Larry Costello PG

Height: 6-1 (185cm)

Weight: 186 lbs (84kg)

Born: Jul 2, 1931 (Passed away Dec 13, 2001, aged 70)

Hometown: Minoa, New York

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1954 Round 2, Pick 3, Philadelphia Warriors

Pre-Draft Team: Niagara (Sr)

High School: Minoa High School (Minoa, New York)

Hall of Famer, NBA Champion, All-NBA 2nd, 6x All-Star

Larry Costello Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
12/9/1967	Wizards	5
12/8/1967	Knicks	10
12/6/1967	Royals	2
12/5/1967	Lakers	4
12/2/1967	Wizards	10

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

12 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1954-55	23	PHI	19	24.4	6.2	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	.331	-	.813
1956-57	25	PHI	72	29.3	7.6	4.5	3.3	-	-	-	.374	-	.788
1957-58 ☆	26	SYR	72	38.1	14.9	5.2	4.4	-	-	-	.426	-	.847
1958-59 ☆	27	SYR	70	39.3	15.8	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	.437	-	.802
1959-60 ☆	28	SYR	71	34.8	14.0	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	.453	-	.862
1960-61 ☆	29	SYR	75	28.9	14.5	3.9	5.5	-	-	-	.482	-	.799
1961-62 ☆	30	SYR	63	29.4	13.8	3.9	5.7	-	-	-	.427	-	.837
1962-63	31	SYR	78	26.5	11.0	3.0	4.3	-	-	-	.432	-	.881
1963-64	32	PHL	45	25.3	11.8	2.3	3.7	-	-	-	.468	-	.865
1964-65 ☆	33	PHL	64	30.7	13.5	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	.445	-	.877
1966-67	35	PHL	49	19.9	7.8	2.1	2.9	-	-	-	.444	-	.902
1967-68	36	PHL	28	17.6	7.2	1.8	2.4	-	-	-	.453	-	.827
CAREER			706	30.0	12.2	3.8	4.6	-	-	-	.438	-	.841

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1954-55	23	PHI	19	-	24.4	6.2	2.4	7.3	.331	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.813	-	-	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	1.9
1956-57	25	PHI	72	-	29.3	7.6	2.6	6.9	.374	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.788	-	-	4.5	3.3	-	-	-	2.5
1957-58 ☆	26	SYR	72	-	38.1	14.9	5.2	12.3	.426	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.847	-	-	5.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.4
1958-59 ☆	27	SYR	70	-	39.3	15.8	5.9	13.5	.437	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.802	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	3.8
1959-60 ☆	28	SYR	71	-	34.8	14.0	5.2	11.6	.453	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.862	-	-	5.5	6.3	-	-	-	3.3
1960-61 ☆	29	SYR	75	-	28.9	14.5	5.4	11.3	.482	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.799	-	-	3.9	5.5	-	-	-	3.8
1961-62 ☆	30	SYR	63	-	29.4	13.8	4.9	11.5	.427	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.837	-	-	3.9	5.7	-	-	-	3.5
1962-63	31	SYR	78	-	26.5	11.0	3.7	8.5	.432	-	-	-	3.7	4.2	.881	-	-	3.0	4.3	-	-	-	3.4
1963-64	32	PHL	45	-	25.3	11.8	4.2	9.1	.468	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.865	-	-	2.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.3
1964-65 ☆	33	PHL	64	-	30.7	13.5	4.8	10.9	.445	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.877	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	3.8
1966-67	35	PHL	49	-	19.9	7.8	2.7	6.0	.444	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.902	-	-	2.1	2.9	-	-	-	2.9
1967-68	36	PHL	28	-	17.6	7.2	2.4	5.3	.453	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.827	-	-	1.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.2
CAREER			706	-	30.0	12.2	4.4	10.0	.438	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.841	-	-	3.8	4.6	-	-	-	3.3

