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Fred Schaus
Forward ·Detroit Pistons ·NBA ·#17

Fred Schaus

Age101 BornJun 30, 1925 FromUSA Height196 cm (6'5") Weight93 kg CollegeWest Virginia Draft1949
Career averages
11.3PPG
4.7RPG
2.7APG
401 games · 5 seasons

At a glance

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Career snapshot
5Seasons
401Games
4,548Career points
13.9PER average
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 290 games · 1949-50 to 1953-54
Honors and awards2 total
1×
All-Star Selection1950
1×
All-NBA Team1949
All awards
Career highsSingle season
15.1PPG · 1950-51 · DET
7.3RPG · 1950-51 · DET
4.0APG · 1951-52 · DET
13.9PER · 1953-54 · NYK
2.7Win shares · 1953-54 · NYK
Draft1949
3Round
-Overall pick
From West Virginia
Position rank1953-54
#9PPG rank
#1PER rank
#1Win shares rank
ForwardPosition
Among 27 Forward players with 41+ games

Career by team

New York Knicks
1953-54 - 1953-54 · 1 seasons
8.8 PPG 4.9 RPG 2.0 APG
44 games
Detroit Pistons
1949-50 - 1953-54 · 5 seasons
12.7 PPG 4.8 RPG 3.0 APG
290 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1949-50 DET 68 0 0.0 14.3 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 35.2 0.0 81.8 - -
1950-51 DET 68 0 0.0 15.1 7.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 34.0 0.0 83.5 - -
1951-52 DET 62 0 41.6 14.1 7.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 36.1 0.0 83.3 - -
1952-53 DET 69 0 36.8 10.5 6.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 33.4 0.0 82.1 - -
1953-54 NBA 67 0 22.6 7.1 4.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 38.8 0.0 78.5 - -
1953-54 NYK 44 0 28.3 8.8 4.9 2.0 0.0 0.0 38.6 0.0 79.3 13.9 2.7
1953-54 DET 23 0 11.8 3.8 2.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 39.7 0.0 76.0 - -

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1953 New York Knicks Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1953-54 to 1953-54
Jul 1953 Detroit Pistons New York Knicks season change

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Born on June 30

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About Fred Schaus

Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee. He was born in Newark, Ohio.