Syracuse Nationals 1961-62 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Syracuse Nationals in the 1961-62 NBA Regular Season and the 1962 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Syracuse Nationals used 12 players in the 1961-62 Regular Season and 10 in the 1962 Playoffs.

A total of 4 players from this roster played in 80 games, the season high for the Nationals.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1962, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 41-39 (.513), 3rd in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 2-3 (.400), Lost East Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
24	Al Bianchi Guard 6-3 born Mar. 26, 1932 drafted 18th in 1954 (by the Lakers)	80 games 10.3 pts 3.5 reb 3.3 ast	5 games 14.2 pts 5.2 reb 3.6 ast
20	Dave Gambee Forward 6-6 born Apr. 16, 1937 drafted 6th in 1958 (by the Hawks)	80 games 16.7 pts 7.9 reb 1.4 ast	5 games 11.2 pts 9.0 reb 0.8 ast
10	Red Kerr Center / Forward 6-9 born Aug. 17, 1932 drafted 6th in 1954 (by the Nationals)	80 games 16.3 pts 14.7 reb 3.0 ast	5 games 17.6 pts 16.0 reb 2.0 ast
12	Joe Roberts Forward 6-6 born May. 18, 1936 drafted 21st in 1960 (by the Nationals)	80 games 7.7 pts 6.7 reb 0.6 ast	4 games 6.5 pts 7.0 reb 0.0 ast
5	Paul Neumann Guard 6-1 born Jan. 30, 1938 drafted 27th in 1959 (by the Nationals)	79 games 6.0 pts 2.5 reb 2.2 ast	5 games 5.6 pts 3.4 reb 2.8 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
22	Lee Shaffer Forward 6-7 born Feb. 23, 1939 drafted 5th in 1960 (by the Nationals)	75 games 16.9 pts 6.8 reb 1.3 ast	5 games 18.8 pts 11.0 reb 1.4 ast
15	Hal Greer Guard / Forward 6-2 born Jun. 26, 1936 drafted 13th in 1958 (by the Nationals)	71 games 22.8 pts 7.4 reb 4.4 ast	1 game 0.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast
11	Swede Halbrook Center 7-3 born Jan. 30, 1933 drafted in 1956 (by the Nationals)	64 games 6.3 pts 6.2 reb 0.5 ast
21	Larry Costello Guard 6-1 born Jul. 2, 1931 drafted 12th in 1954 (by the Warriors)	63 games 13.8 pts 3.9 reb 5.7 ast	5 games 14.6 pts 3.2 reb 5.6 ast
4	Dolph Schayes Forward / Center 6-7 born May. 19, 1928 drafted 4th in 1948 (by the Knicks)	56 games 14.7 pts 7.8 reb 2.1 ast	5 games 11.4 pts 7.0 reb 1.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
23	Joe Graboski Forward / Center 6-7 born Jan. 15, 1930	23 games 5.1 pts 4.6 reb 0.9 ast	4 games 0.8 pts 1.0 reb 0.0 ast
23	Chuck Osborne Forward 6-6 born Jan. 21, 1939 drafted 28th in 1961 (by the Nationals)	4 games 1.3 pts 2.3 reb 0.3 ast