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Full Name: Thomas Gola

Current Team: N/A

Born: Jan 13, 1933 (89 years old)

Birthplace/Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-6 (198cm)     Weight: 205 (93kg)

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Draft Entry: 1955 NBA Draft

Drafted: 1955 Territorial Pick, Philadelphia Warriors

Pre-Draft Team: La Salle (Sr)

High School: La Salle High School [Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania]

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NBA

10 Years Of Service - Hall of Fame Player, 5x All-Star

NBA Regular Season Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1955-56 PHI 68 - 34.5 10.76 3.59 8.71 .412 - - - 3.59 4.90 .733 - - 9.06 5.94 - - - 4.00
1957-58 PHI 59 - 36.0 13.78 5.00 12.05 .415 - - - 3.78 5.07 .746 - - 10.83 5.54 - - - 3.81
1958-59 PHI 64 - 36.5 14.08 4.84 12.08 .401 - - - 4.39 5.58 .787 - - 11.09 4.20 - - - 3.80
1959-60 ☆ PHI 75 - 38.3 14.96 5.68 13.11 .433 - - - 3.60 4.53 .794 - - 10.39 5.45 - - - 4.15
1960-61 ☆ PHI 74 - 36.6 14.19 5.68 12.70 .447 - - - 2.84 3.80 .747 - - 9.35 3.95 - - - 4.34
1961-62 ☆ PHI 60 - 41.0 13.67 5.37 12.75 .421 - - - 2.93 3.83 .765 - - 9.78 4.92 - - - 4.45
1962-63 * ☆ All Teams 73 - 36.6 12.27 4.97 10.84 .459 - - - 2.33 3.00 .776 - - 7.08 4.08 - - - 4.04
1962-63 * ☆ NYK 52 - 35.5 12.00 4.85 10.54 .460 - - - 2.31 2.94 .784 - - 7.10 4.33 - - - 3.88
1962-63 * ☆ GOS 21 - 39.1 12.95 5.29 11.57 .457 - - - 2.38 3.14 .758 - - 7.05 3.48 - - - 4.43
1963-64 ☆ NYK 74 - 29.1 9.05 3.49 8.14 .429 - - - 2.08 2.86 .726 - - 6.34 3.47 - - - 3.76
1964-65 NYK 77 - 22.4 7.03 2.65 5.91 .448 - - - 1.73 2.34 .739 - - 4.14 2.86 - - - 3.49
1965-66 NYK 74 - 15.2 4.41 1.65 3.66 .450 - - - 1.11 1.42 .781 - - 3.91 2.58 - - - 2.80
CAREER   698 - 32.3 11.28 4.25 9.86 .431 - - - 2.78 3.66 .760 - - 8.05 4.24 - - - 3.85

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NBA Regular Season Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1955-56 PHI 68 - 2,346 732 244 592 .412 - - - 244 333 .733 - - 616 404 - - - 272
1957-58 PHI 59 - 2,126 813 295 711 .415 - - - 223 299 .746 - - 639 327 - - - 225
1958-59 PHI 64 - 2,333 901 310 773 .401 - - - 281 357 .787 - - 710 269 - - - 243
1959-60 ☆ PHI 75 - 2,870 1,122 426 983 .433 - - - 270 340 .794 - - 779 409 - - - 311
1960-61 ☆ PHI 74 - 2,712 1,050 420 940 .447 - - - 210 281 .747 - - 692 292 - - - 321
1961-62 ☆ PHI 60 - 2,462 820 322 765 .421 - - - 176 230 .765 - - 587 295 - - - 267
1962-63 * ☆ All Teams 73 - 2,670 896 363 791 .459 - - - 170 219 .776 - - 517 298 - - - 295
1962-63 * ☆ NYK 52 - 1,848 624 252 548 .460 - - - 120 153 .784 - - 369 225 - - - 202
1962-63 * ☆ GOS 21 - 822 272 111 243 .457 - - - 50 66 .758 - - 148 73 - - - 93
1963-64 ☆ NYK 74 - 2,156 670 258 602 .429 - - - 154 212 .726 - - 469 257 - - - 278
1964-65 NYK 77 - 1,727 541 204 455 .448 - - - 133 180 .739 - - 319 220 - - - 269
1965-66 NYK 74 - 1,127 326 122 271 .450 - - - 82 105 .781 - - 289 191 - - - 207
CAREER   698 - 22,529 7,871 2,964 6,883 .431 - - - 1,943 2,556 .760 - - 5,617 2,962 - - - 2,688

☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1955-56 PHI 68 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 - - 0.56 42 26 .618 4.00 2.50 6.50
1957-58 PHI 59 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 - - 0.42 31 28 .525 3.90 3.20 7.10
1958-59 PHI 64 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 - - 0.46 30 34 .469 3.80 3.60 7.40
1959-60 ☆ PHI 75 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 - - 0.35 49 26 .653 4.50 5.40 9.90
1960-61 ☆ PHI 74 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 - - 0.30 43 31 .581 3.50 3.30 6.80
1961-62 ☆ PHI 60 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 - - 0.30 38 22 .633 1.60 2.70 4.40
1962-63 * ☆ All Teams 73 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 - - 0.28 22 51 .301 2.60 1.70 4.40
1962-63 * ☆ NYK 52 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .139 - - 0.28 14 38 .269 2.00 1.10 3.10
1962-63 * ☆ GOS 21 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .048 - - 0.27 8 13 .381 0.70 0.60 1.30
1963-64 ☆ NYK 74 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 - - 0.35 21 53 .284 1.60 0.20 1.70
1964-65 NYK 77 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .127 - - 0.40 30 47 .390 2.20 1.20 3.40
1965-66 NYK 74 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .088 - - 0.39 29 45 .392 1.30 0.40 1.70
CAREER   698 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 - - 0.37 335 363 .480 26.40 22.50 48.90

☆ All-Star Season

NBA Regular Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1955-56 PHI 68 - .496 .412 - - - - - - - - 114.49 - 1.24 - - 16.13
1957-58 PHI 59 - .482 .415 - - - - - - - - 116.07 - 1.14 - - 17.57
1958-59 PHI 64 - .484 .401 - - - - - - - - 118.81 - 1.17 - - 16.33
1959-60 ☆ PHI 75 - .495 .433 - - - - - - - - 122.75 - 1.14 - - 14.34
1960-61 ☆ PHI 74 - .494 .447 - - - - - - - - 119.41 - 1.12 - - 12.97
1961-62 ☆ PHI 60 - .473 .421 - - - - - - - - 118.61 - 1.07 - - 11.29
1962-63 * ☆ All Teams 73 - .505 .459 - - - - - - - - 123.52 - 1.13 - - 11.82
1962-63 * ☆ NYK 52 - .507 .460 - - - - - - - - 124.42 - 1.14 - - 12.53
1962-63 * ☆ GOS 21 - .500 .457 - - - - - - - - 121.44 - 1.12 - - 10.55
1963-64 ☆ NYK 74 - .482 .429 - - - - - - - - 115.50 - 1.11 - - 11.85
1964-65 NYK 77 - .506 .448 - - - 17.26 - - - - 118.72 - 1.19 - - 12.25
1965-66 NYK 74 - .514 .450 - - - 20.80 - - - - 123.11 - 1.20 - - 12.83
CAREER   698 - .491 .431 - - - 18.58 - - - - 119.08 - 1.14 - - 13.77

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NBA Transactions

Apr 13, 1955 - The Philadelphia Warriors selected Tom Gola with a Territorial Pick in the 1955 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1955 - Tom Gola signed a contract with the Philadelphia Warriors.
Jul 1, 1956 - Tom Gola, previously with the Philadelphia Warriors, became a free agent.
Sep 1, 1957 - Tom Gola signed a multi-year contract with the Philadelphia Warriors.
Dec 5, 1962 - Tom Gola was acquired by the New York Knicks from the San Francisco Warriors in a trade.
Jul 1, 1966 - Tom Gola, previously with the New York Knicks, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

