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American basketball player from Philadelphia

Guy Rodgers
Personal information
Rodgers in 1958
Born	(1935-09-01)September 1, 1935 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 19, 2001(2001-02-19) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Northeast (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Temple (1955–1958)
NBA draft	1958: territorial pick
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Playing career	1958–1970
Position	Point guard
Number	25, 5
Career history
1958–1966	Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors
1966–1967	Chicago Bulls
1967–1968	Cincinnati Royals
1968–1970	Milwaukee Bucks

Career highlights and awards
4× NBA All-Star (1963, 1964, 1966, 1967) 2× NBA assists leader (1963, 1967) Consensus first-team All-American (1958) Consensus second-team All-American (1957) 3× Robert V. Geasey Trophy winner (1956–1958) No. 5 retired by Temple Owls

Career statistics
Points	10,415 (11.7 ppg)
Rebounds	3,791 (4.3 rpg)
Assists	6,917 (7.8 apg)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Basketball Hall of Fame

Guy William Rodgers (September 1, 1935 – February 19, 2001) was an American professional basketball player born in Philadelphia. He spent twelve years (1958–1970) in the NBA, and was one of the league's best playmakers in the early to mid-1960s. Rodgers led the NBA in assists twice, and placed second six times. Rodgers was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Amateur career

Rodgers attended Northeast High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1954. He played collegiately at Temple University from 1955 to 1958 for Hall of Fame Coach Harry Litwack.

Rodgers led Temple to a 74–16 record and third-place finishes in the 1956 NCAA basketball tournament, 1957 National Invitation Tournament and the 1958 NCAA basketball tournament. He became the school's leading career scorer with 1,767 points (19.6 points per game). Rodgers remains the third leading scorer in Temple history

The 1958 AP First Team All-American team consisted of four Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees: Rodgers at Temple, Elgin Baylor of Seattle, fellow Philadelphia native Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas, and Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati. The other was Don Hennon of Pittsburgh.

NBA

Warriors

Rodgers was a territorial pick of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1958 NBA draft.

Rodgers played alongside Chamberlain with the Warriors from 1959 through 1964, and parts of the 1964–65 season. In Chamberlain's famous 100-point game, Rodgers recorded 20 assists.

In the 1962–63 season, Rodgers led the NBA in assists with 10.4 per game, playing in his first NBA All-Star game. On March 14, 1963, Rodgers tied Bob Cousy's NBA record of 28 assists in a single game.

Rodgers excelled the following season as well, and was named to his second consecutive All-Star game alongside Chamberlain. The 1964 Warriors team was dominant in the regular season, and defeated the St. Louis Hawks to advance to the NBA Finals before losing the series to the Boston Celtics 4–1.

Bulls

After averaging 18.6 points and 10.7 assists in 1965–1966, Rogers was traded on September 7, 1966, to the expansion Chicago Bulls for Jim King, Jeff Mullins and cash. Rodgers played the 1966–67 season in Chicago and was named an NBA All-Star for the fourth and final time in his career. That same season, Rodgers averaged 18.0 points and handed out a then-NBA record 908 assists (11.2), which is still the Chicago Bulls single-season record.

Royals

Four games into the 1967–68 season, Rodgers was traded to the Cincinnati Royals, joining Oscar Robertson in the backcourt.

Bucks

The next season, Rodgers was left unprotected by the Royals in the NBA expansion draft, and he was selected by new Milwaukee Bucks. Rodgers joined the Bucks for his two final NBA seasons, playing alongside rookie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and helping the Bucks to their first playoff berth and first playoff series victory during the 1970 NBA playoffs. He barely missed out on winning a title, however: before the following season, Rodgers retired, yet the Bucks would acquire his former teammate Oscar Robertson, and win their first NBA Championship. Rodgers remains one of the few players in NBA history to have played for at least two expansion teams during their inaugural season.

