1956-57 NBA Rookies

1955-56 Rookies 1957-58 Rookies

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Most Valuable Player: Bob Cousy (20.6/4.8/7.5)

Rookie of the Year: Tom Heinsohn (16.2/9.8/1.6)

PPG Leader: Paul Arizin (25.6)

RPG Leader: Bill Russell (19.6)

APG Leader: Bob Cousy (7.5)

WS Leader: Neil Johnston (13.7)

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Career Stats

1956-57 Stats

Rookies

Career BAA/NBA Stats

Rookies Table
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	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	Forest Able	Oct 28, '56, SYR vs. ROC	24	1	1	1	0	2			0	0		1	1				1	0	.000			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
2	Bob Armstrong	Nov 15, '56, PHW @ ROC	23	1	19	110	11	37			6	12		39	3				13	28	.297		.500	5.8	1.5	2.1	0.2
3	John Barber	Feb 3, '57, STL vs. MNL	29	1	5	19	2	8			3	6		6	0				4	7	.250		.500	3.8	1.4	1.2	0.0
4	Gary Bergen	Oct 27, '56, NYK vs. BOS	24	1	6	40	3	11			2	2		8	1				4	8	.273		1.000	6.7	1.3	1.3	0.2
5	Al Bianchi	Oct 27, '56, SYR @ PHW	24	10	687	13649	2212	5919			1126	1592		1722	1497				2069	5550	.374		.707	19.9	8.1	2.5	2.2
6	Bob Burrow	Oct 27, '56, ROC vs. FTW	22	2	81	1199	159	436			141	244		357	47				180	459	.365		.578	14.8	5.7	4.4	0.6
7	Si Green	Oct 27, '56, ROC vs. FTW	23	9	504	13132	1732	4481			1172	1735		2152	1655				1421	4636	.387		.676	26.1	9.2	4.3	3.3
8	Richie Guerin*	Oct 27, '56, NYK vs. BOS	24	13	848	27449	5174	12451			4328	5549		4278	4211				2769	14676	.416		.780	32.4	17.3	5.0	5.0
9	Cliff Hagan*	Nov 3, '56, STL @ SYR	25	10	745	21731	5239	11630			2969	3722		5116	2242				2388	13447	.450		.798	29.2	18.0	6.9	3.0
10	Tom Heinsohn*	Oct 27, '56, BOS @ NYK	22	9	654	19254	4773	11787			2648	3353		5749	1318				2454	12194	.405		.790	29.4	18.6	8.8	2.0
11	Joe Holup	Oct 27, '56, SYR @ PHW	22	3	192	3526	460	1345			427	547		852	193				515	1347	.342		.781	18.4	7.0	4.4	1.0
12	Bob Hopkins	Nov 10, '56, SYR @ ROC	22	4	273	5122	854	2168			529	695		1526	189				642	2237	.394		.761	18.8	8.2	5.6	0.7
13	Phil Jordon	Jan 1, '57, NYK @ SYR	23	7	442	10792	1965	4941			903	1302		3028	769				1246	4833	.398		.694	24.4	10.9	6.9	1.7
14	Hal Lear	Nov 3, '56, PHW vs. FTW	22	1	3	14	2	6			0	0		1	1				3	4	.333			4.7	1.3	0.3	0.3
15	Slick Leonard*	Oct 27, '56, MNL @ STL	24	7	426	11632	1574	4510			1056	1418		1217	1427				915	4204	.349		.745	27.3	9.9	2.9	3.3
16	Johnny McCarthy	Oct 27, '56, ROC vs. FTW	22	6	316	8828	958	2714			534	859		1145	1184				885	2450	.353		.622	27.9	7.8	3.6	3.7
17	Willie Naulls	Oct 27, '56, STL vs. MNL	22	10	716	20620	4526	11145			2253	2774		6508	1114				2216	11305	.406		.812	28.8	15.8	9.1	1.6
18	Jim Paxson	Oct 27, '56, MNL @ STL	24	2	138	3069	363	1124			379	521		616	225				346	1105	.323		.727	22.2	8.0	4.5	1.6
19	Dave Piontek	Oct 27, '56, ROC vs. FTW	22	7	413	7623	1194	3054			567	869		1770	478				835	2955	.391		.652	18.5	7.2	4.3	1.2
20	Jim Ray	Oct 27, '56, SYR @ PHW	23	2	8	64	3	17			3	5		5	5				7	9	.176		.600	8.0	1.1	0.6	0.6
					Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Debut	Age	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	Bill Russell*	Dec 22, '56, BOS vs. STL	22	13	963	40726	5687	12930			3148	5614		21620	4100				2592	14522	.440		.561	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3
22	Ron Shavlik	Nov 3, '56, NYK @ BOS	23	2	8	74	4	23			2	5		23	0				12	10	.174		.400	9.3	1.3	2.9	0.0
23	Ron Sobie	Oct 27, '56, NYK vs. BOS	22	4	192	3868	564	1489			491	608		791	353				421	1619	.379		.808	20.1	8.4	4.1	1.8
24	Norm Stewart	Oct 27, '56, STL vs. MNL	22	1	5	37	4	15			2	6		5	2				9	10	.267		.333	7.4	2.0	1.0	0.4
25	Bill Thieben	Oct 27, '56, FTW @ ROC	21	2	85	876	132	399			73	114		272	24				122	337	.331		.640	10.3	4.0	3.2	0.3
26	Lou Tsioropoulos	Oct 27, '56, BOS @ NYK	26	3	157	2977	337	1070			236	329		751	165				451	910	.315		.717	19.0	5.8	4.8	1.1