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Tom Heinsohn

Thomas William Heinsohn (Tom, Tommy, Ack-Ack)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-7    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: August 26, 1934 in Union City, New Jersey
High School: Saint Michael's in Union City, New Jersey
College: College of the Holy Cross

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1986

Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1956 NBA draft (territorial selection).

Coaching Record

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1956-57 22 BOS NBA 72 2150 446 1123 .397 271 343 .790 705 117 304 1163
1957-58 23 BOS NBA 69 2206 468 1226 .382 294 394 .746 705 125 274 1230
1958-59 24 BOS NBA 66 2089 465 1192 .390 312 391 .798 638 164 271 1242
1959-60 25 BOS NBA 75 2420 673 1590 .423 283 386 .733 794 171 275 1629
1960-61 26 BOS NBA 74 2256 627 1566 .400 325 424 .767 732 141 260 1579
1961-62 27 BOS NBA 79 2383 692 1613 .429 358 437 .819 747 165 280 1742
1962-63 28 BOS NBA 76 2004 550 1300 .423 340 407 .835 569 95 270 1440
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 76 2040 487 1223 .398 283 342 .827 460 183 268 1257
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 67 1706 365 954 .383 182 229 .795 399 157 252 912
Career NBA 654 19254 4773 11787 .405 2648 3353 .790 5749 1318 2454 12194

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1956-57 22 BOS NBA 72 29.9 6.2 15.6 .397 3.8 4.8 .790 9.8 1.6 4.2 16.2
1957-58 23 BOS NBA 69 32.0 6.8 17.8 .382 4.3 5.7 .746 10.2 1.8 4.0 17.8
1958-59 24 BOS NBA 66 31.7 7.0 18.1 .390 4.7 5.9 .798 9.7 2.5 4.1 18.8
1959-60 25 BOS NBA 75 32.3 9.0 21.2 .423 3.8 5.1 .733 10.6 2.3 3.7 21.7
1960-61 26 BOS NBA 74 30.5 8.5 21.2 .400 4.4 5.7 .767 9.9 1.9 3.5 21.3
1961-62 27 BOS NBA 79 30.2 8.8 20.4 .429 4.5 5.5 .819 9.5 2.1 3.5 22.1
1962-63 28 BOS NBA 76 26.4 7.2 17.1 .423 4.5 5.4 .835 7.5 1.3 3.6 18.9
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 76 26.8 6.4 16.1 .398 3.7 4.5 .827 6.1 2.4 3.5 16.5
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 67 25.5 5.4 14.2 .383 2.7 3.4 .795 6.0 2.3 3.8 13.6
Career NBA 654 29.4 7.3 18.0 .405 4.0 5.1 .790 8.8 2.0 3.8 18.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1956-57 22 BOS NBA 72 2150 7.5 18.8 .397 4.5 5.7 .790 11.8 2.0 5.1 19.5
1957-58 23 BOS NBA 69 2206 7.6 20.0 .382 4.8 6.4 .746 11.5 2.0 4.5 20.1
1958-59 24 BOS NBA 66 2089 8.0 20.5 .390 5.4 6.7 .798 11.0 2.8 4.7 21.4
1959-60 25 BOS NBA 75 2420 10.0 23.7 .423 4.2 5.7 .733 11.8 2.5 4.1 24.2
1960-61 26 BOS NBA 74 2256 10.0 25.0 .400 5.2 6.8 .767 11.7 2.3 4.1 25.2
1961-62 27 BOS NBA 79 2383 10.5 24.4 .429 5.4 6.6 .819 11.3 2.5 4.2 26.3
1962-63 28 BOS NBA 76 2004 9.9 23.4 .423 6.1 7.3 .835 10.2 1.7 4.9 25.9
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 76 2040 8.6 21.6 .398 5.0 6.0 .827 8.1 3.2 4.7 22.2
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 67 1706 7.7 20.1 .383 3.8 4.8 .795 8.4 3.3 5.3 19.2
Career NBA 654 19254 8.9 22.0 .405 5.0 6.3 .790 10.7 2.5 4.6 22.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1956-57 22 BOS NBA 72 2150 18.1 .456 .397
1957-58 23 BOS NBA 69 2206 16.9 .439 .382
1958-59 24 BOS NBA 66 2089 17.9 .455 .390
1959-60 25 BOS NBA 75 2420 18.4 .463 .423
1960-61 26 BOS NBA 74 2256 18.4 .450 .400
1961-62 27 BOS NBA 79 2383 20.0 .482 .429
1962-63 28 BOS NBA 76 2004 18.8 .487 .423
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 76 2040 17.0 .458 .398
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 67 1706 14.3 .432 .383 12.9
Career NBA 654 19254 17.8 .460 .405 12.9

