St. Louis Hawks Regular Season Rosters

1967-1968 St. Louis Hawks Regular Season Roster

Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
Zelmo Beaty FC 6-9 225 5 Prairie View A&M 1962 Rnd 1 Pick 3 United States
Bill Bridges FC 6-6 228 5 Kansas 1961 Rnd 3 Pick 9 United States
Joe Caldwell GF 6-5 195 3 Arizona State 1964 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States
Jim Davis C 6-9 225 1 Colorado 1964 Rnd 4 Pick 2 United States
Lou Hudson GF 6-5 210 1 Minnesota 1966 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
George Lehmann G 6-0 180 0 Campbell 1967 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Jay Miller SF 6-5 205 0 Notre Dame 1965 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Don Ohl SG 6-3 190 7 Illinois 1958 Rnd 5 Pick 5 United States
Paul Silas PF 6-7 225 3 Creighton 1964 Rnd 2 Pick 3 United States
Dick Snyder GF 6-5 207 1 Davidson 1966 Rnd 2 Pick 4 United States
Gene Tormohlen FC 6-8 230 4 Tennessee 1959 Rnd 2 Pick 5 United States
Lenny Wilkens PG 6-1 180 7 Providence 1960 Rnd 1 Pick 6 United States
Tom Workman F 6-7 218 0 Seattle 1967 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States

1967-1968 St. Louis Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters L. Wilkens L. Hudson B. Bridges P. Silas Z. Beaty
Rotation     J. Caldwell G. Tormohlen  
Rotation     D. Snyder    
Lim PT   G. Lehmann J. Miller   J. Davis
Lim PT   D. Ohl      

1967-1968 Western Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1St. Louis Hawks56-26-
2Los Angeles Lakers52-304
3San Francisco Warriors43-3913
4Chicago Bulls29-5327
5Seattle SuperSonics23-5933
6San Diego Rockets15-6741

1967-1968 St. Louis Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Lenny Wilkens Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection (1968)
Zelmo Beaty Western All-Star Coaches Selection (1968)
Bill Bridges Western All-Star Coaches Selection (1968)

1967-1968 St. Louis Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Zelmo Beaty 82 37.4 21.1 11.7 2.1
Lenny Wilkens 82 38.6 20.0 5.3 8.3
Joe Caldwell 79 33.4 16.4 4.3 3.0
Bill Bridges 82 39.0 15.6 13.4 3.1
Paul Silas 82 32.3 13.4 11.7 2.0
Dick Snyder 75 21.6 8.6 2.6 2.2
Lou Hudson 46 21.0 12.5 4.2 1.4
Don Ohl 31 26.5 13.1 2.0 2.4
Gene Tormohlen 77 9.3 3.0 2.9 0.9
George Lehmann 55 9.0 2.8 0.8 1.7
Jim Davis 50 7.9 2.9 2.5 0.3
Tom Workman 19 4.5 2.9 1.3 0.2
Jay Miller 8 6.5 2.5 0.9 0.1

1967-1968 St. Louis Hawks Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Zelmo Beaty was selected as the #3 pick in the First Round of the 1962 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Zelmo Beaty signed a contract with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1962. Zelmo Beaty re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the St. Louis Hawks on July 24, 1963.

Lou Hudson was selected as the #4 pick in the First Round of the 1966 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Lou Hudson signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1966.

Paul Silas was selected as the #3 pick in the Second Round of the 1964 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Paul Silas signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Hawks on May 4, 1964.

Dick Snyder was selected as the #4 pick in the Second Round of the 1966 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Dick Snyder signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1966.

Lenny Wilkens was selected as the #6 pick in the First Round of the 1960 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Lenny Wilkens signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1960.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Bill Bridges, the #9 pick in the 3 Round of the 1961 NBA Draft, were acquired by the St. Louis Hawks from the Chicago Zephyrs on June 14, 1962. Bill Bridges signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Hawks on January 8, 1963.

Acquired via Trade

Joe Caldwell was acquired in a trade by the St. Louis Hawks from the Detroit Pistons on December 29, 1965.

Don Ohl was acquired in a trade by the St. Louis Hawks from the Washington Wizards on January 21, 1968.

Acquired via Free Agency

Jim Davis signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the St. Louis Hawks on September 5, 1967.

George Lehmann signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1967.

Jay Miller signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1967.

Gene Tormohlen signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Hawks on September 1, 1962. Gene Tormohlen re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the St. Louis Hawks on August 28, 1965.