Fort Wayne Pistons 1956-57 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1956-57 NBA Regular Season and the 1957 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Fort Wayne Pistons used 13 players in the 1956-57 Regular Season and 10 in the 1957 Playoffs.

A total of 4 players from this roster played in 72 games, the season high for the Pistons.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1957, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 34-38 (.472), 3rd in Western Division
Playoffs: 0-2 (.000), Lost West Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
9	Mel Hutchins Forward / Center 6-6 born Nov. 22, 1928 drafted 2nd in 1951 (by the Blackhawks)	72 games 12.4 pts 7.9 reb 2.9 ast	2 games 11.5 pts 11.5 reb 5.0 ast
6	Red Rocha Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 18, 1923 drafted in 1947 (by the Huskies)	72 games 5.3 pts 3.8 reb 1.1 ast	2 games 2.0 pts 3.0 reb 0.0 ast
7	Gene Shue Guard 6-2 born Dec. 18, 1931 drafted 3rd in 1954 (by the Warriors)	72 games 10.9 pts 5.8 reb 3.3 ast	2 games 16.0 pts 3.5 reb 4.0 ast
12	George Yardley Forward / Guard 6-5 born Nov. 3, 1928 drafted 7th in 1950 (by the Pistons)	72 games 21.5 pts 10.5 reb 2.0 ast	2 games 28.5 pts 9.5 reb 4.0 ast
8	Corky Devlin Guard 6-5 born Dec. 21, 1931 drafted 9th in 1955 (by the Warriors)	71 games 6.7 pts 2.1 reb 2.0 ast	1 game 13.0 pts 5.0 reb 5.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
14	Billy Kenville Guard / Forward 6-2 born Dec. 1, 1930 drafted in 1953 (by the Nationals)	71 games 8.2 pts 4.6 reb 2.4 ast	2 games 2.0 pts 0.5 reb 2.5 ast
16	Larry Foust Center / Forward 6-9 born Jun. 24, 1928 drafted 5th in 1950 (by the Stags)	61 games 12.4 pts 9.1 reb 1.2 ast	2 games 22.5 pts 12.5 reb 3.0 ast
17	Bob Houbregs Center / Forward 6-7 born Mar. 12, 1932 drafted 2nd in 1953 (by the Hawks)	60 games 11.2 pts 6.7 reb 1.9 ast	2 games 11.0 pts 3.0 reb 1.5 ast
10	Bill Thieben Forward / Center 6-7 born Mar. 28, 1935 drafted in 1956 (by the Pistons)	58 games 4.1 pts 3.6 reb 0.3 ast	2 games 7.0 pts 3.0 reb 1.5 ast
5	Chuck Noble Guard 6-4 born Jul. 24, 1931 drafted 30th in 1954 (by the Warriors)	54 games 8.8 pts 2.5 reb 3.3 ast	2 games 10.5 pts 1.5 reb 2.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
18	Alex Hannum Forward / Center 6-7 born Jul. 19, 1923 drafted in 1948 (by the Jets)	22 games 3.2 pts 2.5 reb 0.5 ast
15	Dick Rosenthal Forward / Guard 6-5 born Jan. 20, 1930 drafted 4th in 1954 (by the Pistons)	18 games 2.8 pts 2.9 reb 0.9 ast
19	Odie Spears Guard 6-5 born Jun. 26, 1925 drafted in 1948 (by the Stags)	4 games 2.0 pts 0.8 reb 0.3 ast