Andrew Toney Biography

Andrew Toney  is an American former professional basketball player who played for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Philadelphia 76ers from 1980 to 1988. He was dubbed "The Boston Strangler" by Boston sportswriters during the 76ers' and Celtics' rivalry in the early 1980s because of his ability to single-handedly dominate games against the Celtics, including Game 7 of the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals when he scored 34 points in the game. Toney was drafted by the Sixers out of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) with the eighth pick of the 1980 NBA draft. He was named to two All-Star teams, in 1982 and 1983, and averaged 15.9 points per game for his career.

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