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1951-52 Indianapolis Olympians Roster and Statistics

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34-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Herm Schaefer (34-32)

Points Per Game: 82.9 (7th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 82.8 (5th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 33-33 (6th of 10)

Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.08 (6th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers

1951-52 Indianapolis Olympians:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Cliff Barker G 6-2 185 January 15, 1921 2 University of Kentucky
20 Leo Barnhorst F-G 6-4 190 May 11, 1924 2 University of Notre Dame
16 Dillard Crocker F-G 6-4 205 January 19, 1925 2 Western Michigan University
19 Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 2
14 Joe Holland F 6-4 185 September 26, 1925 2 University of Kentucky
17 Wah Wah Jones F 6-4 225 July 14, 1926 2 University of Kentucky
8 Bob Lavoy F-C 6-7 185 June 29, 1926 1 Western Kentucky University
18 Don Lofgran F-C 6-5 200 November 18, 1928 1 University of San Francisco
6 Ralph O'Brien G 5-9 160 April 8, 1928 R Butler University
9 Bill Tosheff G 6-1 175 June 2, 1926 R Indiana University
5 Paul Walther G-F 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 2 University of Tennessee

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 66 2026 5513 .367 1422 1965 .724 3288 1290 1586 5474 82.9
Opponent 66 5466 82.8

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 Joe Graboski 22 66 2439 320 827 .387 264 396 .667 655 130 254 904
2 Leo Barnhorst 27 66 2344 349 897 .389 122 187 .652 430 255 196 820
3 Paul Walther 24 55 1903 220 549 .401 231 308 .750 246 137 171 671
4 Bob Lavoy 25 63 1829 240 604 .397 168 223 .753 479 107 210 648
5 Bill Tosheff 25 65 2055 213 651 .327 182 221 .824 216 222 204 608
6 Ralph O'Brien 23 64 1577 228 613 .372 122 149 .819 122 124 115 578
7 Don Lofgran 23 63 1254 149 417 .357 156 219 .712 257 48 147 454
8 Wah Wah Jones 25 58 1320 164 524 .313 102 136 .750 283 150 137 430
9 Joe Holland 26 55 737 93 265 .351 40 69 .580 166 47 90 226
10 Cliff Barker 31 44 494 48 161 .298 30 51 .588 81 70 56 126
11 Dillard Crocker 27

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 Joe Graboski 22 66 37.0 4.8 12.5 .387 4.0 6.0 .667 9.9 2.0 3.8 13.7
2 Leo Barnhorst 27 66 35.5 5.3 13.6 .389 1.8 2.8 .652 6.5 3.9 3.0 12.4
3 Paul Walther 24 55 34.6 4.0 10.0 .401 4.2 5.6 .750 4.5 2.5 3.1 12.2
4 Bob Lavoy 25 63 29.0 3.8 9.6 .397 2.7 3.5 .753 7.6 1.7 3.3 10.3
5 Bill Tosheff 25 65 31.6 3.3 10.0 .327 2.8 3.4 .824 3.3 3.4 3.1 9.4
6 Ralph O'Brien 23 64 24.6 3.6 9.6 .372 1.9 2.3 .819 1.9 1.9 1.8 9.0
7 Wah Wah Jones 25 58 22.8 2.8 9.0 .313 1.8 2.3 .750 4.9 2.6 2.4 7.4
8 Don Lofgran 23 63 19.9 2.4 6.6 .357 2.5 3.5 .712 4.1 0.8 2.3 7.2
9 Joe Holland 26 55 13.4 1.7 4.8 .351 0.7 1.3 .580 3.0 0.9 1.6 4.1
10 Cliff Barker 31 44 11.2 1.1 3.7 .298 0.7 1.2 .588 1.8 1.6 1.3 2.9
11 Dillard Crocker 27

