1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats

Record: 37-35, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Charles Eckman (37-35)

Executive: Fred Zollner

PTS/G: 94.4 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 93.7 (1st of 8)

SRS: 0.45 (3rd of 8) Pace: 103.2 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.7 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 90.0 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: +0.7 (2nd of 8)

Expected W-L: 38-34 (2nd of 8)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
15, 18	Jesse Arnelle	PF	6-5	220	December 30, 1933	us US	R	Penn State
18	Don Bielke	C	6-7	240	May 10, 1932	us US	R	Valparaiso
7	Frankie Brian	PG	6-1	180	May 1, 1923	us US	6	LSU
6	Chuck Cooper	SF	6-5	210	September 29, 1926	us US	5	Duquesne
7, 8	Corky Devlin	SG	6-5	195	December 21, 1931	us US	R	George Washington
16	Larry Foust	C	6-9	215	June 24, 1928	us US	5	La Salle
10	Jim Holstein	SF	6-3	180	September 24, 1930	us US	3	Cincinnati
15	Johnny Horan	F	6-8	190	November 24, 1932	us US	R	Dayton
17	Bob Houbregs	C	6-8	225	March 12, 1932	ca CA	2	Washington
9	Mel Hutchins	PF	6-6	200	November 22, 1928	us US	4	BYU
5	Chuck Noble	SG	6-4	190	July 24, 1931		R	Louisville
14	Andy Phillip	PG	6-2	195	March 7, 1922	us US	8	Illinois
8, 15	Odie Spears	SF	6-5	205	June 17, 1924	us US	6	Western Kentucky
12	George Yardley	SF	6-5	190	November 3, 1928	us US	2	Stanford
10	Max Zaslofsky	SG	6-2	170	December 7, 1925	us US	9	St. John's

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Mel Hutchins	27	PF	66	33.9	4.9	11.6	.425	2.2	3.3	.643	7.5	2.7	2.5	12.0	MVP-4,AS
2	George Yardley	27	SF	71	33.1	6.1	15.0	.407	5.1	6.9	.742	9.7	2.2	3.0	17.4	AS
3	Andy Phillip	33	PG	70	29.7	2.1	5.8	.365	1.6	2.8	.563	3.7	5.9	2.2	5.8
4	Larry Foust	27	C	72	28.1	5.1	11.4	.447	6.0	7.7	.778	9.0	1.8	3.7	16.2	AS
5	Chuck Noble	24	SG	72	28.0	3.8	10.7	.352	2.0	2.7	.749	3.6	3.9	3.5	9.5
6	Corky Devlin	24	SG	69	22.2	2.9	7.8	.370	2.1	2.8	.760	2.5	2.0	1.7	7.9
7	Bob Houbregs	23	C	70	21.9	3.5	8.2	.430	4.0	5.5	.739	5.9	2.3	2.1	11.1
8	Max Zaslofsky	30	SG	9	20.2	3.2	9.0	.358	3.3	3.9	.857	1.8	1.8	2.0	9.8
9	Odie Spears	31	SF	72	19.1	2.3	6.5	.355	2.2	2.8	.791	3.2	1.7	2.7	6.8
10	Frankie Brian	32	PG	37	18.4	2.1	7.1	.297	1.9	2.4	.818	2.4	2.0	1.7	6.2
11	Chuck Cooper	29	SF	32	17.8	1.3	4.3	.316	1.2	1.5	.776	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.9
12	Jesse Arnelle	22	PF	31	13.2	1.7	5.3	.317	1.4	2.2	.623	5.5	0.6	1.9	4.7
13	Jim Holstein	25	SF	27	13.0	0.9	3.3	.270	0.9	1.4	.649	2.8	1.4	1.9	2.7
14	Johnny Horan	23		7	6.1	1.1	3.7	.308	0.9	0.9	1.000	0.6	0.1	2.0	3.1
15	Don Bielke	23		7	5.4	0.7	1.3	.556	0.6	1.0	.571	1.3	0.1	1.3	2.0
	Team Totals			72	24.5	3.4	8.7	.388	2.8	3.8	.734	5.1	2.5	2.5	9.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	27	SF	10	40.6	7.7	18.3	.421	7.6	9.8	.776	13.9	2.6	2.5	23.0
2	Mel Hutchins	27	PF	10	37.7	3.4	11.2	.304	2.5	4.1	.610	8.8	2.3	2.7	9.3
3	Larry Foust	27	C	10	28.9	4.9	13.0	.377	7.0	8.9	.787	12.7	1.4	3.8	16.8
4	Corky Devlin	24	SG	10	27.5	4.1	10.1	.406	1.5	2.5	.600	2.1	2.3	2.1	9.7
5	Chuck Noble	24	SG	10	26.1	2.9	9.2	.315	1.6	1.7	.941	3.0	4.1	3.0	7.4
6	Bob Houbregs	23	C	10	21.7	3.6	7.8	.462	3.1	4.4	.705	6.7	1.4	2.1	10.3
7	Odie Spears	31	SF	10	17.7	2.0	6.2	.323	1.3	2.3	.565	2.9	1.4	3.3	5.3
8	Andy Phillip	33	PG	10	17.3	0.9	2.7	.333	1.1	2.5	.440	2.6	3.5	1.6	2.9
9	Frankie Brian	32	PG	10	16.6	2.6	6.8	.382	1.7	2.1	.810	1.2	1.7	1.5	6.9
10	Chuck Cooper	29	SF	9	6.6	0.6	2.9	.192	0.2	0.3	.667	1.9	0.2	0.6	1.3
	Team Totals			20	24.2	3.3	8.9	.371	2.8	3.9	.715	5.6	2.1	2.3	9.4

