List of all the NBA and ABA Players Born in 1956

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64 Players Table
				Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Birthday	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Billy Ray Bates	May 31	4	187	3328	893	1885	36	119	375	471	148	313	352	151	16	274	265	2197	.474	.303	.796	17.8	11.7	1.7	1.9	0.8	0.1
2	Dave Batton	Mar 26	2	58	589	90	201	0	3	8	17	46	123	32	15	16	32	61	188	.448	.000	.471	10.2	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.3
3	Del Beshore	Nov 29	2	69	870	88	250	10	26	58	87	16	63	139	58	5	104	105	244	.352		.667	12.6	3.5	0.9	2.0	0.8	0.1
4	Larry Bird*	Dec 7	13	897	34443	8591	17334	649	1727	3960	4471	1757	8974	5695	1556	755	2816	2279	21791	.496	.376	.886	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8
5	Lawrence Boston	May 18	1	13	125	24	52	0	0	8	13	19	39	2	4	2	8	25	56	.462		.615	9.6	4.3	3.0	0.2	0.3	0.2
6	Greg Bunch	May 15	1	12	97	9	26			10	12	9	17	4	3	3	5	10	28	.346		.833	8.1	2.3	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
7	Marty Byrnes	Apr 30	4	263	4254	585	1264	15	46	310	421	248	586	409	102	34	275	418	1495	.463		.736	16.2	5.7	2.2	1.6	0.4	0.1
8	Ron Carter	Aug 31	2	59	449	69	161	0	0	38	61	26	64	34	19	10	50	73	176	.429		.623	7.6	3.0	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.2
9	Maurice Cheeks*	Sep 8	15	1101	34845	4906	9374	52	204	2331	2938	713	3088	7392	2310	294	2268	2258	12195	.523		.793	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3
10	Jeff Cook	Oct 21	8	518	9697	1085	2351	1	18	563	786	857	2334	707	306	215	569	1307	2734	.462	.056	.716	18.7	5.3	4.5	1.4	0.6	0.4
11	Michael Cooper*	Apr 15	12	873	23635	3014	6429	428	1260	1273	1529	741	2769	3666	1033	523	1429	2329	7729	.469		.833	27.1	8.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	0.6
12	Wayne Cooper	Nov 16	14	984	20274	3242	7100	7	48	1286	1747	2149	6095	852	295	1535	1181	3144	7777	.457		.736	20.6	7.9	6.2	0.9	0.3	1.6
13	Dave Corzine	Apr 25	13	891	20772	3097	6401	10	53	1411	1889	1747	5262	1477	369	848	1340	1935	7615	.484		.747	23.3	8.5	5.9	1.7	0.4	1.0
14	Pat Cummings	Jul 11	12	683	14516	2734	5506	0	16	1061	1440	1166	3825	807	360	171	1152	2037	6529	.497	.000	.737	21.3	9.6	5.6	1.2	0.5	0.3
15	Harry Davis	Jan 27	2	44	424	72	165	0	0	31	45	29	72	16	14	8	26	74	175	.436		.689	9.6	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.2
16	Mike Davis	Aug 2	1	8	28	4	10	0	0	6	10	3	10	0	0	4	0	4	14	.400		.600	3.5	1.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.5
17	John Douglas	Jun 12	2	67	1043	182	395	19	61	69	104	27	91	147	48	9	92	147	452	.461	.311	.663	15.6	6.7	1.4	2.2	0.7	0.1
18	Terry Duerod	Jul 29	4	143	1977	429	928	23	70	80	119	52	160	170	63	17	125	143	961	.462	.329	.672	13.8	6.7	1.1	1.2	0.4	0.1
19	Ray Epps	Aug 20	1	13	72	10	23			6	8	0	5	2	1	0	2	7	26	.435		.750	5.5	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
20	Phil Ford	Feb 9	7	482	13503	2128	4560	25	119	1313	1602	161	854	3083	589	29	1326	1269	5594	.467		.820	28.0	11.6	1.8	6.4	1.2	0.1
				Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Birthday	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
21	Calvin Garrett	Jul 11	4	166	3008	375	820	6	20	99	129	139	436	242	94	18	165	327	855	.457	.300	.767	18.1	5.2	2.6	1.5	0.6	0.1
