Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
Tomsic, a 5 ft 11 in (180 m) guard, played college basketball at Stanford University from 1951–1955. A three-time All-PCC selection, he scored 1,416 points in his Stanford career, the most in school history at the time. He scored 40 points in a game against University of Southern California in 1955, sixth on the school"s single-game scoring list, and still holds Stanford"s single-season field goal attempts record.
His name appears near the top of many other Stanford basketball scoring records.
Following his graduation from Stanford, Tomsic was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1955 National Basketball Association Draft but did not play in the National Basketball Association. He played Amateur Athletic Union basketball for the San Francisco Olympic Club, and in 1956, was selected to be on the United States national basketball team for the 1956 Summer Olympics. In the Olympics, he scored 89 points for Team United States of America as the United States dominated its competition on the way to the gold medal.
Ron has 3 children, Mark, Jill and Todd.