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Red Kerr

John G. Kerr (Johnny, Red)

Position: Center-Forward
Height: 6-9    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: August 17, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois
High School: Tilden in Chicago, Illinois
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Drafted by the Syracuse Nationals in the 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall) of the 1954 NBA draft.

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
1954-55 22 SYR NBA 72 1529 301 718 .419 152 223 .682 474 80 165 754
1955-56 23 SYR NBA 72 2114 377 935 .403 207 316 .655 607 84 168 961
1956-57 24 SYR NBA 72 2191 333 827 .403 225 313 .719 807 90 190 891
1957-58 25 SYR NBA 72 2384 407 1020 .399 280 422 .664 963 88 197 1094
1958-59 26 SYR NBA 72 2671 502 1139 .441 281 367 .766 1008 142 183 1285
1959-60 27 SYR NBA 75 2372 436 1111 .392 233 310 .752 913 167 207 1105
1960-61 28 SYR NBA 79 2676 419 1056 .397 218 299 .729 951 199 230 1056
1961-62 29 SYR NBA 80 2767 541 1220 .443 222 302 .735 1176 243 272 1304
1962-63 30 SYR NBA 80 2561 507 1069 .474 241 320 .753 1039 214 208 1255
1963-64 31 PHI NBA 80 2938 536 1250 .429 268 357 .751 1017 275 187 1340
1964-65 32 PHI NBA 80 1810 264 714 .370 126 181 .696 551 197 132 654
1965-66 33 BAL NBA 71 1770 286 692 .413 209 272 .768 586 225 148 781
Career NBA 905 27783 4909 11751 .418 2662 3682 .723 10092 2004 2287 12480

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
1954-55 22 SYR NBA 72 21.2 4.2 10.0 .419 2.1 3.1 .682 6.6 1.1 2.3 10.5
1955-56 23 SYR NBA 72 29.4 5.2 13.0 .403 2.9 4.4 .655 8.4 1.2 2.3 13.3
1956-57 24 SYR NBA 72 30.4 4.6 11.5 .403 3.1 4.3 .719 11.2 1.3 2.6 12.4
1957-58 25 SYR NBA 72 33.1 5.7 14.2 .399 3.9 5.9 .664 13.4 1.2 2.7 15.2
1958-59 26 SYR NBA 72 37.1 7.0 15.8 .441 3.9 5.1 .766 14.0 2.0 2.5 17.8
1959-60 27 SYR NBA 75 31.6 5.8 14.8 .392 3.1 4.1 .752 12.2 2.2 2.8 14.7
1960-61 28 SYR NBA 79 33.9 5.3 13.4 .397 2.8 3.8 .729 12.0 2.5 2.9 13.4
1961-62 29 SYR NBA 80 34.6 6.8 15.3 .443 2.8 3.8 .735 14.7 3.0 3.4 16.3
1962-63 30 SYR NBA 80 32.0 6.3 13.4 .474 3.0 4.0 .753 13.0 2.7 2.6 15.7
1963-64 31 PHI NBA 80 36.7 6.7 15.6 .429 3.4 4.5 .751 12.7 3.4 2.3 16.8
1964-65 32 PHI NBA 80 22.6 3.3 8.9 .370 1.6 2.3 .696 6.9 2.5 1.7 8.2
1965-66 33 BAL NBA 71 24.9 4.0 9.7 .413 2.9 3.8 .768 8.3 3.2 2.1 11.0
Career NBA 905 30.7 5.4 13.0 .418 2.9 4.1 .723 11.2 2.2 2.5 13.8

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
1954-55 22 SYR NBA 72 1529 7.1 16.9 .419 3.6 5.3 .682 11.2 1.9 3.9 17.8
1955-56 23 SYR NBA 72 2114 6.4 15.9 .403 3.5 5.4 .655 10.3 1.4 2.9 16.4
1956-57 24 SYR NBA 72 2191 5.5 13.6 .403 3.7 5.1 .719 13.3 1.5 3.1 14.6
1957-58 25 SYR NBA 72 2384 6.1 15.4 .399 4.2 6.4 .664 14.5 1.3 3.0 16.5
1958-59 26 SYR NBA 72 2671 6.8 15.4 .441 3.8 4.9 .766 13.6 1.9 2.5 17.3
1959-60 27 SYR NBA 75 2372 6.6 16.9 .392 3.5 4.7 .752 13.9 2.5 3.1 16.8
1960-61 28 SYR NBA 79 2676 5.6 14.2 .397 2.9 4.0 .729 12.8 2.7 3.1 14.2
1961-62 29 SYR NBA 80 2767 7.0 15.9 .443 2.9 3.9 .735 15.3 3.2 3.5 17.0
1962-63 30 SYR NBA 80 2561 7.1 15.0 .474 3.4 4.5 .753 14.6 3.0 2.9 17.6
1963-64 31 PHI NBA 80 2938 6.6 15.3 .429 3.3 4.4 .751 12.5 3.4 2.3 16.4
1964-65 32 PHI NBA 80 1810 5.3 14.2 .370 2.5 3.6 .696 11.0 3.9 2.6 13.0
1965-66 33 BAL NBA 71 1770 5.8 14.1 .413 4.3 5.5 .768 11.9 4.6 3.0 15.9
Career NBA 905 27783 6.4 15.2 .418 3.4 4.8 .723 13.1 2.6 3.0 16.2

