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1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Statistics

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37-35, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Charles Eckman (37-35)

Points Per Game: 94.4 (8th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 93.7 (1st of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 38-34 (2nd of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 128,102 (6th of 8)

SRS: 0.45 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Warriors
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus St. Louis Hawks

1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15-18 Jesse Arnelle F 6-5 220 December 30, 1933 R Pennsylvania State University
18 Don Bielke C 6-7 240 R Valparaiso University
7 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 May 1, 1923 6 Louisiana State University
6 Chuck Cooper F 6-5 210 September 29, 1926 5 Duquesne University
7-8 Corky Devlin G 6-5 195 December 21, 1931 R George Washington University
16 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 June 24, 1928 5 La Salle University
10 Jim Holstein F-G 6-3 180 September 24, 1930 3 University of Cincinnati
15 Johnny Horan F 6-8 190 November 24, 1932 R University of Dayton
17 Bob Houbregs C-F 6-7 210 March 12, 1932 2 University of Washington
9 Mel Hutchins F-C 6-6 200 November 22, 1928 4 Brigham Young University
5 Chuck Noble G 6-4 190 July 24, 1931 R University of Louisville
14 Andy Phillip G-F 6-2 195 March 7, 1922 8 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
15-8 Odie Spears G 6-5 205 June 26, 1925 6 Western Kentucky University
12 George Yardley F-G 6-5 190 November 3, 1928 2 Stanford University
10 Max Zaslofsky G-F 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 9 St. John's University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 72 2396 6174 .388 2002 2729 .734 3974 1752 1789 6794 94.4
Opponent 72 6743 93.7

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 George Yardley 27 71 2353 434 1067 .407 365 492 .742 686 159 212 1233
2 Larry Foust 27 72 2024 367 821 .447 432 555 .778 648 127 263 1166
3 Mel Hutchins 27 66 2240 325 764 .425 142 221 .643 496 180 166 792
4 Bob Houbregs 23 70 1535 247 575 .430 283 383 .739 414 159 147 777
5 Chuck Noble 24 72 2013 270 767 .352 146 195 .749 261 282 253 686
6 Corky Devlin 24 69 1535 200 541 .370 146 192 .760 171 138 119 546
7 Odie Spears 30 72 1378 166 468 .355 159 201 .791 231 121 191 491
8 Andy Phillip 33 70 2078 148 405 .365 112 199 .563 257 410 155 408
9 Frankie Brian 32 37 680 78 263 .297 72 88 .818 88 74 62 228
10 Jesse Arnelle 22 31 409 52 164 .317 43 69 .623 170 18 60 147
11 Chuck Cooper 29 32 570 43 136 .316 38 49 .776 101 27 69 124
12 Max Zaslofsky 30 9 182 29 81 .358 30 35 .857 16 16 18 88
13 Johnny Horan 23 7 43 8 26 .308 6 6 1.000 4 1 14 22
14 Don Bielke 7 38 5 9 .556 4 7 .571 9 1 9 14
15 Jim Holstein 25

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 George Yardley 27 71 33.1 6.1 15.0 .407 5.1 6.9 .742 9.7 2.2 3.0 17.4
2 Larry Foust 27 72 28.1 5.1 11.4 .447 6.0 7.7 .778 9.0 1.8 3.7 16.2
3 Mel Hutchins 27 66 33.9 4.9 11.6 .425 2.2 3.3 .643 7.5 2.7 2.5 12.0
4 Bob Houbregs 23 70 21.9 3.5 8.2 .430 4.0 5.5 .739 5.9 2.3 2.1 11.1
5 Max Zaslofsky 30 9 20.2 3.2 9.0 .358 3.3 3.9 .857 1.8 1.8 2.0 9.8
6 Chuck Noble 24 72 28.0 3.8 10.7 .352 2.0 2.7 .749 3.6 3.9 3.5 9.5
7 Corky Devlin 24 69 22.2 2.9 7.8 .370 2.1 2.8 .760 2.5 2.0 1.7 7.9
8 Odie Spears 30 72 19.1 2.3 6.5 .355 2.2 2.8 .791 3.2 1.7 2.7 6.8
9 Frankie Brian 32 37 18.4 2.1 7.1 .297 1.9 2.4 .818 2.4 2.0 1.7 6.2
10 Andy Phillip 33 70 29.7 2.1 5.8 .365 1.6 2.8 .563 3.7 5.9 2.2 5.8
11 Jesse Arnelle 22 31 13.2 1.7 5.3 .317 1.4 2.2 .623 5.5 0.6 1.9 4.7
12 Chuck Cooper 29 32 17.8 1.3 4.3 .316 1.2 1.5 .776 3.2 0.8 2.2 3.9
13 Johnny Horan 23 7 6.1 1.1 3.7 .308 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.6 0.1 2.0 3.1
14 Don Bielke 7 5.4 0.7 1.3 .556 0.6 1.0 .571 1.3 0.1 1.3 2.0
15 Jim Holstein 25

