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Here is the Atlanta Hawks 1956–57 roster and regular season player statistics. During this season, the team was known as the St. Louis Hawks.

Roster

Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date College
Bob Pettit F/C 6’9″ 205 lb Dec 12, 1932 LSU
Slater Martin G 5’10” 170 lb Oct 22, 1925 Texas
Jack McMahon G 6’0″ 180 lb Dec 3, 1928 St. John’s
Ed Macauley C 6’8″ 185 lb Mar 22, 1928 Saint Louis
Jack Coleman F 6’7″ 195 lb May 23, 1924 Louisville
Cliff Hagan F 6’4″ 210 lb Dec 9, 1931 Kentucky
Chuck Share C 6’11” 235 lb Mar 14, 1927 Bowling Green
Al Ferrari G 6’4″ 190 lb Jul 6, 1933 Michigan State
Win Wilfong G 6’2″ 190 lb Mar 18, 1933 Memphis
Med Park G 6’2″ 200 lb Apr 11, 1933 Missouri
Bob Schafer F 6’3″ 190 lb Mar 18, 1933 Villanova

Head Coach: Red Holzman (start of season), replaced midseason by Slater Martin and then Alex Hannum (interim).

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit C 24 71 71 35.1 24.7 14.6 1.9 – – – 20.8 8.6 .415 – – – 9.6 7.5 .773
Ed Macauley PF 28 72 72 35.9 16.5 6.1 2.8 – – – 13.7 5.8 .419 – – – 6.7 5.0 .749
Chuck Share C 29 72 72 23.2 10.3 8.9 1.1 – – – 7.4 3.3 .439 – – – 5.5 3.7 .684
Jack Coleman PF 32 72 72 29.8 10.5 9.0 2.2 – – – 10.8 4.4 .408 – – – 2.2 1.7 .764
Slater Martin PG 31 53 53 37.3 11.5 4.6 4.3 – – – 12.1 4.0 .330 – – – 4.5 3.5 .782
Willie Naulls – 22 19 19 23.1 10.3 8.8 1.2 – – – 11.1 4.1 .365 – – – 3.2 2.2 .683
Jack McMahon SG 28 72 72 32.6 8.6 3.1 5.1 – – – 10.1 3.3 .330 – – – 3.1 2.0 .631
Cliff Hagan SF 25 67 67 14.5 5.5 3.7 1.3 – – – 5.5 2.0 .361 – – – 2.2 1.5 .690
Med Park SG 23 66 66 17.1 5.2 3.0 1.4 – – – 4.9 1.8 .364 – – – 2.2 1.6 .740
Irv Bemoras SF 26 62 62 15.9 5.1 2.0 0.7 – – – 6.2 2.0 .322 – – – 1.7 1.1 .680
Odie Spears SF 32 7 7 13.9 5.0 1.7 0.9 – – – 4.4 1.4 .323 – – – 2.6 2.1 .833
Alex Hannum PF 33 37 37 11.4 3.3 2.8 0.5 – – – 4.0 1.3 .327 – – – 1.0 0.7 .694
Bob Harrison – 29 10 10 4.8 2.5 0.6 0.8 – – – 3.1 1.1 .355 – – – 0.8 0.3 .375
Norm Stewart – 22 5 5 7.4 2.0 1.0 0.4 – – – 3.0 0.8 .267 – – – 1.2 0.4 .333
John Barber – 29 5 5 3.8 1.4 1.2 0.0 – – – 1.6 0.4 .250 – – – 1.2 0.6 .500
Team Totals – – 72 – 25.2 98.5 63.4 20.2 – – – 35.5 13.6 .384 – – – 37.6 27.5 .729

