Bob Harris (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Linden, Tennessee,U.S. | March 16, 1927
Died | April 10, 1977 Tupelo, Mississippi,U.S. | (aged 50)
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Battle Ground Academy (Franklin, Tennessee) |
College | Oklahoma State(1946–1949) |
BAA draft | 1949:1st round, 3rd overall pick |
Selected by theFort Wayne Pistons | |
Playing career | 1949–1954 |
Position | Power forward/center |
Number | 14, 9, 18, 13 |
Career history | |
1949–1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
1950–1954 | Boston Celtics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,209 (6.8 per game) |
Rebound | 1,824 (6.9 per game) |
Assists | 502 (1.5 per game) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Robert Anderson Harris(March 16, 1927 – April 10, 1977[1]) was aNational Basketball Association(NBA) player. In his senior season atOklahoma State University,Harris was selected to the NCAA AP All-American second team.[2]Harris was drafted with the third overall pick in the1949 BAA Draftby theFort Wayne Pistons.On December 19, 1950 Harris was traded to theBoston CelticsforDick Mehen.On October 16, 1954 Harris was traded back to the Pistons forFred Scolari,but he never had any play time for the remainder of games for the Pistons. In his NBA career, Harris averaged 6.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.[3][4]
After retiring from the NBA, he moved toJackson, Mississippi,where he worked in an area chicken production plant. He died from lung cancer at the age of 50.
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goalpercentage | 3P% | 3-point field goalpercentage | FT% | Free throwpercentage |
RPG | Reboundsper game | APG | Assistsper game | SPG | Stealsper game |
BPG | Blocksper game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
* | Led the league |
NBA
[edit]Source[5]
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1949–50 | Fort Wayne | 62 | – | .361 | .628 | – | 2.1 | 7.7 |
1950–51 | Fort Wayne | 12 | – | .228 | .750 | 3.7 | .7 | 3.4 |
1950–51 | Boston | 44 | – | .357 | .664 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
1951–52 | Boston | 66* | 28.8 | .410 | .641 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 7.8 |
1952–53 | Boston | 70 | 28.2 | .418 | .588 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
1953–54 | Boston | 71 | 26.7 | .381 | .628 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
Career | 325 | 27.9 | .385 | .628 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1950 | Fort Wayne | 4 | – | .281 | .600 | – | 2.8 | 7.5 |
1951 | Boston | 2 | – | .100 | .714 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
1952 | Boston | 3 | 29.0 | .429 | 1.000 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
1953 | Boston | 6 | 32.2 | .452 | .750 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 8.3 |
1954 | Boston | 6 | 25.0 | .640 | .696 | 5.8 | .5 | 8.0 |
Career | 21 | 28.7 | .415 | .709 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
References
[edit]- ^"Obituary: Robert Anderson Harris",Buffalo River Review,April 1977
- ^"Anderson Named AP All-American".OKState.com.Archived fromthe originalon April 6, 2010.RetrievedJune 18,2012.
- ^"Bob Harris NBA statistics".basketball-reference.com.RetrievedJune 18,2012.
- ^"Robert Azzel (Bob) Harris".NBA.com.RetrievedJune 18,2012.
- ^"Bob Harris NBA stats".Basketball Reference.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedMay 15,2023.
External links
[edit]- 1927 births
- 1977 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Tennessee
- Boston Celtics players
- Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks
- Fort Wayne Pistons players
- Forwards (basketball)
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players
- People from Perry County, Tennessee