Rochester Royals 1952-53 Roster - Season and Playoffs

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

A total of 5 players from this roster played in 70 games, the season high for the Royals.

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: 44-26 (.629), 2nd in Western Division
Playoffs: 1-2 (.333), Lost West Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
10	Jack Coleman Forward / Center 6-7 born May. 23, 1924 drafted in 1948 (by the Steamrollers)	70 games 10.9 pts 11.1 reb 3.3 ast	3 games 7.3 pts 13.3 reb 2.3 ast
12	Arnie Johnson Forward / Center 6-5 born May. 16, 1920	70 games 8.3 pts 6.0 reb 2.2 ast	3 games 8.0 pts 6.0 reb 2.0 ast
03	Jack McMahon Guard 6-1 born Dec. 3, 1928 drafted in 1952 (by the Royals)	70 games 7.2 pts 2.6 reb 2.7 ast	3 games 8.7 pts 1.7 reb 2.0 ast
09	Bobby Wanzer Guard 6-0 born Jun. 4, 1921 drafted 10th in 1948 (by the Royals)	70 games 14.6 pts 5.0 reb 3.6 ast	3 games 17.0 pts 7.0 reb 3.0 ast
20	Alex Hannum Forward / Center 6-7 born Jul. 19, 1923 drafted in 1948 (by the Jets)	68 games 5.1 pts 4.1 reb 1.2 ast	3 games 3.7 pts 1.3 reb 0.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
14	Arnie Risen Center / Forward 6-9 born Oct. 9, 1924	68 games 13.0 pts 11.0 reb 2.0 ast	3 games 13.0 pts 11.7 reb 0.7 ast
11	Bob Davies Guard / Forward 6-1 born Jan. 15, 1920	66 games 15.6 pts 3.0 reb 4.2 ast	3 games 8.7 pts 1.3 reb 4.7 ast
15	Odie Spears Guard 6-5 born Jun. 26, 1925 drafted in 1948 (by the Stags)	62 games 9.6 pts 4.0 reb 1.8 ast	3 games 6.7 pts 4.0 reb 0.0 ast
18	Cal Christensen Forward / Center 6-5 born Jul. 8, 1927 drafted in 1950 (by the Blackhawks)	59 games 3.6 pts 3.4 reb 0.9 ast	2 games 1.5 pts 2.0 reb 0.5 ast
16	Red Holzman Guard 5-10 born Aug. 10, 1920	46 games 2.2 pts 0.9 reb 0.8 ast	2 games 1.5 pts 0.5 reb 0.5 ast