Whitey Bell

William Hoyet Bell (Whitey, Popeye)

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: September 13, 1932 in Monticello, Kentucky
High School: Warsaw Community in Warsaw, Indiana
College: North Carolina State University
NBA Debut: January 12, 1960

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Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1959-60	27	NYK	NBA	PG	31	449	70	185	.378	28	43	.651	87	55	59	168
1960-61	28	NYK	NBA	PG	5	45	7	18	.389	1	3	.333	7	1	7	15
Career			NBA		36	494	77	203	.379	29	46	.630	94	56	66	183

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1959-60	27	NYK	NBA	PG	31	14.5	2.3	6.0	.378	0.9	1.4	.651	2.8	1.8	1.9	5.4
1960-61	28	NYK	NBA	PG	5	9.0	1.4	3.6	.389	0.2	0.6	.333	1.4	0.2	1.4	3.0
Career			NBA		36	13.7	2.1	5.6	.379	0.8	1.3	.630	2.6	1.6	1.8	5.1

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1959-60	27	NYK	NBA	PG	31	449	5.6	14.8	.378	2.2	3.4	.651	7.0	4.4	4.7	13.5
1960-61	28	NYK	NBA	PG	5	45	5.6	14.4	.389	0.8	2.4	.333	5.6	0.8	5.6	12.0
Career			NBA		36	494	5.6	14.8	.379	2.1	3.4	.630	6.9	4.1	4.8	13.3

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1959-60	27	NYK	NBA	PG	31	449	10.3	.412	.378	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.008
1960-61	28	NYK	NBA	PG	5	45	4.8	.388	.389	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.043
Career			NBA		36	494	9.8	.410	.379	-0.2	0.2	0.0	.004

August 22, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Hawks with Win Wilfong and Tom Hemans to the Cincinnati Royals for Johnny McCarthy.

January 11, 1960: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

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