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Foust 27 72 2024 6.5 14.6 .447 7.7 9.9 .778 11.5 2.3 4.7 20.7
2 George Yardley 27 71 2353 6.6 16.3 .407 5.6 7.5 .742 10.5 2.4 3.2 18.9
3 Johnny Horan 23 7 43 6.7 21.8 .308 5.0 5.0 1.000 3.3 0.8 11.7 18.4
4 Bob Houbregs 23 70 1535 5.8 13.5 .430 6.6 9.0 .739 9.7 3.7 3.4 18.2
5 Max Zaslofsky 30 9 182 5.7 16.0 .358 5.9 6.9 .857 3.2 3.2 3.6 17.4
6 Don Bielke 7 38 4.7 8.5 .556 3.8 6.6 .571 8.5 0.9 8.5 13.3
7 Jesse Arnelle 22 31 409 4.6 14.4 .317 3.8 6.1 .623 15.0 1.6 5.3 12.9
8 Odie Spears 30 72 1378 4.3 12.2 .355 4.2 5.3 .791 6.0 3.2 5.0 12.8
9 Corky Devlin 24 69 1535 4.7 12.7 .370 3.4 4.5 .760 4.0 3.2 2.8 12.8
10 Mel Hutchins 27 66 2240 5.2 12.3 .425 2.3 3.6 .643 8.0 2.9 2.7 12.7
11 Chuck Noble 24 72 2013 4.8 13.7 .352 2.6 3.5 .749 4.7 5.0 4.5 12.3
12 Frankie Brian 32 37 680 4.1 13.9 .297 3.8 4.7 .818 4.7 3.9 3.3 12.1
13 Chuck Cooper 29 32 570 2.7 8.6 .316 2.4 3.1 .776 6.4 1.7 4.4 7.8
14 Andy Phillip 33 70 2078 2.6 7.0 .365 1.9 3.4 .563 4.5 7.1 2.7 7.1
15 Jim Holstein 25

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Larry Foust 27 72 2024 23.8 .547 .447 8.6 2.6 11.1
2 George Yardley 27 71 2353 20.0 .480 .407 4.6 2.8 7.5
3 Bob Houbregs 23 70 1535 22.0 .523 .430 4.9 1.9 6.9
4 Mel Hutchins 27 66 2240 14.4 .460 .425 2.1 2.4 4.4
5 Andy Phillip 33 70 2078 11.9 .414 .365 0.6 2.3 2.9
6 Odie Spears 30 72 1378 11.3 .441 .355 0.7 1.3 2.0
7 Corky Devlin 24 69 1535 11.3 .436 .370 0.6 1.2 1.8
8 Chuck Noble 24 72 2013 10.8 .402 .352 -0.9 2.0 1.1
9 Max Zaslofsky 30 9 182 13.8 .456 .358 0.2 0.1 0.3
10 Chuck Cooper 29 32 570 6.3 .394 .316 -0.3 0.5 0.2
11 Don Bielke 7 38 12.2 .579 .556 0.1 0.0 0.2
12 Jesse Arnelle 22 31 409 12.6 .378 .317 -0.6 0.6 0.0
13 Johnny Horan 23 7 43 2.3 .384 .308 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
14 Frankie Brian 32 37 680 9.4 .378 .297 -0.8 0.6 -0.2
15 Jim Holstein 25

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 George Yardley 27 10 406 77 183 76 98 139 26 25 230 .421 .776 40.6 23.0 13.9 2.6
2 Larry Foust 27 10 289 49 130 70 89 127 14 38 168 .377 .787 28.9 16.8 12.7 1.4
3 Bob Houbregs 23 10 217 36 78 31 44 67 14 21 103 .462 .705 21.7 10.3 6.7 1.4
4 Corky Devlin 24 10 275 41 101 15 25 21 23 21 97 .406 .600 27.5 9.7 2.1 2.3
5 Mel Hutchins 27 10 377 34 112 25 41 88 23 27 93 .304 .610 37.7 9.3 8.8 2.3
6 Chuck Noble 24 10 261 29 92 16 17 30 41 30 74 .315 .941 26.1 7.4 3.0 4.1
7 Frankie Brian 32 10 166 26 68 17 21 12 17 15 69 .382 .810 16.6 6.9 1.2 1.7
8 Odie Spears 30 10 177 20 62 13 23 29 14 33 53 .323 .565 17.7 5.3 2.9 1.4
9 Andy Phillip 33 10 173 9 27 11 25 26 35 16 29 .333 .440 17.3 2.9 2.6 3.5
10 Chuck Cooper 29 9 59 5 26 2 3 17 2 5 12 .192 .667 6.6 1.3 1.9 0.2

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 George Yardley 27 10 406 25.4 .509 .421 13.1 1.3 0.8 2.1
2 Larry Foust 27 10 289 25.2 .497 .377 9.5 0.8 0.6 1.5
3 Bob Houbregs 23 10 217 21.7 .529 .462 12.6 0.7 0.4 1.1
4 Corky Devlin 24 10 275 10.7 .433 .406 15.8 0.1 0.3 0.4
5 Andy Phillip 33 10 173 11.4 .382 .333 32.3 0.0 0.3 0.3
6 Frankie Brian 32 10 166 13.0 .447 .382 19.6 0.1 0.2 0.3
7 Chuck Noble 24 10 261 9.9 .372 .315 27.7 -0.3 0.4 0.1
8 Mel Hutchins 27 10 377 9.0 .358 .304 10.4 -0.6 0.6 0.0
9 Odie Spears 30 10 177 6.1 .367 .323 14.0 -0.3 0.2 0.0
10 Chuck Cooper 29 9 59 1.3 .220 .192 5.7 -0.4 0.1 -0.3