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Game state source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 5:36 pm EDTNBA legend. Named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.
Hal Greer
Career at a glance
Hal Greer played 15 NBA regular seasons between 1958 and 1973, appearing in 1,122 games and averaging 19.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. He played for 2 teams: Syracuse (1958–63, 368 games), Philadelphia (1963–73, 754 games). His best scoring season was 1967–68 with Philadelphia: 24.1 points per game over 82 games.
Championship season: 1966–67 (Philadelphia). In the playoffs he appeared in 13 postseason runs (92 games, 20.4 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 21,600 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 Hal Greer
Harold Everett Greer (/ˈhælˈɡrɪər/HALGREER; June 26, 1936 – April 14, 2018) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1958 through 1973. A guard, Greer was a 10-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Second Team seven times. He was named to the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, and his uniform number was among Philadelphia 76ers retired numbers. Greer is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Born
- June 26, 1936 Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Listed weight
- 175 lb (79 kg)
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- High school
- Douglass (Huntington, West Virginia)
- College
- Marshall (1955–1958)
- NBA draft
- 1958: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
- Playing career
- 1958–1973
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (1967)
- 10× NBA All-Star (1961–1970)
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (1968)
- 7× All-NBA Second Team (1963–1969)
- No. 15 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
- NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
- First-team All-MAC (1958)
- No. 16 retired by Marshall Thundering Herd
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–59 | Syracuse | 68 | 23.9 | .454 | .778 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 11.1 |
| 1959–60 | Syracuse | 70 | 28.3 | .476 | .783 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 13.2 |
| 1960–61 | Syracuse | 79 | 35.0 | .451 | .774 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 19.6 |
| 1961–62 | Syracuse | 71 | 38.1 | .447 | .819 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 22.8 |
| 1962–63 | Syracuse | 80 | 32.9 | .464 | .834 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 19.5 |
| 1963–64 | Philadelphia | 80 | 39.5 | .444 | .829 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 23.3 |
| 1964–65 | Philadelphia | 70 | 37.1 | .433 | .811 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 20.2 |
| 1965–66 | Philadelphia | 80 | 41.6 | .445 | .804 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 22.7 |
| 1966–67† | Philadelphia | 80 | 38.6 | .459 | .788 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 22.1 |
| 1967–68 | Philadelphia | 82 | 39.8 | .478 | .769 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 24.1 |
| 1968–69 | Philadelphia | 82 | 40.4 | .459 | .796 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 23.1 |
| 1969–70 | Philadelphia | 80 | 37.8 | .455 | .815 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 22.0 |
| 1970–71 | Philadelphia | 81 | 37.8 | .431 | .805 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 18.6 |
| 1971–72 | Philadelphia | 81 | 29.8 | .449 | .774 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 11.8 |
| 1972–73 | Philadelphia | 38 | 22.3 | .392 | .821 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 5.6 |
| Career | 1122 | 35.5 | .452 | .801 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 19.2 | |
| All-Star | 10 | 20.7 | .461 | .703 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Syracuse | 9 | 30.8 | .419 | .813 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| 1960 | Syracuse | 3 | 28.0 | .512 | .750 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 15.7 |
| 1961 | Syracuse | 8 | 29.0 | .387 | .825 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| 1962 | Syracuse | 1 | 5.0 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1963 | Syracuse | 5 | 42.8 | .506 | .829 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 23.4 |
| 1964 | Philadelphia | 5 | 42.2 | .389 | .846 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 21.4 |
| 1965 | Philadelphia | 11 | 45.9 | .455 | .793 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 24.6 |
| 1966 | Philadelphia | 5 | 45.2 | .352 | .783 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 16.4 |
| 1967† | Philadelphia | 15 | 45.9 | .429 | .797 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 27.7 |
| 1968 | Philadelphia | 13 | 42.5 | .432 | .856 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 25.8 |
| 1969 | Philadelphia | 5 | 40.8 | .321 | .778 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 16.0 |
| 1970 | Philadelphia | 5 | 35.6 | .446 | .846 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 15.4 |
| 1971 | Philadelphia | 7 | 37.9 | .438 | .750 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 17.9 |
| Career | 92 | 39.6 | .425 | .812 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 20.4 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 2″
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Position
- Shooting guard / point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1958
- Draft pick
- Round 2 · Pick 13
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