Bob Harrison | |
Width: | 175 |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1927 |
Birth Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
High School: | Woodward (Toledo, Ohio) |
College: | Michigan (1945–1949) |
Draft Round: | – |
Draft Pick: | – |
Draft Year: | 1949 |
Draft Team: | Minneapolis Lakers |
Career Start: | 1949 |
Career End: | 1958 |
Career Position: | Point guard / shooting guard |
Career Number: | 16, 7, 3 |
Coach Start: | 1958 |
Coach End: | 1973 |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | Minneapolis Lakers |
Years2: | – |
Team2: | Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks |
Years3: | – |
Team3: | Syracuse Nationals |
Cyears1: | 1958–1968 |
Cteam1: | Kenyon |
Cyears2: | 1968–1973 |
Cteam2: | Harvard |
Highlights: |
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Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 4,418 (7.2 ppg) |
Stat2label: | Rebounds |
Stat2value: | 1,358 (2.5 rpg) |
Stat3label: | Assists |
Stat3value: | 1,672 (2.7 apg) |
Bbr: | harribo02 |
Robert William Harrison (August 12, 1927 – March 3, 2024) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'1" guard from the University of Michigan, Harrison played nine seasons (1949–1958) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, St. Louis Hawks, and Syracuse Nationals. He averaged 7.2 points per game in his professional career and appeared in the 1956 NBA All-Star Game. Harrison coached the Syracuse Centenials during the 1976–77 Eastern Basketball Association season.[1]
Harrison later coached basketball at Kenyon College and Harvard University.[2]
On February 3, 1941, as a 13-year-old 8th grader in Toledo, Ohio, Harrison scored all 139 points during his LaGrange School team's 139–8 win over Arch Street School.[3] [4] In the game, he made 69 field goals and one free throw.[3] [4]
After the death of Bud Grant in 2023 he became the oldest living NBA champion. Harrison died on March 3, 2024, at the age of 96.[5]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949–50† | Minneapolis | 66 | – | .359 | .676 | – | 2.0 | 4.5 | |
1950–51 | Minneapolis | 68 | – | .347 | .789 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.9 | |
1951–52† | Minneapolis | 65 | 26.3 | .320 | .718 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 6.2 | |
1952–53† | Minneapolis | 70 | 23.5 | .376 | .648 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 7.1 | |
1953–54 | Minneapolis | 40 | 15.5 | .298 | .662 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.9 | |
1953–54 | Milwaukee | 24 | 34.3 | .336 | .540 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 9.5 | |
1954–55 | Milwaukee | 72 | 31.9 | .342 | .681 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 10.1 | |
1955–56 | St. Louis | 72 | 30.8 | .359 | .664 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 8.6 | |
1956–57 | St. Louis/Syracuse | 66 | 27.4 | .386 | .715 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 8.8 | |
1957–58 | Syracuse | 72 | 25.0 | .348 | .795 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 7.2 | |
Career | 615 | 26.9 | .352 | .693 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 7.2 | ||
All-Star | 1 | 25.0 | .286 | .500 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950† | Minneapolis | 12 | – | .432 | .714 | – | 1.0 | 3.5 | |
1951 | Minneapolis | 7 | – | .462 | .750 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 7.7 | |
1952† | Minneapolis | 12 | 19.6 | .441 | .824 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 6.2 | |
1953† | Minneapolis | 12 | 17.0 | .385 | .500 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 5.0 | |
1956 | St. Louis | 8 | 32.0 | .360 | .632 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 8.3 | |
1957 | Syracuse | 5 | 26.6 | .267 | .889 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 6.4 | |
1958 | Syracuse | 3 | 14.3 | .250 | .667 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | |
Career | 59 | 21.8 | .385 | .689 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 5.7 |