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	*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1958–59	Philadelphia	45	34.8	.394	.545	6.2	5.8	10.7
1959–60	Philadelphia	68	36.5	.389	.613	5.8	7.1	11.6
1960–61	Philadelphia	78	37.2	.386	.687	6.5	8.7	12.8
1961–62	Philadelphia	80*	33.1	.356	.665	4.4	8.0	8.2
1962–63	San Francisco	79	41.4	.387	.727	5.0	10.4*	13.9
1963–64	San Francisco	79	34.1	.365	.707	4.2	7.0	11.0
1964–65	San Francisco	79	34.2	.380	.686	4.1	7.2	14.6
1965–66	San Francisco	79	36.7	.373	.727	4.3	10.7	18.6
1966–67	Chicago	81*	37.8	.391	.806	4.3	11.2*	18.0
1967–68	Chicago	4	32.3	.296	.818	3.5	7.0	10.3
1967–68	Cincinnati	75	18.9	.355	.803	1.8	4.7	4.8
1968–69	Milwaukee	81	26.6	.377	.793	2.8	6.9	10.3
1969–70	Milwaukee	64	11.7	.356	.744	1.2	3.3	3.2
Career		892	32.1	.378	.721	4.3	7.8	11.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1960	Philadelphia	9	41.1	.360	.556	8.6	6.0	13.1
1961	Philadelphia	3	40.3	.368	.550	7.0	5.0	17.7
1962	Philadelphia	12	40.2	.359	.636	5.9	7.3	11.6
1964	San Francisco	12	34.9	.329	.702	4.8	7.5	12.3
1967	Chicago	3	32.3	.375	.800	2.0	6.0	11.3
1970	Milwaukee	7	9.7	.286	.750	0.6	3.0	2.4
Career		46	33.8	.350	.640	5.2	6.2	11.0

Personal life

Rodgers died on February 19, 2001, at age 65 after a heart attack. He was survived by sons Tony and Mark, and daughter Nicole.

"Without question Guy Rodgers was the best passer I ever played with or against. Pete Maravich was close, but Guy was better. He made every play exciting", said basketball TV analyst Jon McGlocklin, who was a teammate of Rodgers in Milwaukee.

Honors

Rodgers was a 2014 inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. During ceremonies on August 8, 2014. Earl Monroe served as Rodgers' presenter. His son Tony, accepted on behalf of the Rodgers family.
Rodgers is one of four Temple retired jersey numbers. His #5 hangs in the Liacouras Center. Teammate Hal Lear (#6), Mark Macon (#12) and Bill Mlkvy (#20) are the others.
Rogers was inducted into the Temple Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971.
Rodgers was a charter member of the Philadelphia Big Five Hall of Fame in 1973.
The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame inducted Rogers in 2005.

References

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"Guy Rodgers College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
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"NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams". Basketball-Reference.com.
Heffernan, Jim (March 14, 1962). "Chamberlain makes the 'impossible' possible – 100 points". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007.
"1963-64 San Francisco Warriors". Basketball Reference.
^ "Guy Rodgers Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
"1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks". Basketball Reference.
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"Five Direct-Elect Members Announced for the Class of 2014 by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 14, 2014. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
"Naismith Hall of Fame Welcomes Guy Rodgers". Temple University Athletics.
"Philadelphia Big 5 - Hall of Fame". www.philadelphiabig5.org.
"Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame". www.phillyhall.org.

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Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Players

Guards	R. Allen Archibald Barnett Beckman Belov Billups Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Braun Brennan Bryant Carter Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Endacott Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Ginóbili Goodrich Greer Grentz Guerin Hammon Hanson Hardaway Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette Jenkins D. Johnson M. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Moncrief Monroe Moore C. Murphy Nash Page Parker Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma J. Russell Schommer Scott Sedran Sharman K. Smith Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas D. Thompson Timms Vandivier Wade Wanzer Weatherspoon West Westphal Whalen J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden
Forwards	Arizin Augustus Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bosh Boswell Bradley R. Brown Cash Catchings C. Cooper M. Cooper Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dandridge Dantley Davis DeBusschere Dehnert Duncan English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Garnett Gasol Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Hill Howell Hudson L. Jackson G. Johnson B. Jones King Korać Kukoč Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McGinnis McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Nowitzki Pettit Pierce Pippen Pollard Pullins Radja Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes C. Thompson T. Thompson Twyman Walker Webber N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley
Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Yao

v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014
Players	Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton Šarūnas Marčiulionis Alonzo Mourning Mitch Richmond Guy Rodgers
Coaches	Bobby "Slick" Leonard Nolan Richardson Gary Williams
Contributors	David Stern
Teams	Immaculata College

v t e 1958 NBA draft
Territorial pick	Guy Rodgers
First round	Elgin Baylor Archie Dees Mike Farmer Pete Brennan Connie Dierking Dave Gambee Bennie Swain
Second round	Steve Hamilton Vernon Hatton Barney Cable Joe Quigg Lloyd Sharrar Hal Greer Hub Reed Jimmy Smith

v t e 1957 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Wilt Chamberlain Chet Forte Rod Hundley Jim Krebs Lennie Rosenbluth Charlie Tyra
Second Team	Elgin Baylor Frank Howard Guy Rodgers Gary Thompson Grady Wallace

v t e 1958 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Elgin Baylor Bob Boozer Wilt Chamberlain Don Hennon Oscar Robertson Guy Rodgers
Second Team	Pete Brennan Archie Dees Mike Farmer Dave Gambee Bailey Howell