New York Knicks 1952-53 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the New York Knicks in the 1952-53 NBA Regular Season and the 1953 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The New York Knicks used 15 players in the 1952-53 Regular Season and 12 in the 1953 Playoffs.

A total of 4 players from this roster played in 70 games, the season high for the Knicks.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1953, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 47-23 (.671), 1st in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 6-5 (.545), Lost NBA Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
4	Carl Braun Guard / Forward 6-5 born Sep. 25, 1927	70 games 14.0 pts 3.3 reb 3.5 ast	11 games 13.5 pts 4.0 reb 2.8 ast
8	Nathaniel Clifton Center / Forward 6-6 born Oct. 13, 1922	70 games 10.6 pts 10.9 reb 3.3 ast	11 games 12.0 pts 12.7 reb 3.5 ast
11	Harry Gallatin Forward / Center 6-6 born Apr. 26, 1927 drafted in 1947 (by the Bullets (1st))	70 games 12.4 pts 13.1 reb 1.8 ast	11 games 10.5 pts 10.9 reb 1.4 ast
12	Vince Boryla Forward 6-5 born Mar. 11, 1927	66 games 10.2 pts 3.5 reb 2.5 ast	11 games 10.6 pts 3.2 reb 1.8 ast
18	Connie Simmons Center / Forward 6-8 born Mar. 15, 1925	65 games 11.2 pts 7.0 reb 2.0 ast	11 games 13.2 pts 7.5 reb 2.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Dick McGuire Guard 6-0 born Jan. 25, 1926 drafted 7th in 1949 (by the Knicks)	61 games 7.2 pts 4.6 reb 4.9 ast	11 games 7.5 pts 5.7 reb 6.4 ast
9	Ernie Vandeweghe Forward / Guard 6-3 born Sep. 12, 1928 drafted in 1949 (by the Knicks)	61 games 12.0 pts 5.6 reb 2.4 ast	11 games 13.1 pts 5.8 reb 2.5 ast
16	Alfred McGuire Guard / Forward 6-2 born Sep. 7, 1928 drafted 55th in 1951 (by the Knicks)	58 games 6.1 pts 2.9 reb 2.5 ast	7 games 0.9 pts 1.0 reb 1.3 ast
10	Max Zaslofsky Guard / Forward 6-2 born Dec. 7, 1925	29 games 11.9 pts 2.6 reb 1.9 ast
14 / 17	Dick Surhoff Forward 6-4 born Nov. 16, 1929 drafted in 1952 (by the Knicks)	26 games 1.7 pts 1.0 reb 0.3 ast	4 games 1.0 pts 0.5 reb 0.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
	Dick Bunt Guard 6-0 born Jul. 13, 1930 drafted in 1952 (by the Knicks)	14 games 2.9 pts 0.9 reb 0.7 ast
7	Ray Lumpp Guard 6-1 born Jul. 11, 1923 drafted in 1948 (by the Jets)	6 games 4.7 pts 3.7 reb 2.5 ast
5	Sherwin Raiken Guard 6-2 born Oct. 29, 1928	6 games 1.5 pts 1.3 reb 1.0 ast	4 games 2.0 pts 0.3 reb 0.5 ast
6	Ralph Polson Forward / Center 6-7 born Oct. 26, 1929 drafted 5th in 1952 (by the Knicks)	3 games 3.3 pts 2.7 reb 0.7 ast
	Jerry Fleishman Guard / Forward 6-2 born Feb. 14, 1922		2 games 5.0 pts 2.5 reb 3.5 ast