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1961-62 Kansas City Steers Statistics
Team Record: 54-25
Finishing 1st in the ABL's West Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Jack McMahon (54-25)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1961-62 Kansas City Steers Results
The Kansas City Steers of the American Basketball League ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 54 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the ABL's West Division.
Kansas City netted 8,258 points and conceded 7,888. Bill Bridges scored a team-leading 1,697 points for the Steers, and Larry Staverman contributed 17 or more per game also. Bill Bridges accounted for 1,059 rebounds. Maury King dished out 246 assists for the squad.
Jack McMahon coached the team. The 1961-62 Kansas City Steers lost in the Championship.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Bridges | F-C | 79 | 3259 | 1412 | 641 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 1059 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 1697 |
Larry Staverman | F | 79 | 2777 | 1023 | 522 | 8 | 1 | 394 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 697 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 1387 |
Nick Mantis | G | 77 | 2432 | 1043 | 429 | 240 | 89 | 242 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 1129 |
Gene Tormohlen | C-F | 76 | 2301 | 835 | 364 | 55 | 17 | 297 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 808 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 947 |
Maury King | G | 78 | 2105 | 594 | 229 | 88 | 34 | 145 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 610 |
George Pruitt | F | 79 | 1506 | 507 | 204 | 23 | 7 | 291 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 606 |
George Patterson | C-F | 75 | 1462 | 503 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 558 |
Bryce Vann | C-F | 76 | 1304 | 581 | 207 | 136 | 36 | 121 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 537 |
Win Wilfong | G-F | 69 | 1669 | 500 | 178 | 111 | 25 | 179 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 521 |
Larry Comley | G | 36 | 821 | 446 | 167 | 30 | 8 | 117 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 431 |
Charles Henke | C | 36 | 371 | 163 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 217 |
Bob McDonald | 6 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | |
Totals | 766 | 20062 | 7623 | 3260 | 707 | 220 | 2598 | 1912 | 0 | 0 | 4319 | 1537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2141 | 8652 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Bridges | F-C | 79 | 41.3 | 45.4 | 25.0 | 70.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 21.5 |
Larry Staverman | F | 79 | 35.2 | 51.0 | 12.5 | 86.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 17.6 |
Nick Mantis | G | 77 | 31.6 | 41.1 | 37.1 | 75.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 14.7 |
Gene Tormohlen | C-F | 76 | 30.3 | 43.6 | 30.9 | 68.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 12.5 |
Maury King | G | 78 | 27.0 | 38.6 | 38.6 | 81.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 7.8 |
George Pruitt | F | 79 | 19.1 | 40.2 | 30.4 | 65.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 7.7 |
George Patterson | C-F | 75 | 19.5 | 44.9 | 0.0 | 65.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 7.4 |
Bryce Vann | C-F | 76 | 17.2 | 35.6 | 26.5 | 71.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 7.1 |
Win Wilfong | G-F | 69 | 24.2 | 35.6 | 22.5 | 78.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.6 |
Larry Comley | G | 36 | 22.8 | 37.4 | 26.7 | 76.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 12.0 |
Charles Henke | C | 36 | 10.3 | 54.0 | 0.0 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
Bob McDonald | 6 | 9.2 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
Averages | 766 | 26.2 | 42.8 | 31.1 | 73.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 11.3 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Bill Bridges | F-C | 5 | 219 | 110 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 141 |
Larry Staverman | F | 5 | 200 | 69 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 102 |
Gene Tormohlen | C-F | 5 | 145 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 76 |
Nick Mantis | G | 5 | 148 | 57 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 55 |
Maury King | G | 5 | 173 | 52 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45 |
Larry Comley | G | 4 | 72 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 41 |
Win Wilfong | G-F | 5 | 100 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 |
George Patterson | C-F | 5 | 61 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
George Pruitt | F | 5 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
Bryce Vann | C-F | 4 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Charles Henke | C | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals | 49 | 1200 | 465 | 207 | 52 | 12 | 157 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 558 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Bridges | F-C | 5 | 43.8 | 51.8 | 84.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 28.2 | |
Larry Staverman | F | 5 | 40.0 | 49.3 | 0.0 | 97.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 20.4 |
Gene Tormohlen | C-F | 5 | 29.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 115.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 15.2 |
Nick Mantis | G | 5 | 29.6 | 42.1 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 11.0 |
Maury King | G | 5 | 34.6 | 38.5 | 16.7 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 9.0 |
Larry Comley | G | 4 | 18.0 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 10.3 |
Win Wilfong | G-F | 5 | 20.0 | 39.3 | 25.0 | 77.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.2 |
George Patterson | C-F | 5 | 12.2 | 41.7 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.4 | |
George Pruitt | F | 5 | 7.2 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
Bryce Vann | C-F | 4 | 9.5 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
Charles Henke | C | 1 | 8.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
Averages | 766 | 24.5 | 44.5 | 23.1 | 90.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 11.4 |