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1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians Roster and Statistics

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28-43, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Herm Schaefer (28-43)

PTS/G: 74.6 (10th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.4 (1st of 10)
SRS: -2.31 (7th of 10)
Expected W-L: 27-44 (8th of 10)

Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse ▪ Attendance: NA

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
20 Leo Barnhorst F-G 6-4 190 May 11, 1924 3 University of Notre Dame
19 Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 3
18 Don Hanrahan F 6-7 200 February 6, 1929 R Loyola University of Chicago
10 Kleggie Hermsen C-F 6-9 225 March 12, 1923 5 University of Minnesota
8 Bob Lavoy F-C 6-7 185 June 29, 1926 2 Western Kentucky University
10-18 Ed Mikan C-F 6-8 230 October 20, 1925 4 DePaul University
14 Bob Naber F 6-3 185 September 3, 1929 R University of Louisville
16 Mel Payton F-G 6-4 185 July 16, 1926 1 Tulane University
7 Gene Rhodes G 6-1 170 September 2, 1927 R Western Kentucky University
9 Bill Tosheff G 6-1 175 June 2, 1926 1 Indiana University
5 Paul Walther G-F 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 3 University of Tennessee
17 Zeke Zawoluk F-C 6-7 215 October 13, 1930 R St. John's University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 71 1829 5204 .351 1637 2277 .719 3326 1281 1765 5295 74.6
Lg Rank 10 10 10 9 9 6 10 10 10 10 10
Opponent 71 5493 77.4
Lg Rank 1 1

Totals

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 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 2871 402 1034 .389 163 259 .629 483 277 245 967
2 Joe Graboski 23 69 2769 272 799 .340 350 513 .682 687 156 303 894
3 Bill Tosheff 26 67 2459 253 783 .323 253 314 .806 229 243 243 759
4 Paul Walther 25 67 2468 227 645 .352 264 354 .746 284 205 260 718
5 Bob Lavoy 26 70 2327 225 560 .402 168 242 .694 528 130 274 618
6 Mel Payton 26 66 1424 173 485 .357 120 161 .745 313 81 118 466
7 Gene Rhodes 25 65 1162 109 342 .319 119 169 .704 98 91 78 337
8 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 622 55 150 .367 77 116 .664 146 31 83 187
9 Don Hanrahan 23 18 121 11 32 .344 11 15 .733 30 11 24 33
10 Kleggie Hermsen 29 10 62 4 31 .129 3 5 .600 19 4 18 11
11 Bob Naber 23 4 11 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 5 1 6 1
12 Ed Mikan 27

Per Game

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 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 40.4 5.7 14.6 .389 2.3 3.6 .629 6.8 3.9 3.5 13.6
2 Joe Graboski 23 69 40.1 3.9 11.6 .340 5.1 7.4 .682 10.0 2.3 4.4 13.0
3 Bill Tosheff 26 67 36.7 3.8 11.7 .323 3.8 4.7 .806 3.4 3.6 3.6 11.3
4 Paul Walther 25 67 36.8 3.4 9.6 .352 3.9 5.3 .746 4.2 3.1 3.9 10.7
5 Bob Lavoy 26 70 33.2 3.2 8.0 .402 2.4 3.5 .694 7.5 1.9 3.9 8.8
6 Mel Payton 26 66 21.6 2.6 7.3 .357 1.8 2.4 .745 4.7 1.2 1.8 7.1
7 Gene Rhodes 25 65 17.9 1.7 5.3 .319 1.8 2.6 .704 1.5 1.4 1.2 5.2
8 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 15.2 1.3 3.7 .367 1.9 2.8 .664 3.6 0.8 2.0 4.6
9 Don Hanrahan 23 18 6.7 0.6 1.8 .344 0.6 0.8 .733 1.7 0.6 1.3 1.8
10 Kleggie Hermsen 29 10 6.2 0.4 3.1 .129 0.3 0.5 .600 1.9 0.4 1.8 1.1
11 Bob Naber 23 4 2.8 0.0 1.0 .000 0.3 0.5 .500 1.3 0.3 1.5 0.3
12 Ed Mikan 27