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
1954-55 22 SYR NBA 72 1529 18.3 .462 .419
1955-56 23 SYR NBA 72 2114 15.7 .447 .403
1956-57 24 SYR NBA 72 2191 17.4 .462 .403
1957-58 25 SYR NBA 72 2384 17.9 .454 .399
1958-59 26 SYR NBA 72 2671 19.4 .494 .441
1959-60 27 SYR NBA 75 2372 15.7 .443 .392
1960-61 28 SYR NBA 79 2676 13.7 .445 .397
1961-62 29 SYR NBA 80 2767 17.4 .482 .443
1962-63 30 SYR NBA 80 2561 18.6 .519 .474
1963-64 31 PHI NBA 80 2938 17.1 .476 .429 13.4
1964-65 32 PHI NBA 80 1810 13.2 .412 .370 14.8
1965-66 33 BAL NBA 71 1770 16.3 .481 .413 16.4
Career NBA 905 27783 16.8 .467 .418 14.6

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
1954-55 22 SYR NBA 11 363 59 151 34 61 118 13 27 152 .391 .557 33.0 13.8 10.7 1.2
1955-56 23 SYR NBA 8 213 37 77 15 33 68 10 23 89 .481 .455 26.6 11.1 8.5 1.3
1956-57 24 SYR NBA 5 162 28 65 20 29 69 6 7 76 .431 .690 32.4 15.2 13.8 1.2
1957-58 25 SYR NBA 3 116 18 55 14 18 61 3 5 50 .327 .778 38.7 16.7 20.3 1.0
1958-59 26 SYR NBA 9 312 50 142 30 33 108 24 20 130 .352 .909 34.7 14.4 12.0 2.7
1959-60 27 SYR NBA 3 104 15 51 11 12 25 9 9 41 .294 .917 34.7 13.7 8.3 3.0
1960-61 28 SYR NBA 8 210 30 88 16 23 99 20 18 76 .341 .696 26.3 9.5 12.4 2.5
1961-62 29 SYR NBA 5 193 41 109 6 8 80 10 15 88 .376 .750 38.6 17.6 16.0 2.0
1962-63 30 SYR NBA 5 187 26 60 16 21 75 9 12 68 .433 .762 37.4 13.6 15.0 1.8
1963-64 31 PHI NBA 5 185 40 83 15 20 69 16 12 95 .482 .750 37.0 19.0 13.8 3.2
1964-65 32 PHI NBA 11 181 24 67 15 21 38 28 20 63 .358 .714 16.5 5.7 3.5 2.5
1965-66 33 BAL NBA 3 49 2 11 1 2 17 4 5 5 .182 .500 16.3 1.7 5.7 1.3
Career NBA 76 2275 370 959 193 281 827 152 173 933 .386 .687 29.9 12.3 10.9 2.0

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
1955-56 23 SYR NBA 1 16 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 8 0 2 4
1958-59 26 SYR NBA 1 21 3 14 .214 1 2 .500 9 2 0 7
1962-63 30 SYR NBA 1 11 0 4 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2
Career NBA 3 48 5 22 .227 3 5 .600 19 3 5 13

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
1951-52 19 illinois 26 143 365 71 124 357 .392 .573 13.7
1952-53 20 illinois 22 153 397 80 123 386 .385 .650 17.5
1953-54 21 illinois 22 210 520 136 214 556 .404 .636 25.3
Career 70 506 1282 287 461 1299 .395 .623 18.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1956 NBA
1959 NBA
1963 NBA

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1962-63 NBA 0.027 (6)

Games

1954-55 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
 1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 75 (2)
1960-61 NBA 79 (1)
 1961-62 NBA 80 (1)
 1962-63 NBA 80 (1)
 1963-64 NBA 80 (2)
1964-65 NBA 80 (1)

Minutes Played

1958-59 NBA 2671 (10)
1963-64 NBA 2938 (10)

Field Goals

1958-59 NBA 502 (8)

Field Goal Pct

1954-55 NBA .419 (10)
1958-59 NBA .441 (6)
1962-63 NBA .474 (10)

Total Rebounds

1956-57 NBA 807 (7)
1957-58 NBA 963 (5)
1958-59 NBA 1008 (4)
1959-60 NBA 913 (7)
1960-61 NBA 951 (9)
1961-62 NBA 1176 (5)
1962-63 NBA 1039 (6)
1963-64 NBA 1017 (8)
Career NBA 10092 (32)
Career 10092 (36)

Minutes Per Game

1958-59 NBA 37.1 (10)

Rebounds Per Game

1956-57 NBA 11.2 (7)
1957-58 NBA 13.4 (5)
1958-59 NBA 14.0 (4)
1959-60 NBA 12.2 (9)
1960-61 NBA 12.0 (9)
1961-62 NBA 14.7 (5)
1962-63 NBA 13.0 (6)
1963-64 NBA 12.7 (8)
Career NBA 11.2 (25)
Career 11.2 (28)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.044 (172)