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Bobby Wanzer

Guard  at Sacramento Kings
Age104
NationalityUSA
Height183 cm (6'0")
Weight77 kg
BornJun 4, 1921
CollegeSeton Hall
Career
12.2PPG
3.5RPG
3.2APG
569 games · 9 seasons

Career snapshot

9seasons
569games
6,924career pts
0.0PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Sacramento Kings · 569 games · 1948-49–1956-57

Position rank · 1955-56

#6PPG rank
#8PER rank
#8WS rank
Among 20 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.7 1951-52 · SAC
RPG 5.4 1953-54 · SAC
APG 4.0 1951-52 · SAC

Draft

1948
Round 1 · Pick 10
from Seton Hall

Honors & awards

5×
All-Star Selection
1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951
3×
All-NBA Team
1953, 1952, 1951

Career by team

Sacramento Kings
1948-49 – 1956-57 · 9 seasons
12.2 PPG 3.5 RPG 3.2 APG
569 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1948-49 SAC 60 0 0.0 10.2 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 37.9 0.0 82.3 — —
1949-50 SAC 68 0 0.0 11.6 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 41.4 0.0 80.6 — —
1950-51 SAC 68 0 0.0 10.8 3.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 40.1 0.0 85.0 — —
1951-52 SAC 66 0 37.8 15.7 5.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 42.5 0.0 90.4 — —
1952-53 SAC 70 0 36.8 14.6 5.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 36.7 0.0 81.2 — —
1953-54 SAC 72 0 35.3 13.3 5.4 3.5 0.0 0.0 38.6 0.0 73.4 — —
1954-55 SAC 72 0 33.0 13.1 5.2 3.4 0.0 0.0 39.5 0.0 78.6 — —
1955-56 SAC 72 0 27.5 10.4 3.8 3.1 0.0 0.0 37.6 0.0 71.9 — —
1956-57 SAC 21 0 7.6 3.9 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 46.9 0.0 78.3 — —

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Born on June 4

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About Bobby Wanzer

Robert Francis Wanzer was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Royals in 1951. During his final two years as a player, he served as the team's player-coach. After he retired from playing in 1957, he remained as a coach with the Royals for one season, before he became the head coach of the St. John Fisher Cardinals