1950-51 Indianapolis Olympians Roster and Stats

Record: 31-37, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Cliff Barker (24-32), Wah Wah Jones (7-5)

PTS/G: 81.7 (10th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 84.1 (4th of 11)

SRS: -2.00 (9th of 11) Pace: 96.4 (7th of 11)

Off Rtg: 83.6 (8th of 11) Def Rtg: 86.0 (6th of 11) Net Rtg: -2.4 (9th of 11)

Expected W-L: 27-41 (9th of 11)

Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse

NBA 1951 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (1-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers (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
10	Cliff Barker	SG	6-2	185	January 15, 1921	us US	1	Kentucky
20	Leo Barnhorst	SF	6-4	190	May 11, 1924	us US	1	Notre Dame
12	Ralph Beard	G	5-10	175	December 2, 1927	us US	1	Kentucky
9	Leon Blevins	G	6-2	160	June 25, 1926	us US	R	Arizona
15	Alex Groza	C	6-7	218	October 7, 1926	us US	1	Kentucky
7	Bruce Hale	G-F	6-1	170	August 30, 1918	us US	2	Santa Clara
14	Joe Holland	SF	6-4	185	September 26, 1925	us US	1	Kentucky
17	Wah Wah Jones	PF	6-4	225	July 14, 1926	us US	1	Kentucky
8	Bob Lavoy	PF	6-7	185	June 29, 1926	us US	R	Illinois, Western Kentucky
18	Don Lofgran	F-C	6-5	200	November 8, 1929	us US	R	San Francisco
19	John Mahnken	C	6-8	220	June 16, 1922	us US	4	Georgetown
16	Mal McMullen	F-C	6-5	210	August 23, 1927	us US	1	Xavier
19	Chuck Mrazovich	F	6-5	185	February 26, 1924	us US	R	Eastern Kentucky University
18	Carl Shaeffer	F-G	6-3	185	October 25, 1924	us US	1	Alabama
5	Paul Walther	SG	6-2	160	March 23, 1927	us US	1	Tennessee

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	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Cliff Barker	30	SG	56	0.9	3.6	.252	0.9	1.4	.649	1.8	2.1	1.8	2.7
2	Leo Barnhorst	26	SF	68	3.4	9.9	.346	1.2	1.8	.689	4.4	3.2	2.9	8.0
3	Ralph Beard	23		66	6.2	16.8	.368	4.4	5.7	.775	3.8	4.8	1.5	16.8	AS,NBA1
4	Leon Blevins	24		2	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.0
5	Alex Groza	24		66	7.5	15.8	.470	6.7	8.6	.786	10.7	2.4	3.6	21.7	AS,NBA1
6	Bruce Hale	32		26	1.5	5.2	.296	0.5	0.9	.609	1.9	1.6	1.2	3.6
7	Joe Holland	25	SF	67	2.9	8.9	.330	1.2	2.0	.569	5.1	2.2	3.4	7.0
8	Wah Wah Jones	24	PF	22	4.2	10.8	.392	2.8	3.5	.792	5.7	3.9	3.4	11.2
9	Bob Lavoy	24	PF	63	3.5	9.8	.357	1.3	2.1	.632	4.9	1.2	3.0	8.3
10	Don Lofgran	21		14	1.9	6.8	.284	1.5	2.4	.618	4.6	0.5	2.1	5.4
11	John Mahnken	28	C	12	0.8	4.4	.170	0.8	1.3	.625	2.9	0.8	1.0	2.3
12	Mal McMullen	23		51	1.5	5.4	.282	0.9	1.6	.585	2.5	0.6	2.1	4.0
13	Chuck Mrazovich	26		25	1.1	3.2	.350	1.2	1.9	.604	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.4
14	Carl Shaeffer	26		10	0.6	2.2	.273	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	0.6	1.5	1.5
15	Paul Walther	23	SG	63	3.4	10.1	.336	2.3	3.3	.694	3.6	3.6	3.2	9.1
	Team Totals			68	30.8	85.0	.363	20.0	28.0	.716	40.9	21.4	23.1	81.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Cliff Barker	30	SG	3	1.3	6.3	.211	0.0	1.0	.000	5.0	3.3	3.3	2.7
2	Leo Barnhorst	26	SF	3	4.3	11.7	.371	2.7	3.3	.800	3.0	4.0	2.3	11.3
3	Ralph Beard	23		3	9.0	20.3	.443	4.0	5.7	.706	4.0	4.3	2.0	22.0
4	Alex Groza	24		3	12.0	24.3	.493	8.3	11.0	.758	14.0	0.7	4.7	32.3
5	Bruce Hale	32		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	Joe Holland	25	SF	3	5.7	12.0	.472	0.3	1.3	.250	4.0	3.7	3.3	11.7
7	Bob Lavoy	24	PF	3	0.0	2.3	.000	1.0	1.7	.600	2.0	1.3	2.0	1.0
8	Don Lofgran	21		1	2.0	6.0	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	0.0	3.0	5.0
9	John Mahnken	28	C	3	0.7	5.0	.133	0.0	0.0		3.7	3.0	3.7	1.3
10	Paul Walther	23	SG	3	1.0	2.3	.429	3.7	5.0	.733	1.7	3.0	2.0	5.7
	Team Totals			3	34.7	86.3	.402	20.3	29.3	.693	37.7	23.3	24.3	89.7