22	Jack Givens	Sep 21	2	156	2601	416	1037	0	2	208	263	212	456	142	123	36	134	253	1040	.401		.791	16.7	6.7	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.2
23	Tommie Green	Apr 8	1	59	809	92	237			48	63	20	68	140	61	6	89	111	232	.388		.762	13.7	3.9	1.2	2.4	1.0	0.1
24	James Hardy	Dec 1	4	249	5379	611	1269	1	3	187	267	437	1312	315	178	235	299	590	1410	.481		.700	21.6	5.7	5.3	1.3	0.7	0.9
25	Gerald Henderson	Jan 16	13	871	18856	3079	6526	203	611	1412	1820	526	1453	3141	939	98	1561	1918	7773	.472	.332	.776	21.6	8.9	1.7	3.6	1.1	0.1
26	Keith Herron	Jun 14	3	124	2620	485	1108	2	12	247	288	112	242	174	105	30	170	190	1219	.438		.858	21.1	9.8	2.0	1.4	0.8	0.2
27	Brad Holland	Dec 6	3	93	686	118	293	4	21	53	71	19	59	63	47	3	52	81	293	.403	.190	.746	7.4	3.2	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.0
28	Otis Howard	Nov 5	1	14	113	24	56			11	23	18	41	5	2	2	7	24	59	.429		.478	8.1	4.2	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.1
29	Phil Hubbard	Dec 13	10	665	15863	2672	5394	1	26	1883	2667	1502	3538	857	574	89	1310	2073	7228	.495	.038	.706	23.9	10.9	5.3	1.3	0.9	0.1
30	Marc Iavaroni	Sep 15	7	531	8371	899	1959	0	17	530	746	565	1725	514	185	200	639	1255	2328	.459	.000	.710	15.8	4.4	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.4
31	Clay Johnson	Jul 18	3	80	688	84	205	1	3	55	76	54	93	45	33	9	44	99	224	.410	.333	.724	8.6	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.1
32	Clemon Johnson	Sep 12	10	761	13310	1699	3454	0	5	704	1134	1276	3508	744	349	717	767	1666	4102	.492		.621	17.5	5.4	4.6	1.0	0.5	0.9
33	George Johnson	Dec 8	8	464	9878	1704	3684	21	111	785	1008	831	2610	817	432	282	879	1349	4214	.463		.779	21.3	9.1	5.6	1.8	0.9	0.6
34	Marques Johnson	Feb 8	11	691	23694	5733	11065	14	92	2412	3265	1829	4817	2502	888	525	1627	1766	13892	.518		.739	34.3	20.1	7.0	3.6	1.3	0.8
35	Vinnie Johnson	Sep 1	13	984	24308	4882	10515	83	327	1978	2673	1451	3109	3212	852	253	1569	2063	11825	.464	.254	.740	24.7	12.0	3.2	3.3	0.9	0.3
36	Edgar Jones	Jun 17	6	363	6960	1207	2384	16	61	827	1164	562	1745	331	220	455	563	1164	3257	.506	.262	.710	19.2	9.0	4.8	0.9	0.6	1.3
37	Walter Jordan	Feb 19	1	30	207	29	75	0	0	10	17	23	42	11	11	5	17	35	68	.387		.588	6.9	2.3	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.2
38	Jeff Judkins	Mar 23	5	272	3421	596	1248	23	73	267	329	163	427	282	147	26	214	431	1482	.478		.812	12.6	5.4	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.1
39	Carl Kilpatrick	May 16	1	2	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.500		.500	3.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Bernard King*	Dec 4	14	874	29417	7830	15109	23	134	3972	5444	1704	5060	2863	866	230	2791	2885	19655	.518		.730	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3
				Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Birthday	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
41	Arvid Kramer	Oct 2	1	8	45	7	22	0	0	2	2	6	12	3	0	5	5	8	16	.318		1.000	5.6	2.0	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.6
42	Butch Lee	Dec 5	2	96	1834	296	658	0	0	181	238	40	137	307	87	1	164	148	773	.450		.761	19.1	8.1	1.4	3.2	0.9	0.0
43	John Long	Aug 28	14	893	22680	5108	10929	101	314	1814	2104	998	2492	1738	912	180	1555	1868	12131	.467		.862	25.4	13.6	2.8	1.9	1.0	0.2
