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Forward · Boston Celtics

Bob Harris

Age 99 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 88 kg · Born Mar 16, 1927 · Oklahoma State

6.5 PPG 5.5 RPG 1.5 APG 381 games 5 seasons
Bob Harris

Career snapshot

5seasons
381games
2,491career pts
9.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 251 games · 1950-51–1953-54

Position rank · 1953-54

#21PPG rank
#2PER rank
#3WS rank
Among 27 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 7.8 1951-52 · BOS
RPG 8.0 1951-52 · BOS
APG 2.1 1949-50 · DET
PER 14.2 1951-52 · BOS
WS 4.3 1951-52 · BOS

Draft

1949
Round 1 · Pick 3
from Oklahoma State

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1950-51 – 1953-54 · 4 seasons
6.7 PPG 7.1 RPG 1.5 APG
251 games
Detroit Pistons
1949-50 – 1950-51 · 2 seasons
7.0 PPG 0.6 RPG 1.9 APG
74 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1949-50 DET 62 0 0.0 7.7 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 36.1 0.0 62.8 — —
1950-51 NBA 56 0 0.0 5.0 5.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 33.2 0.0 67.7 — —
1950-51 BOS 44 0 0.0 5.5 5.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 35.7 0.0 66.4 0.0 1.2
1950-51 DET 12 0 0.0 3.4 3.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 22.8 0.0 75.0 — —
1951-52 BOS 66 0 28.8 7.8 8.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 41.0 0.0 64.1 14.2 4.3
1952-53 BOS 70 0 28.2 7.4 6.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 41.8 0.0 58.8 12.6 3.4
1953-54 BOS 71 0 26.7 5.9 7.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 38.1 0.0 62.8 11.1 1.9

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1950 Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1950-51 to 1950-51
Jul 1950 Detroit Pistons Boston Celtics season change

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About Bob Harris

Robert Anderson Harris was a National Basketball Association (NBA) player.