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1954-55	23	PHI	19	-	463	118	46	139	.331	-	-	-	26	32	.813	-	-	49	78	-	-	-	37
1956-57	25	PHI	72	-	2,111	547	186	497	.374	-	-	-	175	222	.788	-	-	323	236	-	-	-	182
1957-58 ☆	26	SYR	72	-	2,746	1,076	378	888	.426	-	-	-	320	378	.847	-	-	378	317	-	-	-	246
1958-59 ☆	27	SYR	70	-	2,750	1,108	414	948	.437	-	-	-	280	349	.802	-	-	365	379	-	-	-	263
1959-60 ☆	28	SYR	71	-	2,469	993	372	822	.453	-	-	-	249	289	.862	-	-	388	449	-	-	-	234
1960-61 ☆	29	SYR	75	-	2,167	1,084	407	844	.482	-	-	-	270	338	.799	-	-	292	413	-	-	-	286
1961-62 ☆	30	SYR	63	-	1,854	867	310	726	.427	-	-	-	247	295	.837	-	-	245	359	-	-	-	220
1962-63	31	SYR	78	-	2,066	858	285	660	.432	-	-	-	288	327	.881	-	-	237	334	-	-	-	263
1963-64	32	PHL	45	-	1,137	529	191	408	.468	-	-	-	147	170	.865	-	-	105	167	-	-	-	150
1964-65 ☆	33	PHL	64	-	1,967	861	309	695	.445	-	-	-	243	277	.877	-	-	169	275	-	-	-	242
1966-67	35	PHL	49	-	976	380	130	293	.444	-	-	-	120	133	.902	-	-	103	140	-	-	-	141
1967-68	36	PHL	28	-	492	201	67	148	.453	-	-	-	67	81	.827	-	-	51	68	-	-	-	62
CAREER			706	-	21,198	8,622	3,095	7,068	.438	-	-	-	2,432	2,891	.841	-	-	2,705	3,215	-	-	-	2,326

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1954-55	23	PHI	19	-	.385	.331	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114.3	-	0.8	-	-	11.7
1956-57	25	PHI	72	-	.460	.374	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116.3	-	1.1	-	-	12.8
1957-58 ☆	26	SYR	72	-	.510	.426	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	127.2	-	1.2	-	-	18.9
1958-59 ☆	27	SYR	70	-	.503	.437	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123.9	-	1.2	-	-	16.5
1959-60 ☆	28	SYR	71	-	.523	.453	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	131.4	-	1.2	-	-	20.0
1960-61 ☆	29	SYR	75	-	.546	.482	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128.1	-	1.3	-	-	21.5
1961-62 ☆	30	SYR	63	-	.507	.427	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	126.4	-	1.2	-	-	19.3
1962-63	31	SYR	78	-	.534	.432	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	131.3	-	1.3	-	-	16.4
1963-64	32	PHL	45	-	.548	.468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133.3	-	1.3	-	-	18.5
1964-65 ☆	33	PHL	64	-	.527	.445	-	-	-	19.3	-	-	-	-	132.2	-	1.2	-	-	13.9
1966-67	35	PHL	49	-	.541	.444	-	-	-	16.5	-	-	-	-	134.6	-	1.3	-	-	13.2
1967-68	36	PHL	28	-	.547	.453	-	-	-	16.0	-	-	-	-	128.0	-	1.4	-	-	12.4
CAREER			706	-	.517	.438	-	-	-	17.3	-	-	-	-	127.9	-	1.2	-	-	14.3

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1954-55	23	PHI	19	-	.052	-	-	0.2	9	10	.474	-0.2	0.4	0.2
1956-57	25	PHI	72	-	.163	-	-	0.4	37	35	.514	2.1	1.3	3.4
1957-58 ☆	26	SYR	72	-	.246	-	-	0.4	41	31	.569	6.4	2.9	9.2
1958-59 ☆	27	SYR	70	-	.260	-	-	0.4	34	36	.486	5.5	3.0	8.5
1959-60 ☆	28	SYR	71	-	.241	-	-	0.4	43	28	.606	5.4	2.6	8.0
1960-61 ☆	29	SYR	75	-	.224	-	-	0.4	37	38	.493	6.3	2.3	8.6
1961-62 ☆	30	SYR	63	-	.181	-	-	0.4	30	32	.484	3.3	2.6	5.9
1962-63	31	SYR	78	-	.168	-	-	0.5	46	32	.590	3.6	2.1	5.7
1963-64	32	PHL	45	-	.105	-	-	0.4	20	25	.444	2.8	0.7	3.5
1964-65 ☆	33	PHL	64	-	.172	-	-	0.4	34	30	.531	4.1	1.5	5.7
1966-67	35	PHL	49	-	.069	-	-	0.5	43	6	.878	1.7	0.9	2.5
1967-68	36	PHL	28	-	.034	-	-	0.5	20	8	.714	0.9	0.6	1.5
CAREER			706	-	.158	-	-	0.4	394	311	.559	41.9	20.9	62.7

