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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 7:43 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Bob Davies
Career at a glance
Bob Davies played 7 NBA regular seasons between 1948 and 1955, appearing in 462 games and averaging 14.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Rochester (1948–55, 462 games). His best scoring season was 1951–52 with Rochester: 16.2 points per game over 65 games.
The season table marks him as the league leader in assists once. Championship season: 1950–51 (Rochester). In the playoffs he appeared in 7 postseason runs (38 games, 13.3 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 6,600 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Bob Davies
Robert Edris Davies (January 15, 1920 – April 22, 1990) was an American professional basketball player. Davies and Bobby Wanzer formed one of the best backcourt duos in the National Basketball Association's (NBA) early years. Davies and Wanzer led the Rochester Royals to the 1951 NBA championship. Davies was also a basketball coach at the Seton Hall University and was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 11, 1970.
Although Bob Cousy is often considered the originator of the behind-the-back dribble, many say Davies actually deserves the credit. His Seton Hall coach, John "Honey" Russell, once said, "He had such uncanny control of the ball behind his back that it never concerned me. He made it look as easy as the conventional dribble."
- Born
- January 15, 1920 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Listed weight
- 175 lb (79 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- John Harris (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
- College
- Seton Hall (1939–1942)
- Playing career
- 1943–1955
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1951)
- 4× NBA All-Star (1951–1954)
- 4× All-BAA/NBA First Team (1949–1952)
- All-NBA Second Team (1953)
- NBA assists leader (1949)
- NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1971)
- NBL champion (1946)
- NBL Most Valuable Player (1947)
- All-NBL First Team (1947)
- All-NBL Second Team (1948)
- No. 11 retired by Sacramento Kings
- Consensus first-team All-American (1942)
- No. 11 retired by Seton Hall Pirates
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | Rochester | 60 | – | .364 | .776 | – | 5.4* | 15.1 |
| 1949–50 | Rochester | 64 | – | .357 | .752 | – | 4.6 | 14.0 |
| 1950–51† | Rochester | 63 | – | .372 | .795 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 15.2 |
| 1951–52 | Rochester | 65 | 36.8 | .383 | .776 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 16.2 |
| 1952–53 | Rochester | 66 | 33.6 | .385 | .753 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 15.6 |
| 1953–54 | Rochester | 72 | 29.7 | .371 | .718 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 12.3 |
| 1954–55 | Rochester | 72 | 26.0 | .415 | .751 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 12.1 |
| Career | 462 | 31.3 | .378 | .759 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 14.3 | |
| All-Star | 4 | 18.8 | .475 | .714 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 12.0 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Rochester | 4 | – | .373 | .769 | – | 3.3 | 12.0 |
| 1950 | Rochester | 2 | – | .235 | .875 | – | 4.5 | 7.5 |
| 1951† | Rochester | 14 | – | .338 | .800 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 15.9 |
| 1952 | Rochester | 6 | 38.8 | .402 | .818 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 19.8 |
| 1953 | Rochester | 3 | 30.3 | .207 | .700 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 8.7 |
| 1954 | Rochester | 6 | 28.7 | .327 | .739 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | Rochester | 3 | 25.0 | .333 | .750 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 8.3 |
| Career | 38 | 31.7 | .341 | .788 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 13.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939–40 | Seton Hall | 18 | 11.8 |
| 1940–41 | Seton Hall | 22 | 10.2 |
| 1941–42 | Seton Hall | 19 | 11.8 |
| Career | 59 | 11.2 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 1″
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
Height, Weight, Position, Country: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
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