44	Steve Malovic	Jul 21	1	39	445	31	67	0	0	18	27	36	86	26	8	6	23	51	80	.463		.667	11.4	2.1	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.2
45	John McCullough	Oct 5	1	8	23	9	13	0	0	3	5	1	4	3	2	0	3	3	21	.692		.600	2.9	2.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0
46	Bob Miller	Jul 9	1	2	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	5	4	.667			4.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5
47	Mike Mitchell	Jan 1	10	759	24537	6371	12912	19	88	2255	2894	1539	4246	1010	530	400	1300	2012	15016	.493		.779	32.3	19.8	5.6	1.3	0.7	0.5
48	Mark Olberding	Apr 21	12	946	23692	3126	6357	5	41	2683	3321	1422	5033	2332	623	272	1650	3132	8940	.492		.808	25.0	9.5	5.3	2.5	0.7	0.3
49	Roger Phegley	Oct 16	6	345	5803	1216	2585	22	87	557	668	272	702	486	171	40	422	696	3011	.470		.834	16.8	8.7	2.0	1.4	0.5	0.1
50	Stan Pietkiewicz	Jul 14	3	96	1070	149	325	28	84	50	62	39	93	174	41	6	74	85	376	.458		.806	11.1	3.9	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.1
51	Wayne Radford	May 29	1	52	649	83	175			36	45	25	68	57	30	1	45	61	202	.474		.800	12.5	3.9	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.0
52	Ed Rains	Dec 24	2	83	929	110	260	0	3	67	107	62	124	62	28	3	50	109	287	.423	.000	.626	11.2	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.0
53	Clint Richardson	Aug 7	8	586	11818	1742	3761	11	45	589	765	533	1378	1461	360	105	751	1019	4084	.463	.244	.770	20.2	7.0	2.4	2.5	0.6	0.2
54	Tony Robertson	Jan 1	2	75	1003	183	421			43	62	21	80	107	82	5	96	143	409	.435		.694	13.4	5.5	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.1
55	Rick Robey	Jan 30	8	493	8824	1498	2993	1	8	726	1117	825	2301	611	220	90	771	1213	3723	.501		.650	17.9	7.6	4.7	1.2	0.4	0.2
56	Jerry Sichting	Nov 29	10	598	12732	1789	3531	48	177	515	601	196	817	1962	439	19	657	940	4141	.507	.271	.857	21.3	6.9	1.4	3.3	0.7	0.0
57	Carlos Terry	Jun 22	3	94	1078	122	281	0	11	41	61	75	227	124	54	27	82	162	285	.434	.000	.672	11.5	3.0	2.4	1.3	0.6	0.3
58	Bernard Toone	Jul 14	1	23	124	23	64	1	7	8	10	12	34	12	4	5	16	20	55	.359	.143	.800	5.4	2.4	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2
59	Terry Tyler	Oct 30	11	871	21740	3831	7915	10	82	1196	1702	1609	4675	1039	801	1342	1140	1937	8868	.484		.703	25.0	10.2	5.4	1.2	0.9	1.5
60	Phil Walker	Mar 20	1	40	384	57	161			64	96	21	52	54	14	5	62	39	178	.354		.667	9.6	4.5	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1
				Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Birthday	Yrs	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
61	Jerome Whitehead	Sep 30	11	679	11828	1810	3642	0	2	803	1118	1141	3268	374	251	200	696	1833	4423	.497		.718	17.4	6.5	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.3
62	Duck Williams	Aug 2	1	77	1794	232	519	0	12	42	60	21	106	183	100	11	107	166	506	.447	.000	.700	23.3	6.6	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1
63	Freeman Williams	May 15	6	323	6606	1959	4198	127	384	693	841	256	510	516	247	18	568	533	4738	.467		.824	20.5	14.7	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.1
64	Rick Wilson	Feb 7	2	66	648	83	211	0	0	28	50	22	79	83	34	9	49	69	194	.393		.560	9.8	2.9	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.1

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