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1956-57	25	PHI	2	8.0	3.0	2.5	1.0	-	-	-	.375	-	.000
1957-58	26	SYR	3	44.7	11.3	8.3	4.0	-	-	-	.294	-	1.000
1958-59	27	SYR	9	40.1	17.7	5.9	6.0	-	-	-	.446	-	.836
1959-60	28	SYR	3	40.7	16.7	4.7	6.7	-	-	-	.426	-	.833
1960-61	29	SYR	8	33.6	16.4	4.4	6.5	-	-	-	.408	-	.855
1961-62	30	SYR	5	33.4	14.6	3.2	5.6	-	-	-	.431	-	.879
1962-63	31	SYR	5	26.8	10.2	0.8	4.6	-	-	-	.432	-	.826
1963-64	32	PHL	5	7.2	3.2	0.6	0.8	-	-	-	.214	-	1.000
1964-65	33	PHL	10	20.7	5.5	1.2	2.0	-	-	-	.415	-	.688
1966-67	35	PHL	2	12.5	8.5	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	.750	-	1.000
CAREER			52	28.3	11.4	3.3	4.2	-	-	-	.416	-	.852

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1956-57	25	PHI	2	-	8.0	3.0	1.5	4.0	.375	-	-	-	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	2.5	1.0	-	-	-	1.5
1957-58	26	SYR	3	-	44.7	11.3	3.3	11.3	.294	-	-	-	4.7	4.7	1.000	-	-	8.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.0
1958-59	27	SYR	9	-	40.1	17.7	6.0	13.4	.446	-	-	-	5.7	6.8	.836	-	-	5.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.4
1959-60	28	SYR	3	-	40.7	16.7	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833	-	-	4.7	6.7	-	-	-	5.0
1960-61	29	SYR	8	-	33.6	16.4	5.2	12.9	.408	-	-	-	5.9	6.9	.855	-	-	4.4	6.5	-	-	-	4.9
1961-62	30	SYR	5	-	33.4	14.6	4.4	10.2	.431	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	.879	-	-	3.2	5.6	-	-	-	4.2
1962-63	31	SYR	5	-	26.8	10.2	3.2	7.4	.432	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.826	-	-	0.8	4.6	-	-	-	5.4
1963-64	32	PHL	5	-	7.2	3.2	0.6	2.8	.214	-	-	-	2.0	2.0	1.000	-	-	0.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.8
1964-65	33	PHL	10	-	20.7	5.5	2.2	5.3	.415	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.688	-	-	1.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.3
1966-67	35	PHL	2	-	12.5	8.5	3.0	4.0	.750	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	1.000	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	1.0
CAREER			52	-	28.3	11.4	3.8	9.2	.416	-	-	-	3.8	4.4	.852	-	-	3.3	4.2	-	-	-	4.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1956-57	25	PHI	2	-	16	6	3	8	.375	-	-	-	0	1	.000	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	3
1957-58	26	SYR	3	-	134	34	10	34	.294	-	-	-	14	14	1.000	-	-	25	12	-	-	-	6
1958-59	27	SYR	9	-	361	159	54	121	.446	-	-	-	51	61	.836	-	-	53	54	-	-	-	40
1959-60	28	SYR	3	-	122	50	20	47	.426	-	-	-	10	12	.833	-	-	14	20	-	-	-	15
1960-61	29	SYR	8	-	269	131	42	103	.408	-	-	-	47	55	.855	-	-	35	52	-	-	-	39
1961-62	30	SYR	5	-	167	73	22	51	.431	-	-	-	29	33	.879	-	-	16	28	-	-	-	21
1962-63	31	SYR	5	-	134	51	16	37	.432	-	-	-	19	23	.826	-	-	4	23	-	-	-	27
1963-64	32	PHL	5	-	36	16	3	14	.214	-	-	-	10	10	1.000	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	14
1964-65	33	PHL	10	-	207	55	22	53	.415	-	-	-	11	16	.688	-	-	12	20	-	-	-	43
1966-67	35	PHL	2	-	25	17	6	8	.750	-	-	-	5	5	1.000	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	2
CAREER			52	-	1,471	592	198	476	.416	-	-	-	196	230	.852	-	-	171	218	-	-	-	210

