Larry Foust
St. Louis Hawks | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 11,198 (13.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 8,041 (9.8 rpg) |
Assists | 1,368 (1.7 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Laurence Michael Foust (June 24, 1928 – October 27, 1984) was an American
Career
Foust attended South Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was instrumental in winning the city championship against archrival Southern High School by scoring a last second basket.
A 6ft 9 in
With the Pistons, Foust averaged a double-double in points and rebounds and was selected to six All-Star games. On November 22, 1950, Foust scored the winning basket in a 19–18 Pistons victory over the
Foust later joined the Lakers in 1957,[2] and helped the team make the 1959 NBA Finals.[3] In Game 3 of the series, Foust led the Lakers in scoring and rebounding totals with 26 points and 22 rebounds, during a 123–110 loss to the Boston Celtics.[4] The Lakers would eventually lose the series.
In 1960, he was traded to the
Foust retired in 1962 with 11,198 career points and 8,041 career rebounds.
Player profile
Foust utilized his height and strength to stifle his opponents in the paint. [6]
When author Robert Cohen selected an all-star team from 1946 to 1960 era of the NBA, Foust was chosen the fifth-best center, noting that Foust "in many ways represented one of the finest early prototypes of what eventually became the modernized basketball big man. Although Foust had considerable bulk and displayed a great deal of aggression under the boards, he also exhibited a fair amount of agility and ballhandling skills"
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 |
* | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1950–51 | Fort Wayne | 68 | – | .346 | .659 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
1951–52 | Fort Wayne | 66 | 39.6 | 394 | .678 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 15.9 |
1952–53 | Fort Wayne | 67 | 34.4 | .360 | .723 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 14.3 |
1953–54 | Fort Wayne | 72 | 37.4 | .409 | .712 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 15.1 |
1954–55 | Fort Wayne | 70 | 32.3 | .487* | .766 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 17.0 |
1955–56 | Fort Wayne | 72 | 28.1 | .447 | .778 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 16.2 |
1956–57 | Fort Wayne | 61 | 25.1 | .394 | .718 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 12.4 |
1957–58 | Minneapolis | 72 | 30.6 | .398 | .756 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 16.8 |
1958–59 | Minneapolis | 72 | 26.8 | .390 | .765 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 12.3 |
1959–60 | Minneapolis/St.Louis | 72 | 27.3 | .407 | .791 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 12.2 |
1960–61 | St. Louis | 68 | 17.8 | .397 | .788 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
1961–62 | St. Louis | 57 | 20.2 | .471 | .815 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
Career | 817 | 29.2 | .405 | .741 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 13.7 | |
All-Star | 7 | 16.9 | .315 | .938 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1951
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Fort Wayne | 3 | – | .311 | .800 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 12.0 |
1952
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Fort Wayne | 2 | 38.5 | .522 | .857 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 15.0 |
1953
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Fort Wayne | 8 | 41.5 | .397 | .838 | 13.9 | 0.8 | 19.1 |
1954
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Fort Wayne | 4 | 32.3 | .268 | .760 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
1955
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Fort Wayne | 11 | 30.1 | .395 | .712 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 15.6 |
1956
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Fort Wayne | 10 | 28.9 | .377 | .787 | 12.7 | 1.4 | 16.8 |
1957
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Fort Wayne | 2 | 32.0 | .565 | .826 | 12.5 | 3.0 | 22.5 |
1959
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Minneapolis | 13 | 31.1 | .418 | .820 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 11.8 |
1960
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St. Louis | 12 | 17.1 | .392 | .800 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 6.5 |
1961
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St. Louis | 8 | 11.1 | .450 | .571 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
Career | 73 | 27.4 | .394 | .781 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 12.4 |
Death
Foust died in 1984 of a heart attack at age 56.
References
- ^ "15 Disgraceful Incidents the NBA Wants You to Forget". June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Western Division".
- ^ 1958-59 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats
- ^ 1959 NBA Finals Game 3: Boston Celtics at Minneapolis Lakers
- ^ Larry Foust Transactions
- ^ Rosen, Charley (2001). The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Nearly Destroyed the Game of Basketball. Seven Stories Press. pp. 105–110.
- ^ Cohen, Robert (2013). Pro Basketball's All-time All-stars. Rowman & Littlefield.
- ^ "NBA & ABA Leaders and Records for Hall of Fame Probability".
- ^ Khobi Price. "Chris Bosh passed over as Hall of Fame finalist". Sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ Pelton, Kevin (September 7, 2018). "Welcome to Springfield: The candidates we'd put in the Hall". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ Vecsey, Peter (February 8, 2009). "1960 LAKERS WILL NEVER FORGET PLANE CRASH THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES". New York Post. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ Larry Foust, NBA, Obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 31, 1984
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com