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Walter Dukes

Age 95 · USA · 213 cm (6'12") · 100 kg · Born Jun 23, 1930 · Seton Hall

10.4 PPG 10.9 RPG 0.9 APG 403 games 6 seasons
Walter Dukes

Career snapshot

6seasons
403games
4,197career pts
13.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 272 games · 1957-58–1962-63

Position rank · 1962-63

#15PPG rank
#6PER rank
#6WS rank
Among 17 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 15.2 1959-60 · DET
RPG 13.4 1959-60 · DET
APG 1.2 1959-60 · DET
PER 15.5 1959-60 · DET
WS 3.9 1959-60 · DET

Draft

1953
Round 1 · Pick 8
by New York Knicks
from Seton Hall

Honors & awards

2×
All-Star Selection
1960, 1959

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
1957-58 – 1962-63 · 4 seasons
11.1 PPG 11.6 RPG 0.9 APG
272 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1956-57 – 1956-57 · 1 seasons
10.1 PPG 11.2 RPG 0.8 APG
71 games
New York Knicks
1955-56 – 1955-56 · 1 seasons
7.8 PPG 7.4 RPG 0.7 APG
60 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1955-56 NYK 60 0 21.5 7.8 7.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 40.3 0.0 70.8 13.8 2.8
1956-57 LAL 71 0 26.3 10.1 11.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.4 0.0 68.9 — —
1957-58 DET 72 0 30.3 11.2 13.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 34.9 0.0 67.5 13.6 2.4
1958-59 DET 72 0 32.5 13.0 13.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 35.2 0.0 65.7 13.9 3.2
1959-60 DET 66 0 32.4 15.2 13.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 36.1 0.0 74.0 15.5 3.9
1962-63 DET 62 0 14.7 4.3 5.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 32.5 0.0 73.7 10.0 0.5

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1957 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons
Jul 1956 New York Knicks Los Angeles Lakers

All entries are season change.

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About Walter Dukes

Walter F. Dukes was a center for the New York Knicks (1955–1956), Minneapolis Lakers (1956–1957) and Detroit Pistons (1957–1963). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates. He has held the NCAA Division I men's record for most rebounds in a season for over 70 years.