Last Updated on January 15, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

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Here’s the 1953–54 New York Knicks roster and regular season player statistics.

New York Knicks 1953–54 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
3 Dick McGuire G 6’0″ 180 lbs 28 St. John’s
4 Nat Clifton F/C 6’6″ 210 lbs 31 Xavier (LA)
5 Jim Baechtold F 6’4″ 190 lbs 23 Eastern Kentucky
6 Carl Braun G/F 6’5″ 180 lbs 26 Colgate
7 Jack Spencer F 6’7″ 210 lbs 24 Louisville
8 Connie Simmons C 6’8″ 222 lbs 29 None
9 Vince Boryla F 6’5″ 205 lbs 25 Notre Dame
10 Ray Lumpp G 6’0″ 175 lbs 31 NYU
11 Harry Gallatin F 6’6″ 210 lbs 27 Truman State
12 Irwin Dambrot F 6’4″ 195 lbs 25 CCNY
13 Bob Cousy* (not on Knicks; to prevent confusion)          
14 Bud Palmer G 6’4″ 180 lbs 30 Princeton

*Roster numbers are historically inconsistent for some players.

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carl Braun SG 26 72   33.0 14.8 3.4 2.9       12.3 4.9 .400       6.0 4.9 .825
Harry Gallatin PF 26 72   37.4 13.2 15.3 2.1       8.9 3.6 .404       7.7 6.0 .784
Connie Simmons C 28 72   27.9 10.0 6.7 1.8       9.9 3.5 .358       4.2 2.9 .689
Nat Clifton PF 31 72   30.3 9.6 7.3 2.4       9.7 3.6 .368       3.8 2.4 .628
Dick McGuire PG 28 68   34.5 9.1 4.6 5.2       7.3 3.0 .408       5.1 3.2 .638
Fred Schaus SF 28 44   28.3 8.8 4.9 2.0       8.0 3.1 .386       3.3 2.6 .793
Vince Boryla SF 26 52   29.3 8.1 2.5 1.5       10.1 3.4 .333       1.6 1.3 .864
Jim Baechtold SF 26 70   23.2 6.8 2.6 1.7       6.6 2.4 .366       2.5 1.9 .757
Ernie Vandeweghe SG 25 15   18.1 6.6 1.3 1.9       6.9 2.5 .359       2.1 1.7 .806
Ed Smith SF 24 12   10.6 2.9 2.7 0.8       4.1 1.2 .286       1.1 0.6 .538
Al McGuire PG 25 64   13.3 2.7 1.9 1.6       2.8 0.9 .328       2.1 0.9 .436
Joe Smyth SF 24 8   7.4 1.9 1.3 0.3       1.9 0.6 .333       1.1 0.6 .556
Don Ackerman PG 23 28   7.9 1.5 0.5 0.8       2.3 0.5 .222       1.0 0.5 .536
Totals     72   27.0 79.0 53.2 20.4       71.9 26.9 .374       35.1 25.3 .721

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carl Braun SG 26 4   31.3 17.8 3.0 2.3       13.0 4.5 .346       10.0 8.8 .875
Harry Gallatin PF 26 4   37.8 13.5 15.3 1.5       8.8 4.0 .457       7.8 5.5 .710
Connie Simmons C 28 4   27.8 11.3 8.3 2.5       7.8 2.5 .323       9.0 6.3 .694
Vince Boryla SF 26 3   22.0 9.0 0.7 0.3       4.7 2.7 .571       4.3 3.7 .846
Jim Baechtold SF 26 4   26.5 8.8 2.5 2.8       7.3 3.0 .414       3.3 2.8 .846
Fred Schaus SF 28 4   29.8 7.0 3.0 2.0       6.3 1.8 .280       3.8 3.5 .933
Nat Clifton PF 31 4   31.3 6.3 9.8 1.5       6.8 2.0 .296       4.3 2.3 .529
Al McGuire PG 25 4   17.3 4.5 1.0 1.8       4.5 2.0 .444       2.3 0.5 .222
Dick McGuire PG 28 4   17.0 2.8 1.0 1.3       4.0 1.0 .250       1.3 0.8 .600
Don Ackerman PG 23 4   5.0 0.5 1.0 0.3       0.8 0.3 .333       0.0 0.0  
Totals     4   240.0 79.0 50.0 16.0       62.5 23.0 .368       44.8 33.0 .737

