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American basketball player (1927–2024)

Bob Harrison
Personal information
Harrison from 1948 Michiganensian
Born	(1927-08-12)August 12, 1927 Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 3, 2024(2024-03-03) (aged 96)
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Woodward (Toledo, Ohio)
College	Michigan (1945–1949)
NBA draft	1949: – round, –
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career	1949–1958
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	16, 7, 3
Coaching career	1958–1973
Career history
As player:
1949–1953	Minneapolis Lakers
1953–1956	Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks
1956–1958	Syracuse Nationals
As coach:
1958–1968	Kenyon
1968–1973	Harvard

Career highlights and awards
3× NBA champion (1950, 1952, 1953) NBA All-Star (1956)

Career statistics
Points	4,418 (7.2 ppg)
Rebounds	1,358 (2.5 rpg)
Assists	1,672 (2.7 apg)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Robert William Harrison (August 12, 1927 – March 3, 2024) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'1" guard from the University of Michigan, Harrison played nine seasons (1949–1958) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, St. Louis Hawks, and Syracuse Nationals. He averaged 7.2 points per game in his professional career and appeared in the 1956 NBA All-Star Game. Harrison coached the Syracuse Centennials during the 1976–77 Eastern Basketball Association season.

Harrison later coached basketball at Kenyon College and Harvard University.

On February 3, 1941, as a 13-year-old 8th grader in Toledo, Ohio, Harrison scored all 139 points during his LaGrange School team's 139–8 win over Arch Street School. In the game, he made 69 field goals and one free throw.

After the death of Bud Grant in 2023 he became the oldest living NBA champion. Harrison died on March 3, 2024, at the age of 96.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
†	Won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50†	Minneapolis	66	–	.359	.676	–	2.0	4.5
1950–51	Minneapolis	68	–	.347	.789	2.5	2.9	5.9
1951–52†	Minneapolis	65	26.3	.320	.718	2.5	2.9	6.2
1952–53†	Minneapolis	70	23.5	.376	.648	2.2	2.3	7.1
1953–54	Minneapolis	40	15.5	.298	.662	1.5	1.4	3.9
1953–54	Milwaukee	24	34.3	.336	.540	3.0	3.5	9.5
1954–55	Milwaukee	72	31.9	.342	.681	3.1	3.5	10.1
1955–56	St. Louis	72	30.8	.359	.664	2.7	3.8	8.6
1956–57	St. Louis/Syracuse	66	27.4	.386	.715	2.4	2.4	8.8
1957–58	Syracuse	72	25.0	.348	.795	2.3	2.3	7.2
Career		615	26.9	.352	.693	2.5	2.7	7.2
All-Star		1	25.0	.286	.500	0.0	1.0	5.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1950†	Minneapolis	12	–	.432	.714	–	1.0	3.5
1951	Minneapolis	7	–	.462	.750	3.9	2.7	7.7
1952†	Minneapolis	12	19.6	.441	.824	1.7	2.0	6.2
1953†	Minneapolis	12	17.0	.385	.500	1.8	1.2	5.0
1956	St. Louis	8	32.0	.360	.632	3.0	3.6	8.3
1957	Syracuse	5	26.6	.267	.889	2.6	3.0	6.4
1958	Syracuse	3	14.3	.250	.667	2.3	1.7	3.3
Career		59	21.8	.385	.689	2.4	2.0	5.7

References

Poliquin, Bud (December 4, 1976). "EBA Leaves Wild Days in Past". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. p. 14. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
William E. Steidman Jr. (March 11, 1976). "The Bob Harrison Saga". The Harvard Crimson. Harvard University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^ "Scores Whole Game". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. February 4, 1941. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
^ "The Greatest Games Ever". Dime Magazine. November 13, 2008. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
"Last night the world lost one of the great ones, Robert (Bob) Harrison passed at 8:10". Mike Harrison on Facbook. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.

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