&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Bob_Harrison_(basketball).jpg) Harrison from 1948 Michiganensian | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 12, 1927 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 2024 (aged 96) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Woodward (Toledo, Ohio) |
| College | Michigan (1945–1949) |
| NBA draft | 1949: – round, – |
| Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1949–1958 |
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Number | 16, 7, 3 |
| Coaching career | 1958–1973 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1949–1953 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 1953–1956 | Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks |
| 1956–1958 | Syracuse Nationals |
| As coach: | |
| 1958–1968 | Kenyon |
| 1968–1973 | Harvard |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 4,418 (7.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,358 (2.5 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,672 (2.7 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Robert William Harrison (August 12, 1927 – March 3, 2024) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'1" guard from the University of Michigan, Harrison played nine seasons (1949–1958) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, St. Louis Hawks, and Syracuse Nationals. He averaged 7.2 points per game in his professional career and appeared in the 1956 NBA All-Star Game. Harrison coached the Syracuse Centenials during the 1976–77 Eastern Basketball Association season.[1]
Harrison later coached basketball at Kenyon College and Harvard University.[2]
On February 3, 1941, as a 13-year-old 8th grader in Toledo, Ohio, Harrison scored all 139 points during his LaGrange School team's 139–8 win over Arch Street School.[3][4] In the game, he made 69 field goals and one free throw.[3][4]
After the death of Bud Grant in 2023 he became the oldest living NBA champion. Harrison died on March 3, 2024, at the age of 96.[5]
- ^ Poliquin, Bud (December 4, 1976). "EBA Leaves Wild Days in Past". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. p. 14. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ William E. Steidman Jr. (March 11, 1976). "The Bob Harrison Saga". The Harvard Crimson. Harvard University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ a b "Scores Whole Game". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. February 4, 1941. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Greatest Games Ever". Dime Magazine. November 13, 2008. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "Last night the world lost one of the great ones, Robert (Bob) Harrison passed at 8:10". Mike Harrison on Facbook. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.