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carl Braun SG 26 72   33.0 16.1 3.7 3.2       13.4 5.4 .400       6.5 5.4 .825
Harry Gallatin PF 26 72   37.4 12.7 14.7 2.0       8.6 3.5 .404       7.4 5.8 .784
Connie Simmons C 28 72   27.9 12.9 8.7 2.3       12.8 4.6 .358       5.5 3.8 .689
Nat Clifton PF 31 72   30.3 11.4 8.7 2.9       11.5 4.2 .368       4.6 2.9 .628
Fred Schaus SF 28 44   28.3 11.2 6.3 2.5       10.2 3.9 .386       4.2 3.3 .793
Ernie Vandeweghe SG 25 15   18.1 13.2 2.7 3.9       13.7 4.9 .359       4.1 3.3 .806
Jim Baechtold SF 26 70   23.2 10.5 4.0 2.6       10.3 3.8 .366       3.9 3.0 .757
Vince Boryla SF 26 52   29.3 9.9 3.1 1.8       12.4 4.1 .333       1.9 1.7 .864
Ed Smith SF 24 12   10.6 9.9 9.1 2.8       13.9 4.0 .286       3.7 2.0 .538
Joe Smyth SF 24 8   7.4 9.2 6.1 1.2       9.2 3.1 .333       5.5 3.1 .556
Dick McGuire PG 28 68   34.5 9.6 4.8 5.4       7.6 3.1 .408       5.3 3.4 .638
Al McGuire PG 25 64   13.3 7.4 5.1 4.4       7.5 2.5 .328       5.6 2.5 .436
Don Ackerman PG 23 28   7.9 7.0 2.5 3.8       10.3 2.3 .222       4.6 2.5 .536
Totals     72   240.0 140.7 83.3 35.3       162.5 56.0 .368       44.8 33.0 .737

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carl Braun SG 26 4   31.3 20.4 3.5 2.6       15.0 5.2 .346       11.5 10.1 .875
Connie Simmons C 28 4   27.8 14.6 10.7 3.2       10.1 3.2 .323       11.7 8.1 .694
Vince Boryla SF 26 3   22.0 14.7 1.1 0.5       7.6 4.4 .571       7.1 6.0 .846
Harry Gallatin PF 26 4   37.8 12.9 14.5 1.4       8.3 3.8 .457       7.4 5.2 .710
Jim Baechtold SF 26 4   26.5 11.9 3.4 3.7       9.8 4.1 .414       4.4 3.7 .846
Fred Schaus SF 28 4   29.8 8.5 3.6 2.4       7.6 2.1 .280       4.5 4.2 .933
Al McGuire PG 25 4   17.3 9.4 2.1 3.7       9.4 4.2 .444       4.7 1.0 .222
Nat Clifton PF 31 4   31.3 7.2 11.2 1.7       7.8 2.3 .296       4.9 2.6 .529
Dick McGuire PG 28 4   17.0 5.8 2.1 2.6       8.5 2.1 .250       2.6 1.6 .600
Don Ackerman PG 23 4   5.0 3.6 7.2 1.8       5.4 1.8 .333       0.0 0.0  

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE G GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carl Braun SG 26 72   2373 1062 246 209       884 354 .400       429 354 .825
Harry Gallatin PF 26 72   2690 949 1098 153       639 258 .404       552 433 .784
Connie Simmons C 28 72   2006 720 484 128       713 255 .358       305 210 .689
Nat Clifton PF 31 72   2179 688 528 176       699 257 .368       277 174 .628
Vince Boryla SF 26 52   1522 420 130 77       525 175 .333       81 70 .864
Jim Baechtold SF 26 70   1627 474 183 117       465 170 .366       177 134 .757
Fred Schaus SF 28 44   1243 387 217 88       352 136 .386       145 115 .793
Al McGuire PG 25 64   849 174 121 103       177 58 .328       133 58 .436
Ernie Vandeweghe SG 25 15   271 99 20 29       103 37 .359       31 25 .806
Don Ackerman PG 23 28   220 43 15 23       63 14 .222       28 15 .536
Ed Smith SF 24 12   127 35 32 10       49 14 .286       13 7 .538
Joe Smyth SF 24 8   59 15 10 2       15 5 .333       9 5 .556
Totals   72     17509 5688 3394 1469       5177 1934 .374       2525 1820 .721

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE G GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carl Braun SG 26 4   125 71 12 9       52 18 .346       40 35 .875
Vince Boryla SF 26 3   66 27 2 1       14 8 .571       13 11 .846
Harry Gallatin PF 26 4   151 54 61 6       35 16 .457       31 22 .710
Connie Simmons C 28 4   111 45 33 10       31 10 .323       36 25 .694
Jim Baechtold SF 26 4   106 35 10 11       29 12 .414       13 11 .846
Fred Schaus SF 28 4   119 28 12 8       25 7 .280       15 14 .933
Nat Clifton PF 31 4   125 25 39 6       27 8 .296       17 9 .529
Al McGuire PG 25 4   69 18 4 7       18 8 .444       9 2 .222
Dick McGuire PG 28 4   68 11 4 5       16 4 .250       5 3 .600
Don Ackerman PG 23 4   20 2 4 1       3 1 .333       0 0  
Totals     4   960 316 181 64       250 92 .368       179 132 .737