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	George Yardley	27	SF	71	2353	6.6	16.3	.407	5.6	7.5	.742	10.5	2.4	3.2	18.9	AS
2	Mel Hutchins	27	PF	66	2240	5.2	12.3	.425	2.3	3.6	.643	8.0	2.9	2.7	12.7	MVP-4,AS
3	Andy Phillip	33	PG	70	2078	2.6	7.0	.365	1.9	3.4	.563	4.5	7.1	2.7	7.1
4	Larry Foust	27	C	72	2024	6.5	14.6	.447	7.7	9.9	.778	11.5	2.3	4.7	20.7	AS
5	Chuck Noble	24	SG	72	2013	4.8	13.7	.352	2.6	3.5	.749	4.7	5.0	4.5	12.3
6	Corky Devlin	24	SG	69	1535	4.7	12.7	.370	3.4	4.5	.760	4.0	3.2	2.8	12.8
7	Bob Houbregs	23	C	70	1535	5.8	13.5	.430	6.6	9.0	.739	9.7	3.7	3.4	18.2
8	Odie Spears	31	SF	72	1378	4.3	12.2	.355	4.2	5.3	.791	6.0	3.2	5.0	12.8
9	Frankie Brian	32	PG	37	680	4.1	13.9	.297	3.8	4.7	.818	4.7	3.9	3.3	12.1
10	Chuck Cooper	29	SF	32	570	2.7	8.6	.316	2.4	3.1	.776	6.4	1.8	4.4	7.8
11	Jesse Arnelle	22	PF	31	409	4.6	14.4	.317	3.8	6.1	.623	15.0	1.6	5.3	12.9
12	Jim Holstein	25	SF	27	352	2.5	9.1	.270	2.5	3.8	.649	7.8	3.9	5.2	7.4
13	Max Zaslofsky	30	SG	9	182	5.7	16.0	.358	5.9	6.9	.857	3.2	3.2	3.6	17.4
14	Johnny Horan	23		7	43	6.7	21.8	.308	5.0	5.0	1.000	3.3	0.8	11.7	18.4
15	Don Bielke	23		7	38	4.7	8.5	.556	3.8	6.6	.571	8.5	0.9	8.5	13.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Yardley	27	SF	10	406	6.8	16.2	.421	6.7	8.7	.776	12.3	2.3	2.2	20.4
2	Mel Hutchins	27	PF	10	377	3.2	10.7	.304	2.4	3.9	.610	8.4	2.2	2.6	8.9
3	Larry Foust	27	C	10	289	6.1	16.2	.377	8.7	11.1	.787	15.8	1.7	4.7	20.9
4	Corky Devlin	24	SG	10	275	5.4	13.2	.406	2.0	3.3	.600	2.7	3.0	2.7	12.7
5	Chuck Noble	24	SG	10	261	4.0	12.7	.315	2.2	2.3	.941	4.1	5.7	4.1	10.2
6	Bob Houbregs	23	C	10	217	6.0	12.9	.462	5.1	7.3	.705	11.1	2.3	3.5	17.1
7	Odie Spears	31	SF	10	177	4.1	12.6	.323	2.6	4.7	.565	5.9	2.8	6.7	10.8
8	Andy Phillip	33	PG	10	173	1.9	5.6	.333	2.3	5.2	.440	5.4	7.3	3.3	6.0
9	Frankie Brian	32	PG	10	166	5.6	14.7	.382	3.7	4.6	.810	2.6	3.7	3.3	15.0
10	Chuck Cooper	29	SF	9	59	3.1	15.9	.192	1.2	1.8	.667	10.4	1.2	3.1	7.3