Syracuse Nationals 1958-59 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Syracuse Nationals in the 1958-59 NBA Regular Season and the 1959 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Syracuse Nationals used 13 players in the 1958-59 Regular Season and 10 in the 1959 Playoffs.

Al Bianchi, Red Kerr and Dolph Schayes 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 1959, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 35-37 (.486), 3rd in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 5-4 (.556), Lost East Div Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
16	Al Bianchi Guard 6-3 born Mar. 26, 1932 drafted 18th in 1954 (by the Lakers)	72 games 10.0 pts 2.8 reb 2.2 ast	9 games 9.1 pts 3.2 reb 2.8 ast
10	Red Kerr Center / Forward 6-9 born Aug. 17, 1932 drafted 6th in 1954 (by the Nationals)	72 games 17.8 pts 14.0 reb 2.0 ast	9 games 14.4 pts 12.0 reb 2.7 ast
4	Dolph Schayes Forward / Center 6-7 born May. 19, 1928 drafted 4th in 1948 (by the Knicks)	72 games 21.3 pts 13.4 reb 2.5 ast	9 games 28.2 pts 13.0 reb 4.6 ast
17	Togo Palazzi Forward / Guard 6-4 born Aug. 8, 1932 drafted 5th in 1954 (by the Celtics)	71 games 8.4 pts 3.7 reb 0.9 ast	8 games 4.5 pts 2.6 reb 0.8 ast
6	Larry Costello Guard 6-1 born Jul. 2, 1931 drafted 12th in 1954 (by the Warriors)	70 games 15.8 pts 5.2 reb 5.4 ast	9 games 17.7 pts 5.9 reb 6.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Hal Greer Guard / Forward 6-2 born Jun. 26, 1936 drafted 13th in 1958 (by the Nationals)	68 games 11.1 pts 2.9 reb 1.5 ast	9 games 11.6 pts 5.2 reb 2.2 ast
9	Bob Hopkins Center / Forward 6-8 born Nov. 3, 1934 drafted in 1956 (by the Nationals)	67 games 10.0 pts 6.5 reb 1.0 ast	9 games 8.2 pts 6.7 reb 1.0 ast
8	Connie Dierking Center / Forward 6-9 born Oct. 2, 1936 drafted 5th in 1958 (by the Nationals)	64 games 4.6 pts 3.6 reb 0.5 ast	4 games 2.8 pts 4.3 reb 0.5 ast
11	Ed Conlin Forward / Guard 6-5 born Sep. 2, 1933 drafted 5th in 1955 (by the Nationals)	57 games 11.9 pts 5.3 reb 2.0 ast
3	George Dempsey Guard 6-2 born Jul. 19, 1929 drafted 68th in 1951 (by the Warriors)	34 games 5.0 pts 2.9 reb 1.1 ast	5 games 1.8 pts 1.2 reb 0.8 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
5	Paul Seymour Guard / Forward 6-1 born Jan. 30, 1928	21 games 4.3 pts 1.9 reb 1.7 ast
12	George Yardley Forward / Guard 6-5 born Nov. 3, 1928 drafted 7th in 1950 (by the Pistons)	15 games 16.7 pts 6.9 reb 1.7 ast	9 games 25.1 pts 9.7 reb 2.3 ast
3	Tommy Kearns Guard 5-11 born Oct. 6, 1936 drafted 29th in 1958 (by the Nationals)	1 game 2.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast