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Wayne Embry

Wayne Richard Embry (Goose, The Wall)
Position: C
Height: 6' 8'' Weight: 240
Born: 3/26/1937, in Springfield, OH, USA
High School:Tecumseh, in New Carlisle, OH
College:Miami University

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Draft History
1958 NBA - Round 3 by STL

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Regular Season Stats
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Year Age Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF ? ?
1958-59 21 CIN NBA 66 1590 750 11.4 272 702 .387 206 314 .656 0 0 .000 0 0 597 9.0 96 1.5 0 0 0 232 ?? ?
1959-60 22 CIN NBA 73 1594 773 10.6 303 690 .439 167 325 .514 0 0 .000 0 0 692 9.5 83 1.1 0 0 0 226 ?? ?
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 79 2233 1137 14.4 458 1015 .451 221 331 .668 0 0 .000 0 0 864 10.9 127 1.6 0 0 0 286 A ?
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 75 2623 1484 19.8 564 1210 .466 356 516 .690 0 0 .000 0 0 977 13.0 182 2.4 0 0 0 286 A ?
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 76 2511 1411 18.6 534 1165 .458 343 514 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 936 12.3 177 2.3 0 0 0 286 A ?
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 80 2915 1383 17.3 556 1213 .458 271 417 .650 0 0 .000 0 0 925 11.6 113 1.4 0 0 0 325 A ?
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 74 2243 943 12.7 352 772 .456 239 371 .644 0 0 .000 0 0 741 10.0 92 1.2 0 0 0 297 A ?
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 80 1882 605 7.6 232 564 .411 141 234 .603 0 0 .000 0 0 525 6.6 81 1.0 0 0 0 287 ?? ?
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 72 729 376 5.2 147 359 .409 82 144 .569 0 0 .000 0 0 294 4.1 42 0.6 0 0 0 137 ?? ?
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 78 1088 495 6.3 193 483 .400 109 185 .589 0 0 .000 0 0 321 4.1 52 0.7 0 0 0 174 ?? ?
1968-69 31 MIL NBA 78 2355 1023 13.1 382 894 .427 259 390 .664 0 0 .000 0 0 672 8.6 149 1.9 0 0 0 302 ?? ?
11 Season Totals ? ? 831 21763 10380 12.5 3993 9067 .440 2394 3741 .640 0 0 .000 0 0 7544 9.1 1194 1.4 0 0 0 2838 ? ?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year Age Team Lg G MPG PPG EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
1958-59 21 CIN NBA 66 24.1 11.4 13.71 7.9 5.4 0.893 0.00 0.0
1959-60 22 CIN NBA 73 21.8 10.6 13.74 8.5 4.8 0.928 0.00 0.0
1960-61 23 CIN NBA 79 28.3 14.4 18.49 11.2 6.3 0.980 0.00 0.0
1961-62 24 CIN NBA 75 35.0 19.8 24.49 13.3 8.5 1.033 0.00 0.0
1962-63 25 CIN NBA 76 33.0 18.6 22.66 12.7 8.1 1.014 0.00 0.0
1963-64 26 CIN NBA 80 36.4 17.3 20.23 12.1 6.5 0.990 0.00 0.0
1964-65 27 CIN NBA 74 30.3 12.7 16.54 9.8 5.3 1.008 0.00 0.0
1965-66 28 CIN NBA 80 23.5 7.6 9.83 7.0 3.7 0.907 0.00 0.0
1966-67 29 BOS NBA 72 10.1 5.2 6.08 4.5 2.3 0.890 0.00 0.0
1967-68 30 BOS NBA 78 13.9 6.3 6.44 5.0 2.6 0.877 0.00 0.0
1968-69 31 MIL NBA 78 30.2 13.1 15.40 9.7 6.0 0.960 0.00 0.0
11 Season Totals ? ? 831 26.2 12.5 15.28 57.0 5.5 0.969 3.62 0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1961-62 CIN NBA 4 128 56 14.0 14 30 .467 28 36 .778 0 0 .000 0 0 45 11.3 8 2.0 0 0 0
1962-63 CIN NBA 12 394 201 16.8 76 169 .450 49 74 .662 0 0 .000 0 0 162 13.5 16 1.3 0 0 0
1963-64 CIN NBA 10 363 134 13.4 53 139 .381 28 45 .622 0 0 .000 0 0 124 12.4 21 2.1 0 0 0
1964-65 CIN NBA 4 123 51 12.8 21 48 .438 9 11 .818 0 0 .000 0 0 25 6.3 8 2.0 0 0 0
1965-66 CIN NBA 5 139 39 7.8 16 38 .421 7 12 .583 0 0 .000 0 0 34 6.8 2 0.4 0 0 0
1966-67 BOS NBA 5 38 26 5.2 12 31 .387 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 13 2.6 3 0.6 0 0 0
1967-68 BOS NBA 16 162 59 3.7 23 59 .390 13 29 .448 0 0 .000 0 0 45 2.8 6 0.4 0 0 0
Totals ? 56 1347 566 10.1 215 514 .418 136 211 .645 0 0 .000 0 0 448 8.0 64 1.1 0 0 0

All Star Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA OREB DREB TREB AST STL BLK TO PF ?
1960-61 CIN NBA 1 8 4 2 4 0 0 - - - - 3 0 - - - -
1961-62 CIN NBA 1 16 4 2 6 0 0 - - - - 4 1 - - - -
1962-63 CIN NBA DNP - Injury
1963-64 CIN NBA 1 21 13 6 14 1 1 - - - - 7 1 - - - -
1964-65 CIN NBA 1 19 11 5 10 1 1 - - - - 4 0 - - - -
Totals NBA 5 ? 32 15 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 0 0 0 ?

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*In Hall of Fame

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