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1956-57	25	PHI	2	-	.355	.375	-	-	-	23.1	-	-	-	-	37.5	-	0.8	-	-	11.1
1957-58	26	SYR	3	-	.423	.294	-	-	-	15.3	-	-	-	-	129.4	-	1.0	-	-	12.4
1958-59	27	SYR	9	-	.538	.446	-	-	-	20.6	-	-	-	-	128.2	-	1.3	-	-	16.3
1959-60	28	SYR	3	-	.478	.426	-	-	-	22.8	-	-	-	-	125.9	-	1.1	-	-	15.2
1960-61	29	SYR	8	-	.515	.408	-	-	-	28.9	-	-	-	-	126.2	-	1.3	-	-	17.5
1961-62	30	SYR	5	-	.557	.431	-	-	-	25.9	-	-	-	-	131.0	-	1.4	-	-	16.2
1962-63	31	SYR	5	-	.541	.432	-	-	-	21.4	-	-	-	-	125.9	-	1.4	-	-	11.6
1963-64	32	PHL	5	-	.435	.214	-	-	-	14.5	-	-	-	-	121.4	-	1.1	-	-	6.8
1964-65	33	PHL	10	-	.458	.415	-	-	-	12.8	-	-	-	-	110.3	-	1.0	-	-	5.2
1966-67	35	PHL	2	-	.833	.750	-	-	-	16.4	-	-	-	-	175.0	-	2.1	-	-	28.7
CAREER			52	-	.513	.416	-	-	-	12.5	-	-	-	-	126.8	-	1.2	-	-	11.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1956-57	25	PHI	2	-	.071	-	-	0.1	0	2	.000	-	-	-
1957-58	26	SYR	3	-	.232	-	-	0.4	1	2	.333	0.1	0.3	0.4
1958-59	27	SYR	9	-	.285	-	-	0.5	5	4	.556	0.9	0.1	0.9
1959-60	28	SYR	3	-	.315	-	-	0.3	1	2	.333	0.2	-	0.2
1960-61	29	SYR	8	-	.297	-	-	0.5	4	4	.500	0.7	0.3	0.9
1961-62	30	SYR	5	-	.267	-	-	0.6	2	3	.400	0.5	0.2	0.8
1962-63	31	SYR	5	-	.173	-	-	0.6	2	3	.400	0.2	-	0.2
1963-64	32	PHL	5	-	.034	-	-	0.7	2	3	.400	-	-	-
1964-65	33	PHL	10	-	.091	-	-	0.3	5	5	.500	-	0.1	0.2
1966-67	35	PHL	2	-	.013	-	-	0.6	1	1	.500	0.2	-	0.2
CAREER			52	-	.125	-	-	0.5	23	29	.442	2.8	1.0	3.8

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Apr 24, 1954	The Philadelphia Warriors selected Larry Costello in Round 2 with Pick 3 in the 1954 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1954	Larry Costello signed a contract with the Philadelphia Warriors.
Jul 1, 1955	Larry Costello, previously with the Philadelphia Warriors, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1956	Larry Costello signed a multi-year contract with the Philadelphia Warriors.
Oct 10, 1957	Larry Costello was acquired by the Syracuse Nationals from the Philadelphia Warriors in a trade.
Jul 1, 1965	Larry Costello, previously with the Philadelphia Sixers, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1966	Larry Costello signed a multi-year contract with the Philadelphia Sixers.
May 6, 1968	Larry Costello was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the Expansion Draft from the Philadelphia Sixers.
Jul 1, 1968	Larry Costello, previously with the , became a free agent.
Dec 13, 2001	Larry Costello passed away. He was 70 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NBA Champion	1967
1x All-NBA Second Team	1961
6x All-Star	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965
6x Eastern All-Star Coaches Selection	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1958	26	East	1	17.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	-	-	-	.000	-	1.000
1959	27	East	1	18.0	7.0	3.0	3.0	-	-	-	.375	-	1.000
1960	28	East	1	20.0	10.0	4.0	2.0	-	-	-	.556	-	.000
1961	29	East	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	.500	-	.000
1965	33	East	1	11.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	-	-	-	.286	-	.000
CAREER			5	14.2	4.8	1.8	2.2	-	-	-	.344	-	1.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1958	26	East	1	-	17	1	0	6	.000	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	2
1959	27	East	1	-	18	7	3	8	.375	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	1
1960	28	East	1	-	20	10	5	9	.556	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	1
1961	29	East	1	-	5	2	1	2	.500	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	2
1965	33	East	1	-	11	4	2	7	.286	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	2
CAREER			5	-	71	24	11	32	.344	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	-	-	9	11	-	-	-	8

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
12.2	3.8	4.6	0.0	0.0

FG%	3P%	FT%
43.8%	.0%	84.1%