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League Search Page > NBA > Atlanta Hawks > Roster & StatisticsAtlanta Hawks 1959–60 roster and regular season player statistics, formatted in tables. The team was still known as the St. Louis Hawks during this season.
St. Louis Hawks (1959–60) Roster
Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date College Bob Pettit F/C 6’9″ 205 lb Dec 12, 1932 LSU Cliff Hagan F 6’4″ 210 lb Dec 9, 1931 Kentucky Clyde Lovellette C 6’9″ 234 lb Sep 7, 1929 Kansas Slater Martin G 5’10” 170 lb Oct 22, 1925 Texas Johnny McCarthy G 6’1″ 185 lb Apr 25, 1934 Canisius Si Green G 6’2″ 190 lb Aug 20, 1933 Duquesne Ed Conlin F 6’5″ 200 lb Sep 2, 1933 Fordham Joe Graboski F 6’7″ 195 lb Jan 15, 1930 — (No college) Win Wilfong G 6’2″ 190 lb Mar 18, 1933 Memphis Med Park G 6’2″ 200 lb Apr 11, 1933 Missouri Jack Coleman F 6’7″ 195 lb May 23, 1924 Louisville
Head Coach : Ed Macauley (start of season), replaced midseason by Alex Hannum
1959–60 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 PF 27 72 72 40.2 26.1 17.0 3.6 – – – 21.2 9.3 .438 – – – 10.0 7.6 .753 Cliff Hagan SF 28 75 75 37.3 24.8 10.7 4.0 – – – 20.7 9.6 .464 – – – 7.0 5.6 .803 Clyde Lovellette C 30 68 68 28.7 20.8 10.6 1.9 – – – 17.3 8.1 .468 – – – 5.7 4.6 .821 Larry Foust C 31 25 25 22.6 10.2 7.3 0.9 – – – 7.4 3.5 .470 – – – 4.0 3.2 .800 Johnny McCarthy SG 25 75 75 31.8 8.4 4.0 4.4 – – – 9.7 3.2 .329 – – – 3.0 2.0 .659 Al Ferrari SG 26 71 71 22.1 8.6 2.3 2.6 – – – 7.4 3.0 .413 – – – 3.2 2.5 .782 Dave Piontek SF 25 25 25 28.9 7.8 4.8 1.4 – – – 7.9 3.0 .381 – – – 3.2 1.8 .563 Bob Ferry C 22 62 62 14.1 5.9 3.8 0.6 – – – 5.5 2.3 .426 – – – 1.9 1.2 .639 Dave Gambee SF 22 42 42 10.6 5.0 3.7 0.7 – – – 4.7 1.9 .409 – – – 1.7 1.1 .648 Slater Martin PG 34 64 64 27.4 6.2 2.9 5.2 – – – 6.0 2.2 .371 – – – 2.4 1.8 .729 Si Green PG 26 70 70 19.3 6.1 3.7 1.9 – – – 6.1 2.3 .372 – – – 2.5 1.6 .634 Chuck Share C 32 38 38 16.7 4.3 5.7 1.6 – – – 3.9 1.5 .381 – – – 2.1 1.4 .658 Cal Ramsey SF 22 4 4 8.8 4.3 4.8 0.0 – – – 4.8 1.8 .368 – – – 1.0 0.8 .750 Jack McMahon PG 31 25 25 13.4 3.3 1.0 2.0 – – – 3.7 1.3 .355 – – – 1.2 0.6 .552 Hub Reed C 23 2 2 8.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 – – – 1.5 0.5 .333 – – – 0.0 0.0 – Team Totals – – 75 – 25.5 113.4 71.2 25.1 – – – 101.1 42.4 .424 – – – 38.5 28.6 .742
