Ed Macauley
St. Louis Hawks | |
As coach: | |
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1958–1960 | St. Louis Hawks |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach: | |
Career statistics | |
Points | 11,234 (17.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 4,324 (7.5 rpg) |
Assists | 2,079 (3.2 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
Charles Edward Macauley (March 22, 1928 – November 8, 2011) was a professional basketball player and coach. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed".
Early life
Macauley attended St. Louis University High School, where he excelled in basketball.[2]
College career
Macauley attended Saint Louis University, where his team won the NIT championship in 1948. Macauley was named the "AP Player of the Year" in 1949.[2] Macauley acquired his nickname of "Easy Ed" during a pre-game warmup in his sophomore year, when fans shouted "Take it easy, Ed" because he (the captain of the team) did not realize that the national anthem was being played when he left the locker room and ran out onto the court.[3]
Professional career
Macauley played professional basketball for the
St. Louis Bombers (1949–1950)
The Bombers selected Macauley with the fifth overall pick in the 1949 BAA Draft.[4]
Boston Celtics (1950–1956)
After playing one season with the Bombers, Macauley was chosen by the Celtics in a 1950 dispersal draft. He played for the Celtics in the
St. Louis Hawks (1956–1959)
Macauley was traded from the Boston Celtics to the St. Louis Hawks on the day of the
Macauley made the NBA Finals in 1957, averaging 14.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in the seven-game series. The Hawks were defeated by the Celtics (who were making their first Finals appearance in team history) in seven games.[7] In the 1958 NBA Finals, the Hawks faced the Boston Celtics. The Hawks had four future Hall of Famers, while the Celtics had eight. Macauley averaged 5.8 points and 6.3 rebounds in the series, which the Hawks won in seven games.[8]
Macauley was named player-coach of the Hawks for the 1958–59 season, and he played in 14 regular-season games before retiring as a player. After leading the Hawks to the 1960 NBA Finals (which they lost in seven games to the Celtics), Macauley retired from coaching. In the two years Macauley coached the Hawks, he led them to an 89–48 record and a 9–11 playoff record.
Broadcasting career
After retiring from basketball, Macauley became a sportscaster at KTVI, a St. Louis television station.[9]
Post-playing career
In 1989, Macauley was ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church.[10] With Father Francis Friedl, he co-authored the book Homilies Alive: Creating Homilies That Hit Home.[11]
Basketball legacy
Macauley scored 11,234 points in ten NBA seasons and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960. At age 32, he still holds the record for being the youngest male player to be admitted.[12] His uniform number 22 was retired by the Celtics on October 16, 1963, the same date when the Celtics retired the number of his teammate, Bob Cousy. Macauley was also awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[5][13] As of 2019, Macauley was one of only two Celtics to have his number retired without having won a championship with the team; the other was Reggie Lewis.[14]
Personal life
Macauley and his wife, Jackie, had seven children and 17 grandchildren. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease.[10] Macauley died on November 8, 2011, at his home in St. Louis at the age of 83.[3]
NBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Won an NBA championship | * | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1949–50 | St. Louis | 67 | – | .398 | .718 | – | 3.0 | 16.1 |
1950–51 | Boston | 68 | – | .466 | .759 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 20.4 |
1951–52 | Boston | 66 | 39.9 | .432 | .799 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 19.2 |
1952–53 | Boston | 69 | 42.1 | .452* | .750 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 20.3 |
1953–54 | Boston | 71 | 39.3 | .486* | .758 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 18.9 |
1954–55 | Boston | 71 | 38.1 | .424 | .792 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 17.6 |
1955–56 | Boston | 71 | 33.2 | .422 | .794 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 17.5 |
1956–57 | St. Louis | 72 | 35.9 | .419 | .749 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 16.5 |
1957–58† | St. Louis | 72 | 26.5 | .428 | .724 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 14.2 |
1958–59 | St. Louis | 14 | 14.0 | .293 | .600 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
Career | 641 | 35.7 | .436 | .761 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 17.5 | |
All-Star | 7 | 22.0 | .387 | .854 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 11.9 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1951
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Boston | 2 | – | .472 | .625 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 20.4 |
1952
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Boston | 3 | 43.0 | .551 | .842 | 11.0 | 3.7 | 23.3 |
1953
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Boston | 6 | 46.3 | .437 | .722 | 9.7 | 3.5 | 16.8 |
1954
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Boston | 5 | 25.4 | .364 | .692 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1955
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Boston | 7 | 40.4 | .462 | .759 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 18.1 |
1956
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Boston | 3 | 24.3 | .400 | .636 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
1957
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St. Louis | 10 | 29.7 | .404 | .730 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 14.2 |
1958 †
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St. Louis | 11 | 20.6 | .404 | .720 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 9.8 |
Career | 47 | 31.4 | .437 | .729 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 13.8 |
References
- ^ "Basketball Hall of Famer 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies at 83", USA Today, November 9, 2011
- ^ a b "The Ed Macauley Interview". Celtic-Nation.org. October 27, 2018.
- ^ a b Timmermann, Tom (November 9, 2011), "SLU great 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies", St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- ^ "Ed Macauley Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b c d "Hall of Famer, former Celtic Macauley dies at 83". ESPN.com. November 9, 2011.
- ^ Milligan, Rashad (May 17, 2020). "Looking back: The time Bill Russell never played for the Hawks because of racism". Peachtreehoops.com. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "1957 NBA Finals - Hawks vs. Celtics". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "1958 NBA Finals - Hawks vs. Celtics". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "'Easy Ed' Macauley dead at 83". Alton Telegraph. November 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "Deacon, Hall of Famer 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies". www.ncronline.org.
- ISBN 0-89622-574-7.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (November 9, 2011), "Ed Macauley, Basketball Hall of Famer, Dies at 83", The New York Times
- ^ "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees". St. Louis Walk of Fame. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ^ Tommy McArdle (February 21, 2019). "Every retired number for the Celtics and who wore it". Boston.com. Retrieved February 19, 2020.