Per 36 Minutes

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 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 2871 5.0 13.0 .389 2.0 3.2 .629 6.1 3.5 3.1 12.1
2 Mel Payton 26 66 1424 4.4 12.3 .357 3.0 4.1 .745 7.9 2.0 3.0 11.8
3 Joe Graboski 23 69 2769 3.5 10.4 .340 4.6 6.7 .682 8.9 2.0 3.9 11.6
4 Bill Tosheff 26 67 2459 3.7 11.5 .323 3.7 4.6 .806 3.4 3.6 3.6 11.1
5 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 622 3.2 8.7 .367 4.5 6.7 .664 8.5 1.8 4.8 10.8
6 Paul Walther 25 67 2468 3.3 9.4 .352 3.9 5.2 .746 4.1 3.0 3.8 10.5
7 Gene Rhodes 25 65 1162 3.4 10.6 .319 3.7 5.2 .704 3.0 2.8 2.4 10.4
8 Don Hanrahan 23 18 121 3.3 9.5 .344 3.3 4.5 .733 8.9 3.3 7.1 9.8
9 Bob Lavoy 26 70 2327 3.5 8.7 .402 2.6 3.7 .694 8.2 2.0 4.2 9.6
10 Kleggie Hermsen 29 10 62 2.3 18.0 .129 1.7 2.9 .600 11.0 2.3 10.5 6.4
11 Bob Naber 23 4 11 0.0 13.1 .000 3.3 6.5 .500 16.4 3.3 19.6 3.3
12 Ed Mikan 27

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Joe Graboski 23 69 2769 16.1 .436 .340 2.1 3.7 5.8 .101
2 Bob Lavoy 26 70 2327 14.7 .464 .402 2.9 2.9 5.8 .119
3 Paul Walther 25 67 2468 13.2 .448 .352 2.7 2.4 5.2 .100
4 Leo Barnhorst 28 71 2871 15.9 .421 .389 1.1 3.5 4.6 .076
5 Bill Tosheff 26 67 2459 12.4 .412 .323 0.4 2.4 2.8 .055
6 Mel Payton 26 66 1424 15.4 .419 .357 0.3 1.8 2.1 .069
7 Zeke Zawoluk 22 41 622 15.3 .465 .367 0.9 0.8 1.7 .129
8 Gene Rhodes 25 65 1162 11.1 .405 .319 -0.1 1.0 0.9 .037
9 Don Hanrahan 23 18 121 14.0 .427 .344 0.1 0.2 0.2 .098
10 Bob Naber 23 4 11 -10.4 .102 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.418
11 Kleggie Hermsen 29 10 62 -6.9 .166 .129 -0.7 0.1 -0.6 -0.438
12 Ed Mikan 27

Playoffs

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 23 2 76 14 28 6 8 16 0 5 34 .500 .750 38.0 17.0 8.0 0.0
2 Leo Barnhorst 28 2 79 12 33 6 9 22 5 10 30 .364 .667 39.5 15.0 11.0 2.5
3 Paul Walther 25 2 75 5 20 16 17 8 4 8 26 .250 .941 37.5 13.0 4.0 2.0
4 Mel Payton 26 2 36 7 17 7 8 6 0 7 21 .412 .875 18.0 10.5 3.0 0.0
5 Bob Lavoy 26 2 47 4 16 2 5 10 2 10 10 .250 .400 23.5 5.0 5.0 1.0
6 Gene Rhodes 25 2 51 4 14 1 4 7 5 5 9 .286 .250 25.5 4.5 3.5 2.5
7 Bill Tosheff 26 2 66 1 16 7 7 5 4 5 9 .063 1.000 33.0 4.5 2.5 2.0
8 Ed Mikan 27 2 32 2 10 3 3 7 0 1 7 .200 1.000 16.0 3.5 3.5 0.0
9 Zeke Zawoluk 22 2 18 1 6 0 2 2 0 5 2 .167 .000 9.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Joe Graboski 23 2 76 23.7 .539 .500 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 .247
2 Mel Payton 26 2 36 23.4 .512 .412 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 .246
3 Paul Walther 25 2 75 15.4 .473 .250 11.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 .147
4 Leo Barnhorst 28 2 79 18.5 .406 .364 17.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 .089
5 Gene Rhodes 25 2 51 6.4 .286 .286 22.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.052
6 Ed Mikan 27 2 32 7.6 .309 .200 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.083
7 Bob Lavoy 26 2 47 2.5 .275 .250 9.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.125
8 Zeke Zawoluk 22 2 18 -13.1 .145 .167 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.359
9 Bill Tosheff 26 2 66 0.9 .236 .063 12.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.130