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George Yardley

George Harry Yardley III (Bird)

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-5    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1928 in Hollywood, California
Died: August 13, 2004
High School: Newport Harbor in Newport Beach, California
College: Stanford University

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1996

Drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1st round (7th pick, 7th overall) of the 1950 NBA draft.

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
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 63 1489 209 492 .425 146 205 .712 407 99 166 564
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 60 2150 363 869 .418 310 416 .745 594 126 205 1036
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 71 2353 434 1067 .407 365 492 .742 686 159 212 1233
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 72 2691 522 1273 .410 503 639 .787 755 147 231 1547
1957-58 29 DET NBA 72 2843 673 1624 .414 655 808 .811 768 97 226 2001
1958-59 30 TOT NBA 61 1839 446 1042 .428 317 407 .779 431 65 159 1209
1958-59 30 DET NBA 46 1419 350 843 .415 258 316 .816 327 40 122 958
1958-59 30 SYR NBA 15 420 96 199 .482 59 91 .648 104 25 37 251
1959-60 31 SYR NBA 73 2402 546 1205 .453 381 467 .816 579 122 227 1473
Career NBA 472 15767 3193 7572 .422 2677 3434 .780 4220 815 1426 9063

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
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 63 23.6 3.3 7.8 .425 2.3 3.3 .712 6.5 1.6 2.6 9.0
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 60 35.8 6.1 14.5 .418 5.2 6.9 .745 9.9 2.1 3.4 17.3
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 71 33.1 6.1 15.0 .407 5.1 6.9 .742 9.7 2.2 3.0 17.4
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 72 37.4 7.3 17.7 .410 7.0 8.9 .787 10.5 2.0 3.2 21.5
1957-58 29 DET NBA 72 39.5 9.3 22.6 .414 9.1 11.2 .811 10.7 1.3 3.1 27.8
1958-59 30 TOT NBA 61 30.1 7.3 17.1 .428 5.2 6.7 .779 7.1 1.1 2.6 19.8
1958-59 30 DET NBA 46 30.8 7.6 18.3 .415 5.6 6.9 .816 7.1 0.9 2.7 20.8
1958-59 30 SYR NBA 15 28.0 6.4 13.3 .482 3.9 6.1 .648 6.9 1.7 2.5 16.7
1959-60 31 SYR NBA 73 32.9 7.5 16.5 .453 5.2 6.4 .816 7.9 1.7 3.1 20.2
Career NBA 472 33.4 6.8 16.0 .422 5.7 7.3 .780 8.9 1.7 3.0 19.2

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
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 63 1489 5.1 11.9 .425 3.5 5.0 .712 9.8 2.4 4.0 13.6
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 60 2150 6.1 14.6 .418 5.2 7.0 .745 9.9 2.1 3.4 17.3
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 71 2353 6.6 16.3 .407 5.6 7.5 .742 10.5 2.4 3.2 18.9
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 72 2691 7.0 17.0 .410 6.7 8.5 .787 10.1 2.0 3.1 20.7
1957-58 29 DET NBA 72 2843 8.5 20.6 .414 8.3 10.2 .811 9.7 1.2 2.9 25.3
1958-59 30 TOT NBA 61 1839 8.7 20.4 .428 6.2 8.0 .779 8.4 1.3 3.1 23.7
1958-59 30 DET NBA 46 1419 8.9 21.4 .415 6.5 8.0 .816 8.3 1.0 3.1 24.3
1958-59 30 SYR NBA 15 420 8.2 17.1 .482 5.1 7.8 .648 8.9 2.1 3.2 21.5
1959-60 31 SYR NBA 73 2402 8.2 18.1 .453 5.7 7.0 .816 8.7 1.8 3.4 22.1
Career NBA 472 15767 7.3 17.3 .422 6.1 7.8 .780 9.6 1.9 3.3 20.7

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
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 63 1489 19.4 .484 .425
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 60 2150 19.0 .492 .418
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 71 2353 20.0 .480 .407
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 72 2691 22.0 .498 .410
1957-58 29 DET NBA 72 2843 23.3 .505 .414
1958-59 30 TOT NBA 61 1839 20.5 .495 .428
1958-59 30 DET NBA 46 1419 20.5 .488 .415
1958-59 30 SYR NBA 15 420 20.5 .525 .482
1959-60 31 SYR NBA 73 2402 18.2 .522 .453
Career NBA 472 15767 20.5 .499 .422

