One of the top basketball players in school history checks in at No. 31 on our list of the 50 best professional athletes to attend ASU.
Had his career not been cut short by controversy, Joe Caldwell might have landed higher up the list. Nonetheless, his accomplishments in the NBA and ABA are enough to warrant a slot just outside the top-30.
Prior to his pro career, Caldwell was a member of the gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic basketball team that featured legends Bill Bradley and Larry Brown.
An All-American at Arizona State, the Detroit Pistons drafted "Jumpin" Joe with the second overall pick in the 1964 NBA Draft, but Caldwell truly broke out with the St.