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit C 24 10 10 43.0 29.8 16.8 2.5 – – – 23.7 9.8 .414 – – – 13.3 10.2 .767
Cliff Hagan SF 25 10 10 31.9 17.0 11.2 2.8 – – – 14.3 6.2 .434 – – – 6.3 4.6 .730
Slater Martin PG 31 10 10 43.9 16.6 4.2 4.9 – – – 15.5 5.5 .355 – – – 7.4 5.6 .757
Ed Macauley PF 28 10 10 29.7 14.2 6.2 2.2 – – – 10.9 4.4 .404 – – – 7.4 5.4 .730
Jack McMahon SG 28 10 10 37.5 12.4 3.8 5.7 – – – 13.7 5.2 .380 – – – 3.6 2.0 .556
Chuck Share C 29 10 10 16.8 9.2 6.3 0.6 – – – 7.2 3.1 .431 – – – 5.0 3.0 .600
Jack Coleman PF 32 10 10 31.3 9.2 8.8 3.3 – – – 11.3 3.6 .319 – – – 3.4 2.0 .588
Med Park SG 23 10 10 18.3 4.4 3.3 1.2 – – – 4.9 1.4 .286 – – – 2.2 1.6 .727
Irv Bemoras SF 26 3 3 6.7 3.0 2.0 0.3 – – – 2.7 1.0 .375 – – – 1.0 1.0 1.000
Alex Hannum PF 33 2 2 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 – – – 1.0 0.0 .000 – – – 0.0 0.0 –
Team Totals – – 10 – 255.0 113.7 67.3 23.3 – – – 102.5 39.5 .385 – – – 48.9 34.7 .710

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit C 24 71 71 2491 1755 1037 133 – – – 1477 613 .415 – – – 684 529 .773
Ed Macauley PF 28 72 72 2582 1187 440 202 – – – 987 414 .419 – – – 479 359 .749
Jack Coleman PF 32 72 72 2145 755 645 159 – – – 775 316 .408 – – – 161 123 .764
Chuck Share C 29 72 72 1673 739 642 79 – – – 535 235 .439 – – – 393 269 .684
Cliff Hagan SF 25 67 67 971 368 247 86 – – – 371 134 .361 – – – 145 100 .690
Slater Martin PG 31 53 53 1975 608 246 230 – – – 640 211 .330 – – – 238 186 .782
Med Park SG 23 66 66 1130 344 200 94 – – – 324 118 .364 – – – 146 108 .740
Irv Bemoras SF 26 62 62 983 318 127 46 – – – 385 124 .322 – – – 103 70 .680
Willie Naulls – 22 19 19 438 195 167 22 – – – 211 77 .365 – – – 60 41 .683
Alex Hannum PF 33 37 37 423 121 104 18 – – – 147 48 .327 – – – 36 25 .694
Odie Spears SF 32 7 7 97 35 12 6 – – – 31 10 .323 – – – 18 15 .833
Bob Harrison – 29 10 10 48 25 6 8 – – – 31 11 .355 – – – 8 3 .375
Norm Stewart – 22 5 5 37 10 5 2 – – – 15 4 .267 – – – 6 2 .333
John Barber – 29 5 5 19 7 6 0 – – – 8 2 .250 – – – 6 3 .500
Team Totals – – 72 – 17356 7087 4106 1452 – – – 6662 2556 .384 – – – 2708 1975 .729

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bob Pettit C 24 10 10 430 298 168 25 – – – 237 98 .414 – – – 133 102 .767
Cliff Hagan SF 25 10 10 319 170 112 28 – – – 143 62 .434 – – – 63 46 .730
Slater Martin PG 31 10 10 439 166 42 49 – – – 155 55 .355 – – – 74 56 .757
Ed Macauley PF 28 10 10 297 142 62 22 – – – 109 44 .404 – – – 74 54 .730
Jack McMahon SG 28 10 10 375 124 38 57 – – – 137 52 .380 – – – 36 20 .556
Jack Coleman PF 32 10 10 313 92 88 33 – – – 113 36 .319 – – – 34 20 .588
Chuck Share C 29 10 10 168 92 63 6 – – – 72 31 .431 – – – 50 30 .600
Med Park SG 23 10 10 183 44 33 12 – – – 49 14 .286 – – – 22 16 .727
Irv Bemoras SF 26 3 3 20 9 6 1 – – – 8 3 .375 – – – 3 3 1.000
Alex Hannum PF 33 2 2 6 0 0 0 – – – 2 0 .000 – – – 0 0 –
Team Totals – – 10 – 2550 1137 612 233 – – – 1025 395 .385 – – – 489 347 .710