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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Bobby Wanzer
Career at a glance
Bobby Wanzer played 9 NBA regular seasons between 1948 and 1957, appearing in 568 games and averaging 12.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Rochester (1948–57, 568 games). His best scoring season was 1951–52 with Rochester: 15.7 points per game over 66 games.
Championship season: 1950–51 (Rochester). In the playoffs he appeared in 7 postseason runs (38 games, 14.6 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 6,900 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 Bobby Wanzer
Robert Francis Wanzer (June 4, 1921 – January 23, 2016) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Royals in 1951. During his final two years as a player, he served as the team's player-coach. After he retired from playing in 1957, he remained as a coach with the Royals for one season, before he became the head coach of the St. John Fisher Cardinals college basketball team in 1963. He stayed in the role with the college for 24 years until his retirement in 1987. Wanzer was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the newly formed New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.
- Born
- June 4, 1921 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Listed weight
- 170 lb (77 kg)
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- High school
- Benjamin Franklin (New York City, New York)
- College
- Seton Hall (1942–1943) Colgate (1943–1944) Seton Hall (1946–1947)
- Playing career
- 1947–1957
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1951)
- 5× NBA All-Star (1952–1956)
- 3× All-NBA Second Team (1952–1954)
- No. 8 retired by Seton Hall Pirates
- NBA All-Star Game head coach (1957)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | Rochester | 60 | – | .379 | .823 | – | 3.1 | 10.2 |
| 1949–50 | Rochester | 67 | – | .414 | .806 | – | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| 1950–51† | Rochester | 68 | – | .401 | .850 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 10.8 |
| 1951–52 | Rochester | 66 | 37.8 | .425 | .904* | 5.0 | 4.0 | 15.7 |
| 1952–53 | Rochester | 70 | 36.8 | .367 | .812 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 14.6 |
| 1953–54 | Rochester | 72 | 35.3 | .386 | .734 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 13.3 |
| 1954–55 | Rochester | 72 | 33.0 | .395 | .786 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 13.1 |
| 1955–56 | Rochester | 72 | 27.5 | .376 | .719 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 10.4 |
| 1956–57 | Rochester | 21 | 7.6 | .469 | .783 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Career | 568 | 32.5 | .393 | .802 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 12.2 | |
| All-Star | 5 | 26.2 | .395 | .857 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 9.2 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Rochester | 4 | – | .317 | .706 | – | 2.3 | 9.5 |
| 1950 | Rochester | 2 | – | .471 | .846 | – | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| 1951† | Rochester | 14 | – | .471 | .910 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 12.5 |
| 1952 | Rochester | 6 | 41.5 | .429 | .959* | 6.3 | 3.2 | 18.8 |
| 1953 | Rochester | 3 | 38.7 | .378 | .852 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
| 1954 | Rochester | 6 | 40.8 | .405 | .818 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 16.0 |
| 1955 | Rochester | 3 | 33.3 | .457 | .917 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 18.0 |
| Career | 38 | 39.4 | .425 | .880 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 14.6 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 0″
- Weight
- 170 lb
- Position
- Point guard / shooting guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- Not listed
- Draft pick
- Undrafted / not listed
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