1961-62 Chicago Majors Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 39-44
Finishing 3rd in the ABL's East Division
Lost conference semifinals
Coach: Andy Phillip (39-44)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1961-62 Chicago Majors Roster
1961-62 Chicago Majors Results

The Chicago Majors of the American Basketball League ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 39 wins and 44 losses, finishing third in the ABL's East Division.

Chicago netted 8,518 points and allowed 8,562. Tony Jackson tossed in a team-leading 1,260 points for the Majors, while Herschell Turner scored 16 or more per game also. Hank Whitney contributed 662 boards. Herschell Turner dished out 190 assists for the squad.

Andy Phillip coached the team. The 1961-62 Chicago Majors lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tony Jackson	F-G	72	2232	1046	400	383	141	398	319	346	110	163	1260
Herschell Turner	G	72	2652	979	446	78	19	379	283	359	190	220	1194
Kelly Coleman	G-F	77	2313	1247	447	189	56	229	147	551	85	220	1097
Bob Wilkinson	G	75	1569	699	272	97	32	296	245	209	129	211	821
Hank Whitney	F-C	74	1791	656	278	0	0	189	123	662	47	273	679
John Wessels	C	64	1605	528	236	1	0	208	167	319	45	205	639
Jack Fitzpatrick	F	65	1662	462	205	0	0	290	196	476	74	267	606
Leroy Gibson	F	78	1647	495	209	3	0	166	128	278	80	205	546
Nat Clifton	C-F	61	1716	476	189	17	3	184	143	425	138	258	524
George Price	F	25	666	192	88	1	1	75	50	140	32	71	227
Ron Sobie	G	8	239	74	34	10	5	41	35	34	17	36	108
Tony Wilcox	C	18	243	42	20	0	0	19	13	55	6	32	53
Joe Scott		10	141	72	20	9	3	13	9	11	9	14	52
Mel Davis		17	123	42	14	0	0	5	4	26	2	14	32
Samuel Barnard	F	4	34	8	4	0	0	3	2	4	0	5	10
Frank Burks	F	3	20	3	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	5	2
Ken Peterson	C	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		724	18658	7022	2862	788	260	2498	1866	3898	965	2199	7850

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tony Jackson	F-G	72	31.0	38.2	36.8	80.2	4.8	1.5	2.3	17.5
Herschell Turner	G	72	36.8	45.6	24.4	74.7	5.0	2.6	3.1	16.6
Kelly Coleman	G-F	77	30.0	35.8	29.6	64.2	7.2	1.1	2.9	14.2
Bob Wilkinson	G	75	20.9	38.9	33.0	82.8	2.8	1.7	2.8	10.9
Hank Whitney	F-C	74	24.2	42.4		65.1	8.9	0.6	3.7	9.2
John Wessels	C	64	25.1	44.7	0.0	80.3	5.0	0.7	3.2	10.0
Jack Fitzpatrick	F	65	25.6	44.4		67.6	7.3	1.1	4.1	9.3
Leroy Gibson	F	78	21.1	42.2	0.0	77.1	3.6	1.0	2.6	7.0
Nat Clifton	C-F	61	28.1	39.7	17.6	77.7	7.0	2.3	4.2	8.6
George Price	F	25	26.6	45.8	100.0	66.7	5.6	1.3	2.8	9.1
Ron Sobie	G	8	29.9	45.9	50.0	85.4	4.3	2.1	4.5	13.5
Tony Wilcox	C	18	13.5	47.6		68.4	3.1	0.3	1.8	2.9
Joe Scott		10	14.1	27.8	33.3	69.2	1.1	0.9	1.4	5.2
Mel Davis		17	7.2	33.3		80.0	1.5	0.1	0.8	1.9
Samuel Barnard	F	4	8.5	50.0		66.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.5
Frank Burks	F	3	6.7	0.0		66.7	1.0	0.3	1.7	0.7
Ken Peterson	C	1	5.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		724	25.8	40.8	33.0	74.7	5.4	1.3	3.0	10.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tony Jackson	F-G	1	33	22	7	6	0	14	13	10	1	3	27
Leroy Gibson	F	1	41	18	8	0	0	6	4	5	3	6	20
Herschell Turner	G	1	43	11	3	3	1	13	10	7	2	5	17
Jack Fitzpatrick	F	1	23	12	6	0	0	2	2	11	0	6	14
Nat Clifton	C-F	1	40	9	5	0	0	5	4	10	1	4	14
Hank Whitney	F-C	1	29	7	3	0	0	2	1	7	1	6	7
Bob Wilkinson	G	1	24	8	2	4	1	0	0	2	3	5	5
John Wessels	C	1	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2
Mel Davis		1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals		9	240	93	36	13	2	43	34	56	11	35	108

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tony Jackson	F-G	1	33.0	31.8	0.0	92.9	10.0	1.0	3.0	27.0
Leroy Gibson	F	1	41.0	44.4		66.7	5.0	3.0	6.0	20.0
Herschell Turner	G	1	43.0	27.3	33.3	76.9	7.0	2.0	5.0	17.0
Jack Fitzpatrick	F	1	23.0	50.0		100.0	11.0	0.0	6.0	14.0
Nat Clifton	C-F	1	40.0	55.6		80.0	10.0	1.0	4.0	14.0
Hank Whitney	F-C	1	29.0	42.9		50.0	7.0	1.0	6.0	7.0
Bob Wilkinson	G	1	24.0	25.0	25.0		2.0	3.0	5.0	5.0
John Wessels	C	1	6.0	25.0		0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Mel Davis		1	1.0	50.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Averages		724	26.7	38.7	15.4	79.1	6.2	1.2	3.9	12.0