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1956-57 22 BOS NBA 10 370 90 231 46 69 117 20 40 226 .390 .667 37.0 22.6 11.7 2.0
1957-58 23 BOS NBA 11 349 68 194 56 72 119 18 52 192 .351 .778 31.7 17.5 10.8 1.6
1958-59 24 BOS NBA 11 348 91 220 37 56 98 32 41 219 .414 .661 31.6 19.9 8.9 2.9
1959-60 25 BOS NBA 13 423 112 267 60 80 126 27 53 284 .419 .750 32.5 21.8 9.7 2.1
1960-61 26 BOS NBA 10 291 82 201 33 43 99 20 36 197 .408 .767 29.1 19.7 9.9 2.0
1961-62 27 BOS NBA 14 445 116 291 58 76 115 34 58 290 .399 .763 31.8 20.7 8.2 2.4
1962-63 28 BOS NBA 13 413 123 270 75 98 116 15 55 321 .456 .765 31.8 24.7 8.9 1.2
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 10 308 70 170 34 42 80 26 36 174 .412 .810 30.8 17.4 8.0 2.6
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 12 276 66 181 20 32 84 23 46 152 .365 .625 23.0 12.7 7.0 1.9
Career NBA 104 3223 818 2025 419 568 954 215 417 2055 .404 .738 31.0 19.8 9.2 2.1

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1956-57 22 BOS NBA 1 23 5 17 .294 2 2 1.000 7 0 3 12
1960-61 26 BOS NBA 1 19 2 16 .125 0 0 6 1 4 4
1961-62 27 BOS NBA 1 13 4 11 .364 2 2 1.000 2 1 4 10
1962-63 28 BOS NBA 1 21 6 11 .545 3 4 .750 2 1 4 15
1963-64 29 BOS NBA 1 21 5 12 .417 0 0 3 0 5 10
1964-65 30 BOS NBA 0
Career NBA 5 97 22 67 .328 7 8 .875 20 3 20 51

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1953-54 19 holycross 28 175 364 94 142 300 444 .481 .662 15.9 10.7
1954-55 20 holycross 26 232 499 141 215 385 605 .465 .656 23.3 14.8
1955-56 21 holycross 27 254 630 232 304 569 740 .403 .763 27.4 21.1
Career 81 661 1493 467 661 1254 1789 .443 .707 22.1 15.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1957 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA
1964 NBA
1965 NBA

Awards

1956-57 NBA Rookie of the Year

Honors

1960-61 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1961-62 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1962-63 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1963-64 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1959-60 NBA 0.013 (10)
1960-61 NBA 0.040 (6)

Games

1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 75 (2)

Field Goals

1956-57 NBA 446 (10)
1957-58 NBA 468 (10)
1959-60 NBA 673 (5)
1960-61 NBA 627 (10)
1961-62 NBA 692 (10)

Field Goal Attempts

1956-57 NBA 1123 (10)
1957-58 NBA 1226 (8)
1959-60 NBA 1590 (4)
1960-61 NBA 1566 (8)
1961-62 NBA 1613 (8)

Free Throw Pct

1961-62 NBA .819 (9)
1962-63 NBA .835 (4)
1963-64 NBA .828 (4)

Personal Fouls

1956-57 NBA 304 (3)
1957-58 NBA 274 (7)
1958-59 NBA 271 (9)
1959-60 NBA 275 (4)

Points

1959-60 NBA 1629 (8)

Points Per Game

1959-60 NBA 21.7 (10)
Career NBA 18.6 (76)
Career 18.6 (82)

Rebounds Per Game

Career NBA 8.8 (77)
Career 8.8 (84)

Player Efficiency Rating

1961-62 NBA 20.0 (8)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (29)