Clyde Lovellette

Clyde Edward Lovellette , "The Boomer, Boom-Boom & others"
Born: September 7, 1929
Petersburg, IN USA
Position: C-F
High School: Garfield
College: Kansas
Drafted: 1952, Round 1 Pick 9, #9 Overall
Height: 6'9"
Weight: 230
Career: 1953-54-1963-64
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.

Clyde Lovellette averaged 17.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in his 704-game career with the Boston Celtics, Cincinnati Royals, Minneapolis Lakers and St. Louis Hawks. He began playing during the 1953-54 season and last took the court during the 1963-64 campaign. Lovellette was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.

Minneapolis Lakers

Cincinnati Royals

St. Louis Hawks

Boston Celtics

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Minneapolis Lakers	72	0	1255	560	237			164	114	419	51	210	588
1954-55	Minneapolis Lakers	70	66	2361	1192	519			398	273	802	100	262	1311
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	71	0	2518	1370	594			469	338	992	164	245	1526
1956-57	Minneapolis Lakers	69	0	2492	1348	574			399	286	932	139	251	1434
1957-58	Cincinnati Royals	71	0	2589	1540	679			405	301	862	134	236	1659
1958-59	St. Louis Hawks	70	0	1599	885	402			250	205	605	91	216	1009
1959-60	St. Louis Hawks	68	0	1953	1174	550			385	316	721	127	248	1416
1960-61	St. Louis Hawks	67	0	2111	1321	599			329	273	677	172	248	1471
1961-62	St. Louis Hawks	40	0	1192	724	341			187	155	350	68	136	837
1962-63	Boston Celtics	61	0	568	376	161			98	73	177	95	137	395
1963-64	Boston Celtics	45	0	437	305	128			57	45	126	24	100	301
Totals		704	66	19075	10795	4784	0	0	3141	2379	6663	1165	2289	11947

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Minneapolis Lakers	72	0	17.4	42.3	69.5	5.8	0.7	2.9	8.2
1954-55	Minneapolis Lakers	70	66	33.7	43.5	68.6	11.5	1.4	3.7	18.7
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	71	0	35.5	43.4	72.1	14.0	2.3	3.5	21.5
1956-57	Minneapolis Lakers	69	0	36.1	42.6	71.7	13.5	2.0	3.6	20.8
1957-58	Cincinnati Royals	71	0	36.5	44.1	74.3	12.1	1.9	3.3	23.4
1958-59	St. Louis Hawks	70	0	22.8	45.4	82.0	8.6	1.3	3.1	14.4
1959-60	St. Louis Hawks	68	0	28.7	46.8	82.1	10.6	1.9	3.6	20.8
1960-61	St. Louis Hawks	67	0	31.5	45.3	83.0	10.1	2.6	3.7	22.0
1961-62	St. Louis Hawks	40	0	29.8	47.1	82.9	8.8	1.7	3.4	20.9
1962-63	Boston Celtics	61	0	9.3	42.8	74.5	2.9	1.6	2.2	6.5
1963-64	Boston Celtics	45	0	9.7	42.0	78.9	2.8	0.5	2.2	6.7
Averages		704	66	27.1	44.3	75.7	9.5	1.7	3.3	17.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Minneapolis Lakers	13	265	120	54			58	28	126	7	37	136
1954-55	Minneapolis Lakers	7	197	98	44			40	29	64	3	32	117
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	3	69	39	19			32	19	25	6	13	57
1956-57	Minneapolis Lakers	5	181	118	51			26	19	47	11	21	121
1957-58	Cincinnati Royals	2	72	31	12			14	9	21	1	9	33
1958-59	St. Louis Hawks	6	161	70	35			28	22	59	8	23	92
1959-60	St. Louis Hawks	14	426	242	95			68	56	151	39	53	246
1960-61	St. Louis Hawks	8	191	114	46			47	31	52	11	23	123
1962-63	Boston Celtics	6	40	26	7			6	4	5	1	13	18
1963-64	Boston Celtics	5	40	34	8			4	4	7	2	8	20
Totals		69	1642	892	371	0	0	323	221	557	89	232	963

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1953-54	Minneapolis Lakers	13	20.4	45.0	48.3	9.7	0.5	2.8	10.5
1954-55	Minneapolis Lakers	7	28.1	44.9	72.5	9.1	0.4	4.6	16.7
1955-56	Minneapolis Lakers	3	23.0	48.7	59.4	8.3	2.0	4.3	19.0
1956-57	Minneapolis Lakers	5	36.2	43.2	73.1	9.4	2.2	4.2	24.2
1957-58	Cincinnati Royals	2	36.0	38.7	64.3	10.5	0.5	4.5	16.5
1958-59	St. Louis Hawks	6	26.8	50.0	78.6	9.8	1.3	3.8	15.3
1959-60	St. Louis Hawks	14	30.4	39.3	82.4	10.8	2.8	3.8	17.6
1960-61	St. Louis Hawks	8	23.9	40.4	66.0	6.5	1.4	2.9	15.4
1962-63	Boston Celtics	6	6.7	26.9	66.7	0.8	0.2	2.2	3.0
1963-64	Boston Celtics	5	8.0	23.5	100.0	1.4	0.4	1.6	4.0
Averages		704	23.8	41.6	68.4	8.1	1.3	3.4	14.0

Awards

1955 - NBA All-NBA Second Team