1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 28-43
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-0
Coach: Herm Schaefer (28-43)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians Roster
1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians Results

The Indianapolis Olympians of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 28 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Olympians topped the league with just 5,493 points allowed. Indianapolis tossed in 5,295 points, worst in the league. Leo Barnhorst netted a team-best 967 points for the squad, and Joe Graboski scored 12 or more per game, too. Joe Graboski contributed 687 rebounds. Leo Barnhorst doled out 277 assists for the team.

Herm Schaefer coached the team. The 1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Leo Barnhorst	F-G	71	2871	1034	402			259	163	483	277	245	967
Joe Graboski	F-C	69	2769	799	272			513	350	687	156	303	894
Bill Tosheff	G	67	2459	783	253			314	253	229	243	243	759
Paul Walther	G-F	67	2468	645	227			354	264	284	205	260	718
Bob Lavoy	F-C	70	2327	560	225			242	168	528	130	274	618
Mel Payton	F-G	66	1424	485	173			161	120	313	81	118	466
Gene Rhodes	G	65	1162	342	109			169	119	98	91	78	337
Zeke Zawoluk	F-C	41	622	150	55			116	77	146	31	83	187
Ed Mikan	C-F	43	569	158	39			64	52	118	17	84	130
Don Hanrahan	F	18	121	32	11			15	11	30	11	24	33
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	6	40	22	4			3	2	12	4	12	10
Bob Naber	F	4	11	4	0			2	1	5	1	6	1
Totals		587	16843	5014	1770	0	0	2212	1580	2933	1247	1730	5120

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Leo Barnhorst	F-G	71	40.4	38.9	62.9	6.8	3.9	3.5	13.6
Joe Graboski	F-C	69	40.1	34.0	68.2	10.0	2.3	4.4	13.0
Bill Tosheff	G	67	36.7	32.3	80.6	3.4	3.6	3.6	11.3
Paul Walther	G-F	67	36.8	35.2	74.6	4.2	3.1	3.9	10.7
Bob Lavoy	F-C	70	33.2	40.2	69.4	7.5	1.9	3.9	8.8
Mel Payton	F-G	66	21.6	35.7	74.5	4.7	1.2	1.8	7.1
Gene Rhodes	G	65	17.9	31.9	70.4	1.5	1.4	1.2	5.2
Zeke Zawoluk	F-C	41	15.2	36.7	66.4	3.6	0.8	2.0	4.6
Ed Mikan	C-F	43	13.2	24.7	81.3	2.7	0.4	2.0	3.0
Don Hanrahan	F	18	6.7	34.4	73.3	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.8
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	6	6.7	18.2	66.7	2.0	0.7	2.0	1.7
Bob Naber	F	4	2.8	0.0	50.0	1.3	0.3	1.5	0.3
Averages		587	28.7	35.3	71.4	5.0	2.1	2.9	8.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Joe Graboski	F-C	2	76	28	14			8	6	16	0	5	34
Leo Barnhorst	F-G	2	79	33	12			9	6	22	5	10	30
Paul Walther	G-F	2	75	20	5			17	16	8	4	8	26
Mel Payton	F-G	2	36	17	7			8	7	6	0	7	21
Bob Lavoy	F-C	2	47	16	4			5	2	10	2	10	10
Gene Rhodes	G	2	51	14	4			4	1	7	5	5	9
Bill Tosheff	G	2	66	16	1			7	7	5	4	5	9
Ed Mikan	C-F	2	32	10	2			3	3	7	0	1	7
Zeke Zawoluk	F-C	2	18	6	1			2	0	2	0	5	2
Totals		18	480	160	50	0	0	63	48	83	20	56	148

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Joe Graboski	F-C	2	38.0	50.0	75.0	8.0	0.0	2.5	17.0
Leo Barnhorst	F-G	2	39.5	36.4	66.7	11.0	2.5	5.0	15.0
Paul Walther	G-F	2	37.5	25.0	94.1	4.0	2.0	4.0	13.0
Mel Payton	F-G	2	18.0	41.2	87.5	3.0	0.0	3.5	10.5
Bob Lavoy	F-C	2	23.5	25.0	40.0	5.0	1.0	5.0	5.0
Gene Rhodes	G	2	25.5	28.6	25.0	3.5	2.5	2.5	4.5
Bill Tosheff	G	2	33.0	6.3	100.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	4.5
Ed Mikan	C-F	2	16.0	20.0	100.0	3.5	0.0	0.5	3.5
Zeke Zawoluk	F-C	2	9.0	16.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.5	1.0
Averages		587	26.7	31.3	76.2	4.6	1.1	3.1	8.2