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Jack Nichols

Age 100 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 101 kg · Born Apr 9, 1926 · Washington

10.2 PPG 4.9 RPG 1.9 APG 647 games 9 seasons
Jack Nichols

Career snapshot

9seasons
647games
6,587career pts
12.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 314 games · 1953-54–1957-58

Position rank · 1957-58

#18PPG rank
#9PER rank
#8WS rank
Among 19 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.8 1952-53 · ATL
RPG 10.4 1955-56 · BOS
APG 2.8 1952-53 · ATL
PER 16.5 1955-56 · BOS
WS 4.4 1955-56 · BOS

Draft

1957
Round 10 · Pick 74
by Philadelphia 76ers
from Washington

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1953-54 – 1957-58 · 5 seasons
8.7 PPG 6.8 RPG 1.7 APG
314 games
Atlanta Hawks
1949-50 – 1953-54 · 4 seasons
13.7 PPG 6.1 RPG 2.7 APG
108 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1948-49 NBA 34 0 0.0 11.7 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 39.0 0.0 73.0 — —
1949-50 NBA 49 0 0.0 13.1 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 36.2 0.0 73.6 — —
1949-50 NBA 67 0 0.0 13.1 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 36.6 0.0 75.3 — —
1949-50 ATL 18 0 0.0 13.1 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 37.4 0.0 80.0 — —
1950-51 ATL 6 0 0.0 11.7 10.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 34.2 0.0 76.2 — —
1952-53 ATL 69 0 38.1 15.8 7.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 36.3 0.0 70.8 — —
1953-54 NBA 75 0 21.4 5.9 4.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 30.9 0.0 74.3 — —
1953-54 ATL 15 0 23.7 5.7 4.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 21.0 0.0 69.4 — —
1953-54 BOS 60 0 20.9 5.9 4.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 34.5 0.0 75.9 11.1 0.6
1954-55 BOS 64 0 29.8 9.9 8.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 38.0 0.0 78.0 12.2 1.6
1955-56 BOS 60 0 32.7 14.3 10.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 41.3 0.0 79.1 16.5 4.4
1956-57 BOS 61 0 22.5 8.2 6.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 36.3 0.0 79.4 11.9 2.5
1957-58 BOS 69 0 17.7 5.8 4.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 35.1 0.0 73.8 9.3 1.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1953 Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics

All entries are season change.

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About Jack Nichols

Jack Edward Nichols was an American professional basketball player.