John Barnhill (basketball)
Denver Rockets | |
1971–1972 | Indiana Pacers |
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As coach: | |
1972–1975 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA and ABA statistics | |
Points | 5,085 (8.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,501 (2.5 rpg) |
Assists | 1,693 (2.9 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
John Anthony "Rabbit" Barnhill (March 20, 1938 – November 11, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.[1]
Barnhill, along with Porter Meriwether, led the Evansville Lincoln High School Lions to an undefeated regular season and the city co-championship in 1954–55.
Born in
He finished his career as the #2 scorer (1,253 points) behind Dick Barnett on the all-time TSU scoring list; today, he ranks #18. He was a 3 time NAIA All-American (1957, 1958 and 1959) and helped the Tigers to a 3-year record of 94–8 (.922).[3]
After his 1st season with the Pipers, he was selected for an American All-Star that toured the Soviet Union; other members of the U.S. State Department-sponsored team included Jerry Lucas, Les Lane, Dan Swartz, Ben Warley, Roger Taylor, Jack Adams, Mike Moran, Jerry Shipp, Gary Thompson, Jim Frances and Tom Meschery.[4]
From 1962 to 1969, Barnhill played in the
Following his playing career, Barnhill was an NBA assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, assisting Bill Sharman; he acted as the Lakers' interim coach during the 1974–75 season, while Sharman's wife was ill with cancer.[6]
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 |
† | Denotes seasons in which Barnhill's team won an ABA championship |
NBA/ABA
Source[5]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1962–63 | St. Louis | 77 | 35.0 | .430 | .710 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 11.7 | |
1963–64 | St. Louis | 74 | 18.5 | .412 | .609 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 6.6 | |
1964–65 | St. Louis | 41 | 19.0 | .388 | .643 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 7.0 | |
1965–66 | St. Louis | 31 | 22.3 | .428 | .628 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 8.5 | |
1965–66 | Detroit | 45 | 20.6 | .383 | .602 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 7.5 | |
1966–67 | Baltimore | 53 | 22.9 | .418 | .641 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 8.3 | |
1967–68 | San Diego | 75 | 25.1 | .421 | .658 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 9.9 | |
1968–69 | Baltimore | 30 | 16.8 | .434 | .600 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 6.4 | |
1969–70† | Indiana (ABA) | 77 | 30.8 | .394 | .261 | .664 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 11.4 |
1970–71 | Indiana (ABA) | 43 | 14.4 | .332 | .187 | .689 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
1970–71 | Denver (ABA) | 24 | 28.5 | .396 | .250 | .740 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 11.4 |
1971–72 | Indiana (ABA) | 35 | 25.0 | .407 | .256 | .748 | 5.5 | .7 | 14.0 |
Career (NBA) | 426 | 23.6 | .416 | .651 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 8.6 | ||
Career (ABA) | 163 | 23.7 | .380 | .236 | .677 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 8.8 | |
Career (overall) | 589 | 23.6 | .406 | .236 | .658 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 8.6 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1963 | St. Louis | 11 | 28.5 | .403 | .682 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 7.0 | |
1964 | St. Louis | 5 | 12.2 | .522 | .400 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.2 | |
1965 | St. Louis | 4 | 9.0 | .182 | .500 | 1.8 | .5 | 1.5 | |
1969 | Baltimore | 1 | 10.0 | .500 | – | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
1970 †
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Indiana (ABA) | 14 | 22.6 | .318 | .229 | .512 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 6.1 |
Career (NBA) | 21 | 20.0 | .407 | .613 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 5.3 | ||
Career (overall) | 35 | 21.1 | .368 | .229 | .556 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
Notes
- ^ "Barnhill passes away | Pacers Blogs". Blogs.pacers.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ Another all-black team was the first on Glory Road Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "TSU Mourns the Loss of John Barnhill - Tennessee State Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
- ^ "View Image".
- ^ Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "View Image". Local.evpl.org. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Coaching record