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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.
Clyde Lovellette
Career at a glance
Clyde Lovellette played 11 NBA regular seasons between 1953 and 1964, appearing in 704 games and averaging 17.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He played for 4 teams: Minneapolis (1953–57, 282 games), Cincinnati (1957–58, 71 games), St. Louis (1958–62, 245 games), Boston (1962–64, 106 games). His best scoring season was 1957–58 with Cincinnati: 23.4 points per game over 71 games.
He rebounded best in 1955–56 at 14.0 per game. Championship seasons: 1953–54 (Minneapolis), 1962–63 (Boston), 1963–64 (Boston). In the playoffs he appeared in 10 postseason runs (69 games, 14.0 points per game).
Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 12,000 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 Clyde Lovellette
Clyde Edward Lovellette (/loʊˈvɛlɛt/loh-VEL-et; September 7, 1929 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to achieve the Triple Crown – playing on an NCAA championship team, Olympics gold medal basketball team, and NBA championship squad.
- Born
- September 7, 1929 Petersburg, Indiana, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 234 lb (106 kg)
- Position
- Center
- High school
- Garfield (Terre Haute, Indiana)
- College
- Kansas (1949–1952)
- NBA draft
- 1952: 1st round, 9th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1951–1964
Career highlights and awards
- 3× NBA champion (1954, 1963, 1964)
- 4× NBA All-Star (1956, 1957, 1960, 1961)
- All-NBA Second Team (1956)
- No. 34 honored by Los Angeles Lakers
- NCAA champion (1952)
- NCAA Final Four MOP (1952)
- Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1952)
- 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1951, 1952)
- Third-team All-American – AP (1950)
- NCAA scoring champion (1952)
- No. 16 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–54† | Minneapolis | 72 | 17.4 | .423 | .695 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| 1954–55 | Minneapolis | 70 | 33.7 | .435 | .686 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 18.7 |
| 1955–56 | Minneapolis | 71 | 35.5 | .434 | .721 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 21.5 |
| 1956–57 | Minneapolis | 69 | 36.1 | .426 | .717 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 20.8 |
| 1957–58 | Cincinnati | 71 | 36.5 | .441 | .743 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 23.4 |
| 1958–59 | St. Louis | 70 | 22.8 | .454 | .820 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 14.4 |
| 1959–60 | St. Louis | 68 | 28.7 | .468 | .821 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 20.8 |
| 1960–61 | St. Louis | 67 | 31.5 | .453 | .830 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 22.0 |
| 1961–62 | St. Louis | 40 | 29.8 | .471 | .829 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 20.9 |
| 1962–63† | Boston | 61 | 9.3 | .428 | .745 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| 1963–64† | Boston | 45 | 9.7 | .420 | .789 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 6.7 |
| Career | 704 | 27.1 | .443 | .757 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 17.0 | |
| All-Star | 3 | 23.7 | .475 | .500 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954† | Minneapolis | 13 | 20.4 | .450 | .483 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 1955 | Minneapolis | 7 | 28.1 | .449 | .725 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 16.7 |
| 1956 | Minneapolis | 3 | 23.0 | .487 | .594 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| 1957 | Minneapolis | 5 | 36.2 | .432 | .731 | 9.4 | 2.2 | 24.2 |
| 1958 | Cincinnati | 2 | 36.0 | .387 | .643 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 16.5 |
| 1959 | St. Louis | 6 | 26.8 | .500 | .786 | 9.8 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| 1960 | St. Louis | 14 | 30.4 | .393 | .824 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 17.6 |
| 1961 | St. Louis | 8 | 23.9 | .404 | .660 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 15.4 |
| 1963† | Boston | 6 | 6.7 | .269 | .667 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| 1964† | Boston | 5 | 8.0 | .235 | 1.000 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| Career | 69 | 23.8 | .416 | .684 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 14.0 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 9″
- Weight
- 234 lb
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1952
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 9
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