All-NBA Second Team - 1958

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA Playoff Stats - Per Game

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1955-56 PHI 10 - 36.0 12.30 3.80 10.70 .355 - - - 4.70 6.00 .783 - - 10.10 5.80 - - - 4.70
1957-58 PHI 8 - 40.9 13.75 4.50 13.62 .330 - - - 4.75 6.38 .745 - - 10.50 4.00 - - - 3.00
1959-60 PHI 9 - 37.8 12.56 4.67 11.33 .412 - - - 3.22 4.00 .806 - - 10.56 5.56 - - - 4.56
1960-61 PHI 3 - 42.3 9.67 2.33 11.33 .206 - - - 5.00 6.67 .750 - - 12.33 5.00 - - - 4.67
1961-62 PHI 9 - 35.1 6.33 2.11 7.78 .271 - - - 2.11 2.78 .760 - - 8.22 2.67 - - - 4.22
CAREER   39 - 37.7 11.08 3.64 10.82 .336 - - - 3.79 4.92 .771 - - 10.03 4.59 - - - 4.21

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NBA Playoff Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1955-56 PHI 10 - 360 123 38 107 .355 - - - 47 60 .783 - - 101 58 - - - 47
1957-58 PHI 8 - 327 110 36 109 .330 - - - 38 51 .745 - - 84 32 - - - 24
1959-60 PHI 9 - 340 113 42 102 .412 - - - 29 36 .806 - - 95 50 - - - 41
1960-61 PHI 3 - 127 29 7 34 .206 - - - 15 20 .750 - - 37 15 - - - 14
1961-62 PHI 9 - 316 57 19 70 .271 - - - 19 25 .760 - - 74 24 - - - 38
CAREER   39 - 1,470 432 142 422 .336 - - - 148 192 .771 - - 391 179 - - - 164

NBA Playoff Stats - Misc Stats

Season Team GP GS Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
1955-56 PHI 10 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 - - 0.56 7 3 .700 0.40 0.60 1.00
1957-58 PHI 8 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 - - 0.47 3 5 .375 0.20 0.50 0.70
1959-60 PHI 9 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 - - 0.35 4 5 .444 0.50 0.60 1.10
1960-61 PHI 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 - - 0.59 0 3 .000 -0.20 0.30 0.10
1961-62 PHI 9 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .092 - - 0.36 5 4 .556 -0.40 0.50 0.10
CAREER   39 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 - - 0.45 19 20 .487 0.50 2.50 3.00

NBA Playoff Stats - Advanced Stats

Season Team GP GS TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
1955-56 PHI 10 - .461 .355 - - - 24.22 - - - - 113.85 - 1.15 - - 13.95
1957-58 PHI 8 - .418 .330 - - - 15.36 - - - - 107.54 - 1.01 - - 11.45
1959-60 PHI 9 - .479 .412 - - - 17.86 - - - - 121.73 - 1.11 - - 11.64
1960-61 PHI 3 - .339 .206 - - - 15.31 - - - - 95.59 - 0.85 - - 6.86
1961-62 PHI 9 - .352 .271 - - - 10.12 - - - - 103.14 - 0.81 - - 4.66
CAREER   39 - .426 .336 - - - - - - - - 110.73 - 1.02 - - 12.81

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NBA All-Star Weekend Competitions

Eastern All-Star Coaches Selection - 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964

* Since the 1946-1947 season

NBA All-Star Game Stats - Totals

Season Team GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1960 East 1 - 20 12 5 13 .385 - - - 2 3 .667 - - 4 2 - - - 3
1961 East 1 - 25 14 6 13 .462 - - - 2 4 .500 - - 5 3 - - - 2
1963 East 1 - 18 2 1 3 .333 - - - 0 0 .000 - - 2 1 - - - 3
1964 East 1 - 7 1 0 0 .000 - - - 1 2 .500 - - 0 1 - - - 2
TOTAL   4 - 70 29 12 29 .414 - - - 5 9 .556 - - 11 7 - - - 10
AVERAGES   4 - 17.5 7.25 3.00 7.25 .414 - - - 1.25 2.25 .556 - - 2.75 1.75 - - - 2.50

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NCAA

College: La Salle (1955)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
1951-52 La Salle Fr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1952-53 La Salle So - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1953-54 La Salle Jr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1954-55 La Salle Sr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NCAA Awards & Honors

Helms Foundation Player of the Year - 1954
Consensus All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
AP All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
Look Magazine All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
UPI Player of the Year - 1955
UPI All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
NEA All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
International News Service All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
Collier's Magazine All-American First Team - 1954, 1955
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player - 1954
NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP) - 1954, 1955
National Invitation Tournament MVP - 1952