Lou Hudson

Louis Clyde Hudson , "Lou, Sweet Lou, Super Lou"
Born: July 11, 1944
Greensboro, NC USA
Position: F-G
High School: Dudley Senior
College: Minnesota
Drafted: 1966, Round 1 Pick 4, #4 Overall
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205
Career: 1966-67-1978-79
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Lou Hudson averaged 20.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in his 890-game career with the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers and St. Louis Hawks. He began playing during the 1966-67 season and last took the court during the 1978-79 campaign. Hudson was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

St. Louis Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

Los Angeles Lakers

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	80	2446	1328	620			327	231	0	0	435	95	0	0	0	277	1471
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	46	966	500	227			164	120	0	0	193	65	0	0	0	113	574
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	81	2869	1455	716			435	338	0	0	533	216	0	0	0	248	1770
1969-70	Atlanta Hawks	80	3091	1564	830			450	371	0	0	373	276	0	0	0	225	2031
1970-71	Atlanta Hawks	76	3113	1713	829			502	381	0	0	386	257	0	0	0	186	2039
1971-72	Atlanta Hawks	77	3042	1540	775			430	349	0	0	385	309	0	0	0	225	1899
1972-73	Atlanta Hawks	75	3027	1710	816			481	397	0	0	467	258	0	0	0	197	2029
1973-74	Atlanta Hawks	65	2588	1356	678			353	295	126	224	350	213	160	29	0	205	1651
1974-75	Atlanta Hawks	11	380	225	97			57	48	14	33	47	40	13	2	0	33	242
1975-76	Atlanta Hawks	81	2558	1205	569			291	237	104	196	300	214	124	17	0	241	1375
1976-77	Atlanta Hawks	58	1745	905	413			169	142	48	81	129	155	67	19	0	160	968
1977-78	Los Angeles Lakers	82	2283	992	493			177	137	80	108	188	193	94	14	150	196	1123
1978-79	Los Angeles Lakers	78	1686	636	329			124	110	64	76	140	141	58	17	99	133	768
Totals		890	29794	15129	7392	0	0	3960	3156	436	718	3926	2432	516	98	249	2439	17940

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	80	30.6	46.7	70.6	0.0	0.0	5.4	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	18.4
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	46	21.0	45.4	73.2	0.0	0.0	4.2	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	12.5
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	81	35.4	49.2	77.7	0.0	0.0	6.6	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	21.9
1969-70	Atlanta Hawks	80	38.6	53.1	82.4	0.0	0.0	4.7	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	25.4
1970-71	Atlanta Hawks	76	41.0	48.4	75.9	0.0	0.0	5.1	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	26.8
1971-72	Atlanta Hawks	77	39.5	50.3	81.2	0.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	24.7
1972-73	Atlanta Hawks	75	40.4	47.7	82.5	0.0	0.0	6.2	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	27.1
1973-74	Atlanta Hawks	65	39.8	50.0	83.6	1.9	3.4	5.4	3.3	2.5	0.4	0.0	3.2	25.4
1974-75	Atlanta Hawks	11	34.5	43.1	84.2	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.0	3.0	22.0
1975-76	Atlanta Hawks	81	31.6	47.2	81.4	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.6	1.5	0.2	0.0	3.0	17.0
1976-77	Atlanta Hawks	58	30.1	45.6	84.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	2.8	16.7
1977-78	Los Angeles Lakers	82	27.8	49.7	77.4	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.4	13.7
1978-79	Los Angeles Lakers	78	21.6	51.7	88.7	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.8	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.7	9.8
Averages		890	33.5	48.9	79.7	0.5	0.8	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	0.3	2.7	20.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	9	317	179	77			68	49	0	0	48	15	0	0	35	203
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	6	181	99	44			47	42	0	0	43	14	0	0	21	130
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	11	424	216	101			52	40	0	0	59	32	0	0	43	242
1969-70	Atlanta Hawks	9	360	187	78			50	41	0	0	40	33	0	0	34	197
1970-71	Atlanta Hawks	5	213	108	49			39	29	0	0	35	15	0	0	19	127
1971-72	Atlanta Hawks	6	266	139	63			29	24	0	0	33	21	0	0	13	150
1972-73	Atlanta Hawks	6	255	166	76			29	26	0	0	47	17	0	0	16	178
1977-78	Los Angeles Lakers	3	93	38	14			8	7	7	2	9	9	0	5	9	35
1978-79	Los Angeles Lakers	6	90	32	17			4	4	1	3	4	8	1	5	6	38
Totals		61	2199	1164	519	0	0	326	262	8	5	318	164	1	10	196	1300

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
1966-67	St. Louis Hawks	9	35.2	43.0	72.1	0.0	0.0	5.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	3.9	22.6
1967-68	St. Louis Hawks	6	30.2	44.4	89.4	0.0	0.0	7.2	2.3	0.0	0.0	3.5	21.7
1968-69	Atlanta Hawks	11	38.5	46.8	76.9	0.0	0.0	5.4	2.9	0.0	0.0	3.9	22.0
1969-70	Atlanta Hawks	9	40.0	41.7	82.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	3.7	0.0	0.0	3.8	21.9
1970-71	Atlanta Hawks	5	42.6	45.4	74.4	0.0	0.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	25.4
1971-72	Atlanta Hawks	6	44.3	45.3	82.8	0.0	0.0	5.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	2.2	25.0
1972-73	Atlanta Hawks	6	42.5	45.8	89.7	0.0	0.0	7.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	2.7	29.7
1977-78	Los Angeles Lakers	3	31.0	36.8	87.5	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	11.7
1978-79	Los Angeles Lakers	6	15.0	53.1	100.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.8	1.0	6.3
Averages		890	36.0	44.6	80.4	0.1	0.1	5.2	2.7	0.0	0.2	3.2	21.3

Awards

1969 - NBA All-NBA Second Team