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Personal information | |
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Born | (1926-06-29)June 29, 1926 Aurora, Illinois |
Died | December 18, 2010(2010-12-18) (aged 84) Tampa, Florida |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | East Aurora (Aurora, Illinois) |
College | Western Kentucky (1947β1950) |
NBA draft | 1950: 1st round, 8th overall pick |
Selected by the: Indianapolis Olympians | |
Playing career | 1950β1954 |
Position | Power forward / center |
Number | 8, 16 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1950β1953 | Indianapolis Olympians |
1953 | Milwaukee Hawks |
1953β1954 | Syracuse Nationals |
As coach: | |
1958β1966 | Tampa Spartans |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,156 (8.2 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,634 (6.2 rpg) |
Assists | 391 (1.5 apg) |
Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Bob Lavoy (June 29, 1926 β December 18, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Lavoy played for three years at Western Kentucky University before a short stint in theββNational Basketball Association. Lavoy spent most of his time in the NBA with the Indianapolis Olympians but also played a season with the Syracuse Nationals. He also coached at the University of Tampa for eight years.
College careerβ»
Lavoy played his college ball at Western Kentucky University and led the Hilltoppers to a 78β12 record during his three years in Bowling Green. He helped Western Kentucky capture a Kentucky Intercollegiate Conference title and two Ohio Valley Conference championships. Lavoy and the Hilltoppers played in the National Invitational Tournament three years in a row. The closest the Hilltoppers came to winning the NIT was in 1948 when the Hilltoppers fell in the semifinals to Saint Louis University 60β53. Saint Louis was led by future member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Ed Macauley.
Lavoy was inducted into the "Western Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame," the Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame and the East Aurora High School.
Professional careerβ»
Lavoy was drafted by the Indianapolis Olympians with the 9th overall pick in the 1950 NBA draft. Lavoy started for the Olympians for three seasons and was 10th in the league in field goal percentage in 1952 and 9th in 1953. The Olympians folded after the 1952β53 season and Lavoy was selected by the Milwaukee Hawks in the dispersal draft. He never played a game for the Hawks though. And was traded to the Syracuse Nationals for Noble Jorgensen. Lavoy only played one season in Syracuse and in that season, the Nationals lost in the 1954 NBA Finals to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games. During his four-year career in the NBA, "Lavoy averaged 27 minutes a game," 8.2 points a game (.384 FG%, .707 FT%), 6.2 rebounds a game and 1.5 assists a game.
Career statisticsβ»
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 |
* | Led the league |
NBAβ»
Source:
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1950β51 | Indianapolis | 63 | .357 | .632 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 8.3 | |
1951β52 | Indianapolis | 63 | 29.0 | .397 | .753 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
1952β53 | Indianapolis | 70 | 33.2 | .402 | .694 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
1953β54 | Milwaukee | 8 | 15.6 | .444 | .563 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 5.1 |
1953β54 | Syracuse | 60 | 19.2 | .372 | .752 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
Career | 264 | 27.0 | .384 | .707 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 8.4 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1951 | Indianapolis | 3 | .000 | .600 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | |
1952 | Indianapolis | 2 | 39.0 | .333 | .750 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
1953 | Indianapolis | 2 | 23.5 | .250 | .400 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
1954 | Syracuse | 13* | 27.5 | .389 | .800 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 9.1 |
Career | 20 | 28.4 | .345 | .753 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Obituary
- ^ Western Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame Bio Archived May 7, "2010," at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bob Lavoy NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1926 births
- 2010 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Illinois
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Centers (basketball)
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Indianapolis Olympians draft picks
- Indianapolis Olympians players
- Milwaukee Hawks players
- Power forwards
- Sportspeople from Aurora, Illinois
- Syracuse Nationals players
- Tampa Spartans men's basketball coaches
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball players