Odie Spears
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 26, 1925 St. Louis Hawks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career BAA and NBA statistics | |
Points | 4,161 (8.7 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,409 (4.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 917 (1.9 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Marion Odicea "Odie" Spears (June 17, 1924 – March 28, 1985[1]) was an American basketball player.
A 6'5"
All-American honors in 1948 after leading Western Kentucky to a third-place finish in the National Invitation Tournament (then the nation's premier basketball tournament).[2]
From 1948 to 1957, Spears played professionally in the
National Professional Basketball League.[4]
After his playing career ended, Spears moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he became an insurance executive. He was elected to the Western Kentucky Hall of Fame in 1993.[2]
BAA/NBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| 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 | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–49 | Chicago | 57 | – | .317 | .667 | – | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 1949–50 | Chicago | 68 | – | .357 | .687 | – | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| 1951–52 | Rochester | 66 | 25.3 | .395 | .763 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 8.6 |
| 1952–53 | Rochester | 62 | 22.8 | .401 | .819 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 9.6 |
| 1953–54 | Rochester | 72 | 22.7 | .364 | .769 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| 1954–55 | Rochester | 71 | 26.6 | .386 | .812 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 9.5 |
| 1955–56 | Fort Wayne | 72 | 19.1 | .355 | .791 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| 1956–57 | Fort Wayne / St. Louis | 11 | 10.7 | .316 | .864 | 1.4 | .6 | 3.9 |
| Career | 479 | 22.9 | .366 | .763 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 8.7 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949
|
Chicago | 2 | – | .269 | .571 | – | 1.0 | 9.0 |
1950
|
Chicago | 2 | – | .409 | .500 | – | .5 | 11.5 |
1952
|
Rochester | 6 | 20.5 | .303 | .563 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
1953
|
Rochester | 3 | 20.7 | .421 | .800 | 4.0 | .0 | 6.7 |
1954
|
Rochester | 6 | 20.2 | .286 | .857 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
1955
|
Rochester | 3 | 30.0 | .267 | .688 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 11.7 |
1956
|
Fort Wayne | 10 | 17.7 | .323 | .565 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 5.3 |
| Career | 32 | 20.5 | .315 | .637 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 6.4 | |
Notes
- ^ "Odie Spears". Peach Basket Society. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ a b Odie Spears at Hilltopper Haven. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
- ^ "Odie Spears Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
- ^ Association for Professional Basketball Research, National Professional Basketball League statistics
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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