St. Louis Hawks Playoff Rosters

1958-1959 St. Louis Hawks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Al Ferrari PG 6-2 190 Jul 6, 1933 25 Michigan State 1 1955 3rd Rnd, #17, Milwaukee Hawks
Dave Gambee SF 6-6 215 Apr 16, 1937 21 Oregon State 0 1958 1st Rnd, #7, St. Louis Hawks
Si Green PG 6-2 185 Aug 20, 1933 25 Duquesne 1 1956 1st Rnd, #2, Rochester Royals
Cliff Hagan GF 6-4 210 Dec 9, 1931 27 Kentucky 2 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 6, Boston Celtics
Clyde Lovellette FC 6-10 234 Sep 7, 1929 29 Kansas 5 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 10, Minneapolis Lakers
Ed Macauley FC 6-8 185 Mar 22, 1928 30 Saint Louis 9 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, St. Louis Bombers
Slater Martin PG 5-10 170 Oct 22, 1925 33 Texas 9 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 11, Minneapolis Lakers
Jack McMahon PG 6-1 185 Dec 3, 1928 30 St. John's 6 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 9, Rochester Royals
Bob Pettit FC 6-9 205 Dec 12, 1932 26 LSU 4 1954 1st Rnd, #2, Milwaukee Hawks
Hub Reed C 6-9 215 Oct 4, 1936 22 Oklahoma City 0 1958 2nd Rnd, #15, St. Louis Hawks
Charlie Share C 6-11 235 Mar 14, 1927 32 Bowling Green 7 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 1, Boston Celtics
Win Wilfong PG 6-2 185 Mar 18, 1933 26 Memphis 1 1957 1st Rnd, #4, St. Louis Hawks

1958-1959 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 New York Knicks #3 Syracuse Nationals SYR in 2
Second Round W2 Minneapolis Lakers W3 Detroit Pistons MIN in 3
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Syracuse Nationals BOS in 7
Conference Finals W1 St. Louis Hawks W2 Minneapolis Lakers MIN in 6
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics W2 Minneapolis Lakers BOS in 4

1958-1959 St. Louis Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Cliff Hagan 6 43.2 28.5 12.0 2.7
Bob Pettit 6 42.8 27.8 12.5 2.3
Clyde Lovellette 6 26.8 15.3 9.8 1.3
Jack McMahon 6 41.7 11.7 3.0 5.3
Al Ferrari 6 28.8 8.0 2.5 2.5
Si Green 6 21.8 6.0 3.8 2.3
Charlie Share 6 20.3 4.3 8.7 1.5
Win Wilfong 5 9.2 3.8 1.2 0.6
Hub Reed 4 12.0 2.8 4.2 0.2
Slater Martin 1 18.0 8.0 3.0 2.0

1958-1959 St. Louis Hawks Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record St. Louis Leaders Minneapolis Leaders
Mar 21, 1959
v.
Minneapolis
W, 124-90 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Finals
1-0 PTS: 40. Cliff Hagan
PTS: 21. Elgin Baylor
Mar 22, 1959
@
Minneapolis
L, 106-98 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 27. Cliff Hagan
PTS: 33. Elgin Baylor
Mar 24, 1959
v.
Minneapolis
W, 127-97 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Finals
2-1 PTS: 39. Bob Pettit
PTS: 15. Elgin Baylor
Mar 26, 1959
@
Minneapolis
L, 108-98 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 38. Cliff Hagan
PTS: 32. Elgin Baylor
Mar 28, 1959
v.
Minneapolis
L, 97-98 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Finals
2-3 PTS: 36. Bob Pettit
PTS: 36. Elgin Baylor
Mar 29, 1959
@
Minneapolis
L, 106-104 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
2-4 PTS: 24. Bob Pettit
PTS: 33. Elgin Baylor