate of Duquesne who passed Feb. 10. They had four children, Dr. Ann Fallon, James Fallon, Maureen Zeher and Christine McKenna.
