1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-35
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 4-6 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 3-2
Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Warriors 4-1
Coach: Charley Eckman (37-35)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 128,102, Avg. 4,745 in 27 home dates

1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster
1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 37 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Pistons topped the league with just 6,743 points allowed. Fort Wayne tossed in 6,794 points, worst in the league.

Charley Eckman coached the team. The 1955-56 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Yardley	F-G	71	2353	1067	434			492	365	686	159	212	1233
Larry Foust	C-F	72	2024	821	367			555	432	648	127	263	1166
Mel Hutchins	F-C	66	2240	764	325			221	142	496	180	166	792
Bob Houbregs	C-F	70	1535	575	247			383	283	414	159	147	777
Chuck Noble	G	72	2013	767	270			195	146	261	282	253	686
Corky Devlin	G	69	1535	541	200			192	146	171	138	119	546
Odie Spears	G	72	1378	468	166			201	159	231	121	191	491
Andy Phillip	G-F	70	2078	405	148			199	112	257	410	155	408
Frank Brian	G	37	680	263	78			88	72	88	74	62	228
Jesse Arnelle	F	31	409	164	52			69	43	170	18	60	147
Chuck Cooper	F	32	570	136	43			49	38	101	27	69	124
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	9	182	81	29			35	30	16	16	18	88
Johnny Horan	F	7	43	26	8			6	6	4	1	14	22
Don Bielke	C	7	38	9	5			7	4	9	1	9	14
Totals		685	17078	6087	2372	0	0	2692	1978	3552	1713	1738	6722

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Yardley	F-G	71	33.1	40.7	74.2	9.7	2.2	3.0	17.4
Larry Foust	C-F	72	28.1	44.7	77.8	9.0	1.8	3.7	16.2
Mel Hutchins	F-C	66	33.9	42.5	64.3	7.5	2.7	2.5	12.0
Bob Houbregs	C-F	70	21.9	43.0	73.9	5.9	2.3	2.1	11.1
Chuck Noble	G	72	28.0	35.2	74.9	3.6	3.9	3.5	9.5
Corky Devlin	G	69	22.2	37.0	76.0	2.5	2.0	1.7	7.9
Odie Spears	G	72	19.1	35.5	79.1	3.2	1.7	2.7	6.8
Andy Phillip	G-F	70	29.7	36.5	56.3	3.7	5.9	2.2	5.8
Frank Brian	G	37	18.4	29.7	81.8	2.4	2.0	1.7	6.2
Jesse Arnelle	F	31	13.2	31.7	62.3	5.5	0.6	1.9	4.7
Chuck Cooper	F	32	17.8	31.6	77.6	3.2	0.8	2.2	3.9
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	9	20.2	35.8	85.7	1.8	1.8	2.0	9.8
Johnny Horan	F	7	6.1	30.8	100.0	0.6	0.1	2.0	3.1
Don Bielke	C	7	5.4	55.6	57.1	1.3	0.1	1.3	2.0
Averages		685	24.9	39.0	73.5	5.2	2.5	2.5	9.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Yardley	F-G	10	406	183	77			98	76	139	26	25	230
Larry Foust	C-F	10	289	130	49			89	70	127	14	38	168
Bob Houbregs	C-F	10	217	78	36			44	31	67	14	21	103
Corky Devlin	G	10	275	101	41			25	15	21	23	21	97
Mel Hutchins	F-C	10	377	112	34			41	25	88	23	27	93
Chuck Noble	G	10	261	92	29			17	16	30	41	30	74
Frank Brian	G	10	166	68	26			21	17	12	17	15	69
Odie Spears	G	10	177	62	20			23	13	29	14	33	53
Andy Phillip	G-F	10	173	27	9			25	11	26	35	16	29
Chuck Cooper	F	9	59	26	5			3	2	17	2	5	12
Totals		99	2400	879	326	0	0	386	276	556	209	231	928

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
George Yardley	F-G	10	40.6	42.1	77.6	13.9	2.6	2.5	23.0
Larry Foust	C-F	10	28.9	37.7	78.7	12.7	1.4	3.8	16.8
Bob Houbregs	C-F	10	21.7	46.2	70.5	6.7	1.4	2.1	10.3
Corky Devlin	G	10	27.5	40.6	60.0	2.1	2.3	2.1	9.7
Mel Hutchins	F-C	10	37.7	30.4	61.0	8.8	2.3	2.7	9.3
Chuck Noble	G	10	26.1	31.5	94.1	3.0	4.1	3.0	7.4
Frank Brian	G	10	16.6	38.2	81.0	1.2	1.7	1.5	6.9
Odie Spears	G	10	17.7	32.3	56.5	2.9	1.4	3.3	5.3
Andy Phillip	G-F	10	17.3	33.3	44.0	2.6	3.5	1.6	2.9
Chuck Cooper	F	9	6.6	19.2	66.7	1.9	0.2	0.6	1.3
Averages		685	24.2	37.1	71.5	5.6	2.1	2.3	9.4