George Yardley

George Harry Yardley III, "Bird"
Born: November 3, 1928
Hollywood, CA USA
Deceased: August 12, 2004
Position: F-G
High School: Balboa Newport Harbor
College: Stanford
Drafted: 1950, Round 1 Pick 7, #7 Overall
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 190
Career: 1953-54-1961-62
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.

George Yardley averaged 19.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in his 497-game career with the Detroit Pistons, Fort Wayne Pistons, Los Angeles Jets and Syracuse Nationals. He began playing during the 1953-54 season and last took the court during the 1961-62 campaign. Yardley was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.

Fort Wayne Pistons

Detroit Pistons

Syracuse Nationals

Los Angeles Jets

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Fort Wayne Pistons	63	0	1489	492	209	0	0	205	146	407	99	166	564
1954-55	Fort Wayne Pistons	60	49	2150	869	363	0	0	416	310	594	126	205	1036
1955-56	Fort Wayne Pistons	71	0	2353	1067	434	0	0	492	365	686	159	212	1233
1956-57	Fort Wayne Pistons	72	0	2691	1273	522	0	0	639	503	755	147	231	1547
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	72	0	2843	1624	673	0	0	808	655	768	97	226	2001
1958-59	Detroit Pistons	46	0	1419	843	350	0	0	316	258	327	40	122	958
1958-59	Syracuse Nationals	15	0	420	199	96	0	0	91	59	104	25	37	251
1959-60	Syracuse Nationals	73	0	2402	1205	546	0	0	467	381	579	122	227	1473
1961-62	Los Angeles Jets	25	0	948	415	173	37	14	148	122	172	65	95	482
Totals		497	49	16715	7987	3366	37	14	3582	2799	4392	880	1521	9545

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Fort Wayne Pistons	63	0	23.6	42.5		71.2	6.5	1.6	2.6	9.0
1954-55	Fort Wayne Pistons	60	49	35.8	41.8		74.5	9.9	2.1	3.4	17.3
1955-56	Fort Wayne Pistons	71	0	33.1	40.7		74.2	9.7	2.2	3.0	17.4
1956-57	Fort Wayne Pistons	72	0	37.4	41.0		78.7	10.5	2.0	3.2	21.5
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	72	0	39.5	41.4		81.1	10.7	1.3	3.1	27.8
1958-59	Detroit Pistons	46	0	30.8	41.5		81.6	7.1	0.9	2.7	20.8
1958-59	Syracuse Nationals	15	0	28.0	48.2		64.8	6.9	1.7	2.5	16.7
1959-60	Syracuse Nationals	73	0	32.9	45.3		81.6	7.9	1.7	3.1	20.2
1961-62	Los Angeles Jets	25	0	37.9	41.7	37.8	82.4	6.9	2.6	3.8	19.3
Averages		497	49	33.6	42.1	37.8	78.1	8.8	1.8	3.1	19.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Fort Wayne Pistons	4	107	33	16			12	10	24	3	10	42
1954-55	Fort Wayne Pistons	11	420	143	57			79	60	99	36	37	174
1955-56	Fort Wayne Pistons	10	406	183	77			98	76	139	26	25	230
1956-57	Fort Wayne Pistons	2	85	53	24			11	9	19	8	7	57
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	7	254	127	52			67	60	72	17	26	164
1958-59	Syracuse Nationals	9	333	189	83			70	60	87	21	29	226
1959-60	Syracuse Nationals	3	88	39	15			12	10	17	1	9	40
Totals		46	1693	767	324	0	0	349	285	457	112	143	933

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Fort Wayne Pistons	4	26.8	48.5	83.3	6.0	0.8	2.5	10.5
1954-55	Fort Wayne Pistons	11	38.2	39.9	75.9	9.0	3.3	3.4	15.8
1955-56	Fort Wayne Pistons	10	40.6	42.1	77.6	13.9	2.6	2.5	23.0
1956-57	Fort Wayne Pistons	2	42.5	45.3	81.8	9.5	4.0	3.5	28.5
1957-58	Detroit Pistons	7	36.3	40.9	89.6	10.3	2.4	3.7	23.4
1958-59	Syracuse Nationals	9	37.0	43.9	85.7	9.7	2.3	3.2	25.1
1959-60	Syracuse Nationals	3	29.3	38.5	83.3	5.7	0.3	3.0	13.3
Averages		497	36.8	42.2	81.7	9.9	2.4	3.1	20.3

Awards

1956 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1957 - NBA All-NBA First Team