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 Joe Graboski 22 66 2439 4.7 12.2 .387 3.9 5.8 .667 9.7 1.9 3.7 13.3
2 Ralph O'Brien 23 64 1577 5.2 14.0 .372 2.8 3.4 .819 2.8 2.8 2.6 13.2
3 Don Lofgran 23 63 1254 4.3 12.0 .357 4.5 6.3 .712 7.4 1.4 4.2 13.0
4 Bob Lavoy 25 63 1829 4.7 11.9 .397 3.3 4.4 .753 9.4 2.1 4.1 12.8
5 Paul Walther 24 55 1903 4.2 10.4 .401 4.4 5.8 .750 4.7 2.6 3.2 12.7
6 Leo Barnhorst 27 66 2344 5.4 13.8 .389 1.9 2.9 .652 6.6 3.9 3.0 12.6
7 Wah Wah Jones 25 58 1320 4.5 14.3 .313 2.8 3.7 .750 7.7 4.1 3.7 11.7
8 Joe Holland 26 55 737 4.5 12.9 .351 2.0 3.4 .580 8.1 2.3 4.4 11.0
9 Bill Tosheff 25 65 2055 3.7 11.4 .327 3.2 3.9 .824 3.8 3.9 3.6 10.7
10 Cliff Barker 31 44 494 3.5 11.7 .298 2.2 3.7 .588 5.9 5.1 4.1 9.2
11 Dillard Crocker 27

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 Joe Graboski 22 66 2439 17.1 .451 .387 3.4 3.8 7.2
2 Paul Walther 24 55 1903 15.4 .490 .401 4.5 2.1 6.6
3 Bob Lavoy 25 63 1829 16.9 .461 .397 2.9 2.9 5.8
4 Leo Barnhorst 27 66 2344 15.8 .419 .389 1.3 3.5 4.7
5 Don Lofgran 23 63 1254 13.8 .442 .357 1.3 1.6 2.9
6 Bill Tosheff 25 65 2055 11.6 .406 .327 0.5 2.4 2.9
7 Ralph O'Brien 23 64 1577 12.6 .426 .372 1.1 1.5 2.6
8 Wah Wah Jones 25 58 1320 13.4 .368 .313 -1.4 2.1 0.8
9 Joe Holland 26 55 737 11.4 .383 .351 -0.5 1.1 0.6
10 Cliff Barker 31 44 494 10.7 .343 .298 -0.7 0.8 0.1
11 Dillard Crocker 27

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 Joe Graboski 22 2 96 19 48 8 15 23 3 7 46 .396 .533 48.0 23.0 11.5 1.5
2 Paul Walther 24 2 85 8 16 16 18 7 6 8 32 .500 .889 42.5 16.0 3.5 3.0
3 Leo Barnhorst 27 2 85 14 34 3 7 9 8 7 31 .412 .429 42.5 15.5 4.5 4.0
4 Bob Lavoy 25 2 78 9 27 6 8 20 4 8 24 .333 .750 39.0 12.0 10.0 2.0
5 Ralph O'Brien 23 2 49 5 11 5 5 3 3 1 15 .455 1.000 24.5 7.5 1.5 1.5
6 Bill Tosheff 25 2 68 2 18 3 3 6 7 9 7 .111 1.000 34.0 3.5 3.0 3.5
7 Wah Wah Jones 25 1 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 8.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
8 Don Lofgran 23 2 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Joe Holland 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Paul Walther 24 2 85 20.1 .669 .500 13.8 0.4 0.1 0.5
2 Ralph O'Brien 23 2 49 16.0 .568 .455 12.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Joe Graboski 22 2 96 18.1 .421 .396 7.7 -0.1 0.2 0.1
4 Leo Barnhorst 27 2 85 13.9 .418 .412 21.4 -0.1 0.1 0.1
5 Joe Holland 26 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Wah Wah Jones 25 1 8 -3.4 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Bob Lavoy 25 2 78 13.3 .393 .333 10.5 -0.1 0.2 0.0
8 Don Lofgran 23 2 10 -21.2 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Bill Tosheff 25 2 68 -1.1 .181 .111 17.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.3