1959–60 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 PF 27 14 14 41.1 26.1 15.8 3.7 – – – 20.9 9.2 .442 – – – 10.1 7.6 .754 Cliff Hagan SF 28 14 14 38.9 24.2 9.9 3.9 – – – 21.1 8.9 .422 – – – 7.8 6.4 .817 Si Green PG 26 14 14 40.4 14.1 8.6 6.3 – – – 12.2 5.8 .474 – – – 4.1 2.5 .603 Clyde Lovellette C 30 14 14 30.4 17.6 10.8 2.8 – – – 17.3 6.8 .393 – – – 4.9 4.0 .824 Johnny McCarthy SG 25 14 14 40.4 8.1 4.6 7.0 – – – 7.6 3.1 .406 – – – 2.6 1.9 .750 Larry Foust C 31 12 12 17.1 6.5 5.7 0.9 – – – 6.2 2.4 .392 – – – 2.1 1.7 .800 Dave Piontek SF 25 14 14 15.7 5.1 2.9 1.3 – – – 5.6 1.9 .342 – – – 1.8 1.3 .720 Al Ferrari SG 26 9 9 15.8 4.4 1.0 1.7 – – – 4.2 1.7 .395 – – – 2.0 1.1 .556 Bob Ferry C 22 11 11 5.1 2.2 1.4 0.0 – – – 1.7 0.9 .526 – – – 0.6 0.4 .571 Jack McMahon PG 31 2 2 13.5 2.0 0.5 1.5 – – – 2.0 1.0 .500 – – – 2.0 0.0 .000 Slater Martin PG 34 3 3 19.3 1.0 1.0 2.7 – – – 4.3 0.3 .077 – – – 1.3 0.3 .250 Team Totals – – 14 – 241.8 105.8 67.4 27.6 – – – 95.3 39.8 .418 – – – 35.4 26.2 .740
1959–60 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 PF 27 72 72 2896 1882 1221 257 – – – 1526 669 .438 – – – 722 544 .753 Cliff Hagan SF 28 75 75 2798 1859 803 299 – – – 1549 719 .464 – – – 524 421 .803 Clyde Lovellette C 30 68 68 1953 1416 721 127 – – – 1174 550 .468 – – – 385 316 .821 Johnny McCarthy SG 25 75 75 2383 629 301 328 – – – 730 240 .329 – – – 226 149 .659 Al Ferrari SG 26 71 71 1567 608 162 188 – – – 523 216 .413 – – – 225 176 .782 Larry Foust C 31 25 25 566 254 182 22 – – – 185 87 .470 – – – 100 80 .800 Si Green PG 26 70 70 1354 429 257 133 – – – 427 159 .372 – – – 175 111 .634 Dave Gambee SF 22 42 42 445 208 155 29 – – – 198 81 .409 – – – 71 46 .648 Bob Ferry C 22 62 62 875 364 233 40 – – – 338 144 .426 – – – 119 76 .639 Dave Piontek SF 25 25 25 722 195 120 34 – – – 197 75 .381 – – – 80 45 .563 Chuck Share C 32 38 38 633 164 215 60 – – – 147 56 .381 – – – 79 52 .658 Jack McMahon PG 31 25 25 334 82 24 49 – – – 93 33 .355 – – – 29 16 .552 Cal Ramsey SF 22 4 4 35 17 19 0 – – – 19 7 .368 – – – 4 3 .750 Hub Reed C 23 2 2 17 2 2 0 – – – 3 1 .333 – – – 0 0 – Slater Martin PG 34 64 64 1756 397 187 330 – – – 383 142 .371 – – – 155 113 .729 Team Totals – – 75 – 18334 8506 4602 1896 – – – 7492 3179 .424 – – – 2894 2148 .742
1959–60 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 PF 27 14 14 576 365 221 52 – – – 292 129 .442 – – – 142 107 .754 Cliff Hagan SF 28 14 14 544 339 138 54 – – – 296 125 .422 – – – 109 89 .817 Si Green PG 26 14 14 565 197 121 88 – – – 171 81 .474 – – – 58 35 .603 Clyde Lovellette C 30 14 14 426 246 151 39 – – – 242 95 .393 – – – 68 56 .824 Johnny McCarthy SG 25 14 14 566 113 64 98 – – – 106 43 .406 – – – 36 27 .750 Larry Foust C 31 12 12 205 78 68 11 – – – 74 29 .392 – – – 25 20 .800 Al Ferrari SG 26 9 9 142 40 9 15 – – – 38 15 .395 – – – 18 10 .556 Bob Ferry C 22 11 11 56 24 15 0 – – – 19 10 .526 – – – 7 4 .571 Jack McMahon PG 31 2 2 27 4 1 3 – – – 4 2 .500 – – – 4 0 .000 Slater Martin PG 34 3 3 58 3 3 8 – – – 13 1 .077 – – – 4 1 .250 Team Totals – – 14 – 3385 1481 832 386 – – – 1334 557 .418 – – – 496 367 .740
