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1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 37-35
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 4-6 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 3-2
Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 4-1
Coach: Charley Eckman (37-35)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 128,102, Avg. 4,745 in 27 home dates
1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.
The Pistons topped the league with just 6,743 points allowed. Fort Wayne tossed in 6,794 points, worst in the league. George Yardley scored a team-best 1,233 points for the squad, while Larry Foust netted 15 or more per game, too. George Yardley accounted for 686 rebounds. Andy Phillip doled out 410 assists for the team.
Charley Eckman coached the team. The 1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the finals.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yardley | F-G | 71 | 2353 | 1067 | 434 | 492 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 686 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 1233 | ||
Larry Foust | C-F | 72 | 2024 | 821 | 367 | 555 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 648 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 1166 | ||
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 66 | 2240 | 764 | 325 | 221 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 496 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 792 | ||
Bob Houbregs | C-F | 70 | 1535 | 575 | 247 | 383 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 414 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 777 | ||
Chuck Noble | G | 72 | 2013 | 767 | 270 | 195 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 686 | ||
Corky Devlin | G | 69 | 1535 | 541 | 200 | 192 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 546 | ||
Odie Spears | G | 72 | 1378 | 468 | 166 | 201 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 491 | ||
Andy Phillip | G-F | 70 | 2078 | 405 | 148 | 199 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 408 | ||
Frank Brian | G | 37 | 680 | 263 | 78 | 88 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 228 | ||
Jesse Arnelle | F | 31 | 409 | 164 | 52 | 69 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 147 | ||
Chuck Cooper | F | 32 | 570 | 136 | 43 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 124 | ||
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | 9 | 182 | 81 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 88 | ||
Johnny Horan | F | 7 | 43 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | ||
Don Bielke | C | 7 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | ||
Totals | 685 | 17078 | 6087 | 2372 | 0 | 0 | 2692 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 3552 | 1713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1738 | 6722 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yardley | F-G | 71 | 33.1 | 40.7 | 74.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 17.4 | |
Larry Foust | C-F | 72 | 28.1 | 44.7 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 16.2 | |
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 66 | 33.9 | 42.5 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.0 | |
Bob Houbregs | C-F | 70 | 21.9 | 43.0 | 73.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 11.1 | |
Chuck Noble | G | 72 | 28.0 | 35.2 | 74.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 9.5 | |
Corky Devlin | G | 69 | 22.2 | 37.0 | 76.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.9 | |
Odie Spears | G | 72 | 19.1 | 35.5 | 79.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 6.8 | |
Andy Phillip | G-F | 70 | 29.7 | 36.5 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.8 | |
Frank Brian | G | 37 | 18.4 | 29.7 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 6.2 | |
Jesse Arnelle | F | 31 | 13.2 | 31.7 | 62.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.7 | |
Chuck Cooper | F | 32 | 17.8 | 31.6 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 | |
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | 9 | 20.2 | 35.8 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.8 | |
Johnny Horan | F | 7 | 6.1 | 30.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | |
Don Bielke | C | 7 | 5.4 | 55.6 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | |
Averages | 685 | 24.9 | 39.0 | 73.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 9.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yardley | F-G | 10 | 406 | 183 | 77 | 98 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 230 | ||
Larry Foust | C-F | 10 | 289 | 130 | 49 | 89 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 168 | ||
Bob Houbregs | C-F | 10 | 217 | 78 | 36 | 44 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 103 | ||
Corky Devlin | G | 10 | 275 | 101 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 97 | ||
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 10 | 377 | 112 | 34 | 41 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 93 | ||
Chuck Noble | G | 10 | 261 | 92 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 74 | ||
Frank Brian | G | 10 | 166 | 68 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 69 | ||
Odie Spears | G | 10 | 177 | 62 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 53 | ||
Andy Phillip | G-F | 10 | 173 | 27 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 29 | ||
Chuck Cooper | F | 9 | 59 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||
Totals | 99 | 2400 | 879 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 556 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 928 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Yardley | F-G | 10 | 40.6 | 42.1 | 77.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 23.0 | |
Larry Foust | C-F | 10 | 28.9 | 37.7 | 78.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 16.8 | |
Bob Houbregs | C-F | 10 | 21.7 | 46.2 | 70.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 10.3 | |
Corky Devlin | G | 10 | 27.5 | 40.6 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 9.7 | |
Mel Hutchins | F-C | 10 | 37.7 | 30.4 | 61.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 9.3 | |
Chuck Noble | G | 10 | 26.1 | 31.5 | 94.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.4 | |
Frank Brian | G | 10 | 16.6 | 38.2 | 81.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 6.9 | |
Odie Spears | G | 10 | 17.7 | 32.3 | 56.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.3 | |
Andy Phillip | G-F | 10 | 17.3 | 33.3 | 44.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.9 | |
Chuck Cooper | F | 9 | 6.6 | 19.2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | |
Averages | 685 | 24.2 | 37.1 | 71.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 9.4 |