St. Louis Hawks Playoff Rosters

1962-1963 St. Louis Hawks Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
John Barnhill PG 6-1 180 Mar 20, 1938 25 Tennessee State 0 1959 11th Rnd, #78, St. Louis Hawks
Zelmo Beaty FC 6-9 225 Oct 25, 1939 23 Prairie View A&M 0 1962 1st Rnd, #5, St. Louis Hawks
Bill Bridges FC 6-6 228 Apr 4, 1939 23 Kansas 0 1961 3rd Rnd, #32, Chicago Zephyrs
Bob Duffy PG 6-3 165 Sep 26, 1940 22 Colgate 0 1962 2nd Rnd, #12, St. Louis Hawks
Mike Farmer SF 6-7 210 Sep 26, 1936 26 San Francisco 3 1958 1st Rnd, #4, New York Knicks
Cliff Hagan GF 6-4 210 Dec 9, 1931 31 Kentucky 6 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 6, Boston Celtics
Phil Jordon C 6-10 205 Sep 12, 1933 29 Whitworth University 6 1956 6th Rnd, #43, Minneapolis Lakers
Bob Pettit FC 6-9 205 Dec 12, 1932 30 LSU 8 1954 1st Rnd, #2, Milwaukee Hawks
Woody Sauldsberry FC 6-7 220 Jul 11, 1934 28 Texas Southern 5 1957 8th Rnd, #60, Philadelphia Warriors
Gene Tormohlen FC 6-8 230 May 12, 1937 25 Tennessee 0 1959 2nd Rnd, #13, Syracuse Nationals
Chico Vaughn PG 6-2 190 Feb 19, 1940 23 Southern Illinois 0 1962 4th Rnd, #28, St. Louis Hawks
Lenny Wilkens PG 6-1 180 Oct 28, 1937 25 Providence 2 1960 1st Rnd, #6, St. Louis Hawks

1962-1963 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 Syracuse Nationals #3 Cincinnati Royals CIN in 5
Second Round W2 St. Louis Hawks W3 Detroit Pistons STH in 4
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Cincinnati Royals BOS in 7
Conference Finals W1 Los Angeles Lakers W2 St. Louis Hawks LAL in 7
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics W1 Los Angeles Lakers BOS in 6

1962-1963 St. Louis Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Bob Pettit 11 42.1 31.8 15.1 3.0
Cliff Hagan 11 23.2 18.5 5.0 3.1
Lenny Wilkens 11 36.4 13.7 6.3 6.3
Zelmo Beaty 11 27.9 10.3 7.6 1.0
Chico Vaughn 11 28.5 10.0 2.8 2.8
Bill Bridges 11 18.5 9.3 7.8 0.8
John Barnhill 11 28.5 7.0 2.5 3.3
Mike Farmer 11 23.8 6.1 4.7 2.5
Phil Jordon 7 11.7 3.0 2.1 1.0
Bob Duffy 5 4.8 2.8 0.6 0.6
Gene Tormohlen 5 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.6

1962-1963 St. Louis Hawks Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record St. Louis Leaders Detroit Leaders
Mar 20, 1963
v.
Detroit
W, 118-99 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 31. Bob Pettit
PTS: 30. D. DeBusschere
Mar 22, 1963
v.
Detroit
W, 122-108 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 42. Bob Pettit
PTS: 29. Don Ohl
Mar 24, 1963
@
Detroit
L, 107-103 Cobo Center
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 36. Bob Pettit
PTS: 23. D. DeBusschere
Mar 26, 1963
@
Detroit
W, 100-104 Cobo Center
Conference Semi Finals
3-1 PTS: 35. Bob Pettit
PTS: 32. Don Ohl

1962-1963 St. Louis Hawks Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record St. Louis Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Mar 31, 1963
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 112-104 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 38. Bob Pettit
PTS: 27. Jerry West
Apr 2, 1963
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 101-99 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Conference Finals
0-2 PTS: 34. Cliff Hagan
PTS: 29. Elgin Baylor
Apr 4, 1963
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 125-112 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Finals
1-2 PTS: 33. Bob Pettit
PTS: 34. Elgin Baylor
Apr 6, 1963
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 124-114 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 33. Cliff Hagan
PTS: 33. Jerry West
Apr 7, 1963
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 123-96 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Conference Finals
2-3 PTS: 16. Chico Vaughn
PTS: 37. Elgin Baylor
Apr 9, 1963
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 121-113 Kiel Auditorium
Conference Finals
3-3 PTS: 36. Bob Pettit
PTS: 39. Elgin Baylor
Apr 11, 1963
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 115-100 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Conference Finals
3-4 PTS: 31. Bob Pettit
PTS: 35. Elgin Baylor