Tate Armstrong

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1955)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tate Armstrong

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|05}}

| birth_place = Moultrie, Georgia, U.S.

| high_school = Spring Woods (Houston, Texas)

| college = Duke (1973–1977)

| draft_year = 1977

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 13

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 1977

| career_end = 1979

| career_number = 14

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1977|start}}–{{nbay|1978|end}}

| team1 = Chicago Bulls

| highlights =

| medal_templates =

{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|USA}} United States }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1976 Montreal | Team competition}}

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Michel Taylor "Tate" Armstrong (born October 5, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'3" guard from Duke University, Armstrong won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 13th pick of the 1977 NBA draft and played two years with the Bulls, averaging 3.8 points, 1.1 assists, and 1.0 rebounds per game.

He is currently a real estate developer in the DC area and has seven children.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}

Career statistics

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Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/armstta01.html|title=Tate Armstrong NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=22 May 2025}}

==Regular season==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!MPG

!FG%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

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| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1977}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 66 || 10.8 || .468 || .815 || 1.0 || 1.1 || .3 || .0 || 4.3

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| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1978}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 26 || 10.0 || .400 || .769 || .8 || 1.2 || .4 || .0 || 2.5

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 92 || 10.6 || .454 || .800 || 1.0 || 1.1 || .4 || .0 || 3.8

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