Bruce Hale
Fort Wayne Pistons | |
1949–1951 | Indianapolis Olympians |
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As coach: | |
1947–1948 | St. Paul Saints |
1948 | Indianapolis Jets |
1954–1967 | Miami (Florida) |
1967–1968 | Oakland Oaks |
1970–1973 | Saint Mary's (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
William Bruce Hale (August 30, 1918 – December 30, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
A 6'1" guard/forward from
St. Mary's College of California. With Miami, he took the program to their first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1960, which would be the last for the program for 38 years. Before he died of a heart attack in 1980, he had been working as a marketing director at the KNBR radio station.[2]
Hale's daughter, Pam, married basketball player Rick Barry, who played for Hale at the University of Miami.[3] Through Pam, Hale is the grandfather of NBA players Brent Barry, Jon Barry, and Drew Barry.
Hale was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.[4]
BAA/NBA career statistics
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | ||
APG | Assists per game | PPG | Points per game | ||
Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1948–49 | Indianapolis | 18 | .329 | .761 | – | 3.8 | 12.6 |
1948–49 | Fort Wayne | 34 | .313 | .750 | – | 2.6 | 9.4 |
1949–50 | Indianapolis | 64 | .353 | .782 | – | 3.5 | 10.3 |
1950–51 | Indianapolis | 26 | .396 | .609 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
Career | 152 | .333 | .763 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 9.1 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1950
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Indianapolis | 6 | .350 | .882 | – | 2.8 | 7.2 |
1951
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Indianapolis | 1 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 7 | .350 | .882 | .0 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Miami Hurricanes (NCAA University Division independent) (1954–1967) | |||||||||
1954–55 | Miami | 9–11 | |||||||
1955–56 | Miami | 14–12 | |||||||
1956–57 | Miami | 13–13 | |||||||
1957–58 | Miami | 14–8 | |||||||
1958–59 | Miami | 18–7 | |||||||
1959–60 | Miami | 23–4 | NCAA University Division First Round
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1960–61 | Miami | 20–7 | NIT First Round
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1961–62 | Miami | 14–12 | |||||||
1962–63 | Miami | 23–5 | NIT Quarterfinal
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1963–64 | Miami | 20–7 | NIT First Round
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1964–65 | Miami | 22–4 | |||||||
1965–66 | Miami | 15–11 | |||||||
1966–67 | Miami | 15–11 | |||||||
Total: | 220–112 (.663) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ Bruce Hale playing statistics. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ^ "Former basketball coach dies". The Ledger. January 2, 1981. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ^ Frank Deford. "Razor-cut Idol Of San Francisco". Sports Illustrated. February 13, 1967. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
- ^ University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame inductees Archived 2010-11-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on February 1, 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com