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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 6:37 pm EDTNBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Cliff Hagan
Career at a glance
Cliff Hagan played 13 professional regular seasons (3 in the ABA, 10 in the NBA) between 1956 and 1970, appearing in 839 games and averaging 17.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: St. Louis (1956–66, 745 games), Dallas (ABA) (1967–70, 94 games). His best scoring season was 1959–60 with St. Louis: 24.8 points per game over 75 games.
He rebounded best in 1958–59 at 10.9 per game. Championship season: 1957–58 (St. Louis). In the playoffs he appeared in 11 postseason runs (95 games, 19.9 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 14,900 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 Cliff Hagan
Clifford Oldham Hagan (born December 9, 1931) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6′ 4″ Small forward who excelled with the hook shot, Hagan, nicknamed "Li’l Abner", played his entire 10-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career (1956–1966) with the St. Louis Hawks. He was also a player-coach for the Dallas Chaparrals in the first two-plus years of the American Basketball Association's existence (1967–1970). Hagan is a five-time NBA All-Star and an ABA All-Star. He won an NCAA basketball championship in 1951 as a member of the Kentucky Wildcats, and he won an NBA championship with the Hawks in 1958.
- Born
- December 9, 1931 (age 94) Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Position
- Small forward
- High school
- Owensboro (Owensboro, Kentucky)
- College
- Kentucky (1950–1954)
- NBA draft
- 1953: 3rd round, 22nd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1956–1969
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1958)
- 5× NBA All-Star (1958–1962)
- 2× All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1959)
- ABA All-Star (1968)
- NCAA champion (1951)
- 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1952, 1954)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–57 | St. Louis | 67 | 14.5 | .361 | .690 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 1957–58† | St. Louis | 70 | 31.3 | .443 | .768 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 19.9 |
| 1958–59 | St. Louis | 72 | 37.5 | .456 | .774 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 23.7 |
| 1959–60 | St. Louis | 75 | 37.3 | .464 | .803 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 24.8 |
| 1960–61 | St. Louis | 77 | 35.1 | .444 | .820 | 9.3 | 4.9 | 22.1 |
| 1961–62 | St. Louis | 77 | 36.2 | .470 | .825 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 22.9 |
| 1962–63 | St. Louis | 79 | 21.7 | .465 | .800 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 15.5 |
| 1963–64 | St. Louis | 77 | 29.6 | .447 | .813 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 18.4 |
| 1964–65 | St. Louis | 77 | 22.6 | .436 | .799 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 13.0 |
| 1965–66 | St. Louis | 74 | 25.0 | .445 | .854 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 13.7 |
| 1967–68 | Dallas (ABA) | 56 | 31.0 | .489 | .789 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 18.2 |
| 1968–69 | Dallas (ABA) | 35 | 16.5 | .510 | .854 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 11.1 |
| 1969–70 | Dallas (ABA) | 3 | 9.0 | .615 | .500 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| Career | 839 | 28.7 | .454 | .799 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 17.7 | |
| All-Star | 5 | 17.8 | .324 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | St. Louis | 10 | 31.9 | .361 | .730 | 11.2 | 2.8 | 17.0 |
| 1958† | St. Louis | 11 | 38.0 | .502 | .838 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 27.7 |
| 1959 | St. Louis | 6 | 43.2 | .512 | .833 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 28.5 |
| 1960 | St. Louis | 14 | 38.9 | .422 | .817 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 24.2 |
| 1961 | St. Louis | 12 | 37.9 | .443 | .812 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 22.0 |
| 1963 | St. Louis | 11 | 23.2 | .464 | .698 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 18.5 |
| 1964 | St. Louis | 12 | 32.7 | .429 | .833 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 16.3 |
| 1965 | St. Louis | 4 | 30.8 | .453 | .500 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 18.5 |
| 1966 | St. Louis | 10 | 20.0 | .454 | .926 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 11.3 |
| 1968 | Dallas (ABA) | 3 | 23.3 | .378 | .692 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 12.3 |
| 1969 | Dallas (ABA) | 2 | 22.5 | .357 | .800 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| Career | 95 | 32.4 | .451 | .798 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 19.9 |
Per-game averages. † won an ABA or NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ league record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 4″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Position
- Small forward
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1953
- Draft pick
- Round 3 · Pick 22
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