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
1953-54 25 FTW NBA 4 107 16 33 10 12 24 3 10 42 .485 .833 26.8 10.5 6.0 0.8
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 11 420 57 143 60 79 99 36 37 174 .399 .759 38.2 15.8 9.0 3.3
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 10 406 77 183 76 98 139 26 25 230 .421 .776 40.6 23.0 13.9 2.6
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 2 85 24 53 9 11 19 8 7 57 .453 .818 42.5 28.5 9.5 4.0
1957-58 29 DET NBA 7 254 52 127 60 67 72 17 26 164 .409 .896 36.3 23.4 10.3 2.4
1958-59 30 SYR NBA 9 333 83 189 60 70 87 21 29 226 .439 .857 37.0 25.1 9.7 2.3
1959-60 31 SYR NBA 3 88 15 39 10 12 17 1 9 40 .385 .833 29.3 13.3 5.7 0.3
Career NBA 46 1693 324 767 285 349 457 112 143 933 .422 .817 36.8 20.3 9.9 2.4

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
1954-55 26 FTW NBA 1 22 4 11 .364 3 4 .750 4 2 2 11
1955-56 27 FTW NBA 1 19 3 7 .429 2 3 .667 6 1 1 8
1956-57 28 FTW NBA 1 25 4 10 .400 1 1 1.000 9 0 2 9
1957-58 29 DET NBA 1 32 8 15 .533 3 5 .600 9 1 1 19
1958-59 30 DET NBA 1 17 2 8 .250 2 2 1.000 4 0 3 6
1959-60 31 SYR NBA 1 16 5 9 .556 1 2 .500 3 0 4 11
Career NBA 6 131 26 60 .433 12 17 .706 35 4 13 64

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
1947-48 19 stanford 18 22 8 20 52 .400 2.9
1948-49 20 stanford 28 126 93 131 345 .710 12.3
1949-50 21 stanford 25 164 95 130 423 .731 16.9
Career 71 312 196 281 820 .698 11.5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1957 NBA
1958 NBA
1959 NBA
1960 NBA

Honors

1956-57 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1957-58 NBA All-NBA (1st)

MVP Voting
Season Lg Share (Rank)

1956-57 NBA 0.082 (4)
1957-58 NBA 0.300 (3)

Games

1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
1957-58 NBA 72 (1)

Minutes Played

1956-57 NBA 2691 (4)
1957-58 NBA 2843 (2)

Field Goals

1955-56 NBA 434 (8)
1956-57 NBA 522 (4)
1957-58 NBA 673 (2)

Field Goal Attempts

1955-56 NBA 1067 (10)
1956-57 NBA 1273 (5)
1957-58 NBA 1624 (1)

Field Goal Pct

1959-60 NBA .453 (10)

Free Throws

1955-56 NBA 365 (8)
1956-57 NBA 503 (5)
1957-58 NBA 655 (1)
1959-60 NBA 381 (10)

Free Throw Attempts

1955-56 NBA 492 (9)
1956-57 NBA 639 (5)
1957-58 NBA 808 (1)

Free Throw Pct

1959-60 NBA .816 (8)

Total Rebounds

1955-56 NBA 686 (9)
1956-57 NBA 755 (9)

Points

1955-56 NBA 1233 (9)
1956-57 NBA 1547 (5)
1957-58 NBA 2001 (1)

Minutes Per Game

1956-57 NBA 37.4 (4)
1957-58 NBA 39.5 (2)

Points Per Game

1955-56 NBA 17.4 (9)
1956-57 NBA 21.5 (5)
1957-58 NBA 27.8 (1)
1958-59 NBA 19.8 (10)

Rebounds Per Game

1955-56 NBA 9.7 (9)
1956-57 NBA 10.5 (9)

Player Efficiency Rating

1954-55 NBA 19.0 (10)
1955-56 NBA 20.0 (10)
1956-57 NBA 22.0 (7)
1957-58 NBA 23.3 (3)
1958-59 NBA 20.5 (9)
Career NBA 20.5 (48)
Career 20.5 (50)

True Shooting Pct

1954-55 NBA .492 (9)
1956-57 NBA .498 (7)
1957-58 NBA .505 (9)
1958-59 NBA .495 (10)
1959-60 NBA .522 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.988 (42)