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Fort Wayne Pistons 1955-56 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1955-56 NBA Regular Season and the 1956 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Fort Wayne Pistons used 15 players in the 1955-56 Regular Season and 10 in the 1956 Playoffs.

Larry Foust, Chuck Noble and Odie Spears are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 72.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1956, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 37-35 (.514), 1st in Western Division
Playoffs: 4-6 (.400), Lost NBA Finals

1956 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
16
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-9
  • born Jun. 24, 1928
  • drafted 5th in 1950 (by the Stags)

72 games

16.2 pts
9.0 reb
1.8 ast

10 games

16.8 pts
12.7 reb
1.4 ast

5
  • Guard
  • 6-4
  • born Jul. 24, 1931
  • drafted 30th in 1954 (by the Warriors)

72 games

9.5 pts
3.6 reb
3.9 ast

10 games

7.4 pts
3.0 reb
4.1 ast

8 / 15
  • Guard
  • 6-5
  • born Jun. 26, 1925
  • drafted in 1948 (by the Stags)

72 games

6.8 pts
3.2 reb
1.7 ast

10 games

5.3 pts
2.9 reb
1.4 ast

12
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-5
  • born Nov. 3, 1928
  • drafted 7th in 1950 (by the Pistons)

71 games

17.4 pts
9.7 reb
2.2 ast

10 games

23.0 pts
13.9 reb
2.6 ast

17
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-7
  • born Mar. 12, 1932
  • drafted 2nd in 1953 (by the Hawks)

70 games

11.1 pts
5.9 reb
2.3 ast

10 games

10.3 pts
6.7 reb
1.4 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
14
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-2
  • born Mar. 7, 1922
  • drafted in 1947 (by the Stags)

70 games

5.8 pts
3.7 reb
5.9 ast

10 games

2.9 pts
2.6 reb
3.5 ast

8 / 7
  • Guard
  • 6-5
  • born Dec. 21, 1931
  • drafted 9th in 1955 (by the Warriors)

69 games

7.9 pts
2.5 reb
2.0 ast

10 games

9.7 pts
2.1 reb
2.3 ast

9
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-6
  • born Nov. 22, 1928
  • drafted 2nd in 1951 (by the Blackhawks)

66 games

12.0 pts
7.5 reb
2.7 ast

10 games

9.3 pts
8.8 reb
2.3 ast

7
  • Guard
  • 6-1
  • born May. 1, 1923

37 games

6.2 pts
2.4 reb
2.0 ast

10 games

6.9 pts
1.2 reb
1.7 ast

6
  • Forward
  • 6-5
  • born Sep. 29, 1926
  • drafted 12th in 1950 (by the Celtics)

32 games

3.9 pts
3.2 reb
0.9 ast

9 games

1.3 pts
1.9 reb
0.2 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
15 / 18
  • Forward
  • 6-5
  • born Dec. 30, 1933
  • drafted 13th in 1955 (by the Pistons)

31 games

4.7 pts
5.5 reb
0.6 ast

10
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-3
  • born Sep. 24, 1930
  • drafted in 1952 (by the Lakers)

27 games

2.7 pts
2.8 reb
1.4 ast

10
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-2
  • born Dec. 7, 1925

9 games

9.8 pts
1.8 reb
1.8 ast

18
  • Center
  • 6-7
  • born Nov. 30, -0001
  • drafted 67th in 1954 (by the Pistons)

7 games

2.0 pts
1.3 reb
0.1 ast

15
  • Forward
  • 6-8
  • born Nov. 24, 1932
  • drafted 6th in 1955 (by the Pistons)

7 games

3.1 pts
0.6 reb
0.1 ast