Syracuse Nationals 1952-53 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Syracuse Nationals 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 Syracuse Nationals used 11 players in the 1952-53 Regular Season and 10 in the 1953 Playoffs.

George King and Dolph Schayes are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 71.

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: 47-24 (.662), 2nd in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 0-2 (.000), Lost East Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
3	George King Guard 6-0 born Aug. 16, 1928 drafted in 1950 (by the Stags)	71 games 11.2 pts 4.0 reb 5.1 ast	2 games 11.0 pts 2.5 reb 4.5 ast
4	Dolph Schayes Forward / Center 6-7 born May. 19, 1928 drafted 4th in 1948 (by the Knicks)	71 games 17.8 pts 13.0 reb 3.2 ast	2 games 9.0 pts 8.5 reb 0.5 ast
6	Noble Jorgensen Center 6-9 born May. 18, 1925	70 games 6.2 pts 3.4 reb 1.1 ast	2 games 7.0 pts 5.0 reb 1.5 ast
7	Bill Gabor Guard / Forward 5-11 born May. 13, 1922 drafted in 1948 (by the Royals)	69 games 9.4 pts 1.5 reb 1.9 ast	2 games 9.0 pts 1.5 reb 1.0 ast
16	Red Rocha Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 18, 1923 drafted in 1947 (by the Huskies)	69 games 11.2 pts 7.4 reb 2.0 ast	2 games 15.5 pts 8.5 reb 3.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
5	Paul Seymour Guard / Forward 6-1 born Jan. 30, 1928	67 games 14.2 pts 3.7 reb 4.4 ast	2 games 18.0 pts 5.0 reb 4.0 ast
11	Earl Lloyd Forward / Center 6-5 born Apr. 3, 1928 drafted in 1950 (by the Capitols)	64 games 7.4 pts 6.9 reb 1.0 ast	2 games 7.5 pts 4.5 reb 2.5 ast
14	Bob Lochmueller Forward 6-5 born Jun. 5, 1927 drafted 7th in 1952 (by the Nationals)	62 games 3.7 pts 2.6 reb 0.8 ast	2 games 2.5 pts 2.5 reb 1.0 ast
8	Wally Osterkorn Forward / Center 6-5 born Jul. 6, 1928 drafted 17th in 1950 (by the Stags)	49 games 5.6 pts 4.4 reb 1.2 ast	2 games 4.5 pts 2.0 reb 1.0 ast
15	Al Cervi Guard / Forward 5-11 born Feb. 12, 1917	38 games 3.8 pts 0.6 reb 0.7 ast	2 games 9.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Jim Brasco Guard 6-1 born Feb. 3, 1931 drafted in 1952 (by the Nationals)	30 games 3.7 pts 1.3 reb 1.1 ast