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Bob Houbregs

Age 94 · Canada · 203 cm (6'8") · 102 kg · Born Mar 12, 1932 · Washington

8.8 PPG 5.4 RPG 1.7 APG 415 games 5 seasons

Career snapshot

5seasons
415games
3,638career pts
7.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 199 games · 1954-55–1957-58

Position rank · 1956-57

#8PPG rank
#12PER rank
#12WS rank
Among 20 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 11.2 1956-57 · DET
RPG 6.7 1956-57 · DET
APG 2.3 1955-56 · DET

Draft

1953
Round 1 · Pick 3
by Atlanta Hawks
from Washington

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1954-55 – 1957-58 · 4 seasons
9.6 PPG 5.6 RPG 1.8 APG
199 games
Boston Celtics
1954-55 – 1954-55 · 1 seasons
0.5 PPG 0.5 RPG 1.0 APG
2 games
Atlanta Hawks
1953-54 – 1953-54 · 1 seasons
5.8 PPG 4.2 RPG 0.8 APG
11 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1953-54 NBA 59 0 30.6 9.2 5.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 38.0 0.0 70.7 — —
1953-54 NBA 70 0 28.1 8.7 5.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 37.2 0.0 71.4 — —
1953-54 ATL 11 0 15.1 5.8 4.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 30.6 0.0 76.5 — —
1954-55 NBA 10 0 30.0 9.0 5.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 35.9 0.0 70.6 — —
1954-55 NBA 64 0 20.7 6.6 4.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 38.3 0.0 70.9 — —
1954-55 BOS 2 0 7.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 3.2 0.0
1954-55 DET 52 0 19.4 6.4 4.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 39.1 0.0 70.7 — —
1955-56 DET 70 0 21.9 11.1 5.9 2.3 0.0 0.0 43.0 0.0 73.9 — —
1956-57 DET 60 0 26.5 11.2 6.7 1.9 0.0 0.0 43.2 0.0 71.4 — —
1957-58 DET 17 0 17.8 7.5 3.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 35.8 0.0 69.8 11.5 0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1955 Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons
Jul 1954 Atlanta Hawks Detroit Pistons
Jul 1954 Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics

All entries are season change.

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Born on March 12

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About Bob Houbregs

Robert J. Houbregs was a Canadian professional basketball player. Houbregs was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.