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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 7:44 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Bob Houbregs
Career at a glance
Bob Houbregs played 5 NBA regular seasons between 1953 and 1958, appearing in 281 games and averaging 9.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He played for 5 teams: Milwaukee (1953–54, 11 games), Baltimore (1953–55, 69 games), Boston (1954–55, 2 games), Fort Wayne (1954–57, 182 games), Detroit (1957–58, 17 games). His best scoring season was 1956–57 with Fort Wayne: 11.2 points per game over 60 games.
In the playoffs he appeared in 3 postseason runs (23 games, 8.8 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 2,600 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 Houbregs
Robert J. Houbregs (March 12, 1932 – May 28, 2014) was a Canadian professional basketball player. Houbregs was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.
- Born
- March 12, 1932 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Listed height
- 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Position
- Power forward / centre
- High school
- Queen Anne (Seattle, Washington)
- College
- Washington (1950–1953)
- NBA draft
- 1953: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1953–1958
Career highlights and awards
- Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1953)
- Consensus first-team All-American (1953)
- Consensus second-team All-American (1952)
- 3× First-team All-PCC (1951–1953)
- No. 25 retired by Washington Huskies
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–54 | Milwaukee | 11 | 15.1 | .306 | .765 | 4.2 | .8 | 5.8 |
| 1953–54 | Baltimore | 59 | 30.6 | .380 | .707 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 9.2 |
| 1954–55 | Baltimore | 10 | 30.0 | .359 | .706 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 9.0 |
| 1954–55 | Boston | 2 | 7.5 | – | 1.000 | .5 | 1.0 | .5 |
| 1954–55 | Fort Wayne | 52 | 19.4 | .391 | .707 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| 1955–56 | Fort Wayne | 70 | 21.9 | .430 | .739 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 11.1 |
| 1956–57 | Fort Wayne | 60 | 26.5 | .432 | .714 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 11.2 |
| 1957–58 | Detroit | 17 | 17.8 | .358 | .698 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
| Career | 281 | 23.9 | .404 | .721 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 9.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Fort Wayne | 11* | 19.4 | .381 | .784 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| 1956 | Fort Wayne | 10* | 21.7 | .462 | .705 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| 1957 | Fort Wayne | 2 | 19.0 | .412 | .727 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| Career | 23 | 20.3 | .424 | .739 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 8.8 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 7″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Position
- Power forward / centre
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- Canada
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1953
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 3
Height, Weight, Position, Country, Draft year, Draft pick: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.
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