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Clyde Lovellette

Career (regular season)

GP
704
PTS
17.0
REB
9.5
AST
1.6

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) · 106 kg (234 lb)
Born
September 7, 1929 (age 97)
Country
United States
School / club
Kansas
Draft
1952: round 1, pick 9
NBA career
1953-1963 · 11 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1953-54 MNL 72 588 419 51 1,255 — — — 42.3 — 69.5
1954-55 MNL 70 1,311 802 100 2,361 — — — 43.5 — 68.6
1955-56 MNL 71 1,526 992 164 2,518 — — — 43.4 — 72.1
1956-57 MNL 69 1,434 932 139 2,492 — — — 42.6 — 71.7
1957-58 CIN 71 1,659 862 134 2,589 — — — 44.1 — 74.3
1958-59 STL 70 1,009 605 91 1,599 — — — 45.4 — 82.0
1959-60 STL 68 1,416 721 127 1,953 — — — 46.8 — 82.1
1960-61 STL 67 1,471 677 172 2,111 — — — 45.3 — 83.0
1961-62 STL 40 837 350 68 1,192 — — — 47.1 — 82.9
1962-63 BOS 61 395 177 27 568 — — — 42.8 — 74.5
1963-64 BOS 45 301 126 24 437 — — — 42.0 — 78.9
Career 704 11,947 6,663 1,097 19,075 — — — 44.3 — 75.7

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1953-54 MNL 13 136 126 7 265 — — — 45.0 — 48.3
1954-55 MNL 7 117 64 3 197 — — — 44.9 — 72.5
1955-56 MNL 3 57 25 6 69 — — — 48.7 — 59.4
1956-57 MNL 5 121 47 11 181 — — — 43.2 — 73.1
1957-58 CIN 2 33 21 1 72 — — — 38.7 — 64.3
1958-59 STL 6 92 59 8 161 — — — 50.0 — 78.6
1959-60 STL 14 246 151 39 426 — — — 39.3 — 82.4
1960-61 STL 8 123 52 11 191 — — — 40.4 — 66.0
1962-63 BOS 6 18 5 1 40 — — — 26.9 — 66.7
1963-64 BOS 5 20 7 2 40 — — — 23.5 — 100.0
Career 69 963 557 89 1,642 — — — 41.6 — 68.4

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1988 (as a player)
  • NBA champion (3): 1953-54, 1962-63, 1963-64
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1955-56
  • All-Star (3): 1956, 1960, 1961 (starter)

Championship rings (3)

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Medals

  • Gold · 1952 Olympic Games (United States)

Retired number

  • Minneapolis Lakers: No. 34 (1953-1957 with the team)
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Draft

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