Bruce Hale
![]() Hale in 1948 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Medford, Oregon, U.S. | August 30, 1918
Died | December 30, 1980 Orinda, California, U.S. | (aged 62)
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Galileo (San Francisco, California) |
College | Santa Clara (1938–1941) |
Playing career | 1946–1951 |
Position | Guard / forward |
Number | 22, 35, 7 |
Coaching career | 1947–1973 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1946–1947 | Chicago American Gears |
1947–1948 | St. Paul Saints |
1947–1948 | Indianapolis Kautskys |
1948 | Indianapolis Jets |
1948–1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
1949–1951 | Indianapolis Olympians |
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 Medford, Oregon, Hale played college basketball at Santa Clara University, then played professionally in the early NBA as a member of the Indianapolis Jets, Fort Wayne Pistons, and Indianapolis Olympians. He averaged 9.1 points per game over his NBA career.[1] He later held coaching positions with the University of Miami, the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association, and 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]
Career playing statistics
[edit]Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FGM | Field-goals made | ||
FG% | Field-goal percentage | FTM | Free-throws made | ||
FTA | Free-throws attempted | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | ||
PTS | Points | PPG | Points per game | ||
Bold | Career high |
† | Denotes seasons in which Hale's team won an NBL championship |
NBL
[edit]Source[5]
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FGM | FTM | FTA | FT% | PTS | PPG |
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1946–47† | Chicago | 41 | 156 | 116 | 141 | .823 | 428 | 10.4 |
1947–48 | Indianapolis | 48 | 196 | 155 | 215 | .721 | 547 | 11.4 |
Career | 89 | 352 | 271 | 356 | .761 | 975 | 11.0 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FGM | FTM | FTA | FT% | PTS | PPG |
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1947† | Chicago | 11 | 35 | 24 | 30 | .800 | 94 | 8.5 |
1948 | Indianapolis | 4 | 21 | 20 | 25 | .800 | 62 | 15.5 |
Career | 15 | 56 | 44 | 55 | .800 | 156 | 10.4 |
BAA/NBA
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Source[1]
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
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1950 | Indianapolis | 6 | .350 | .882 | – | 2.8 | 7.2 |
1951 | Indianapolis | 1 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 7 | .350 | .882 | .0 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
Head coaching record
[edit]NBA/ABA
[edit]Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Indianapolis (BAA) | 1948–49 | 17 | 4 | 13 | .235 | — | — | — | — | — | (replaced) |
Oakland (ABA) | 1967–68 | 78 | 22 | 56 | .282 | 6th in Western | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
Career (overall)[6] | 95 | 26 | 69 | .274 | — | — | — | — |
College
[edit]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 | ||||||
1960–61 | Miami | 20–7 | NIT First Round | ||||||
1961–62 | Miami | 14–12 | |||||||
1962–63 | Miami | 23–5 | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||||
1963–64 | Miami | 20–7 | NIT First Round | ||||||
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
[edit]- ^ a b "Bruce Hale BAA/NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bruce Hale NBL Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ "Bruce Hale: Coaching Records, Awards". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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- 1980 deaths
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