Cincinnati Royals 1965-66 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Cincinnati Royals in the 1965-66 NBA Regular Season and the 1966 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Cincinnati Royals used 14 players in the 1965-66 Regular Season and 11 in the 1966 Playoffs.

Wayne Embry and Adrian Smith are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 80.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1966, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 45-35 (.563), 3rd in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 2-3 (.400), Lost East Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Wayne Embry Center / Forward 6-8 born Mar. 26, 1937 drafted 22nd in 1958 (by the Hawks)	80 games 7.6 pts 6.6 reb 1.0 ast	5 games 7.8 pts 6.8 reb 0.4 ast
10	Adrian Smith Guard 6-1 born Oct. 5, 1936 drafted 85th in 1958 (by the Royals)	80 games 18.4 pts 3.6 reb 3.2 ast	5 games 13.0 pts 2.4 reb 2.6 ast
20	Tom Hawkins Forward 6-5 born Dec. 22, 1936 drafted 3rd in 1959 (by the Lakers)	79 games 8.4 pts 7.3 reb 1.3 ast	5 games 4.6 pts 4.4 reb 0.2 ast
16	Jerry Lucas Forward / Center 6-8 born Mar. 30, 1940 drafted with a territorial pick in 1962 (by the Royals)	79 games 21.5 pts 21.1 reb 2.7 ast	5 games 21.4 pts 20.2 reb 2.8 ast
14	Oscar Robertson Guard / Forward 6-5 born Nov. 24, 1938 drafted 1st in 1960 (by the Royals)	76 games 31.3 pts 7.7 reb 11.1 ast	5 games 31.8 pts 7.6 reb 7.8 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
27	Jack Twyman Forward / Guard 6-6 born May. 11, 1934 drafted 8th in 1955 (by the Royals)	73 games 7.4 pts 2.3 reb 0.8 ast	2 games 2.5 pts 1.0 reb 0.0 ast
22	Happy Hairston Forward 6-7 born May. 31, 1942 drafted 33rd in 1964 (by the Royals)	72 games 14.1 pts 7.6 reb 0.6 ast	5 games 15.4 pts 7.4 reb 0.0 ast
11	Jon McGlocklin Guard / Forward 6-5 born Jun. 10, 1943 drafted 24th in 1965 (by the Royals)	72 games 5.1 pts 1.8 reb 1.2 ast	4 games 7.5 pts 2.0 reb 1.0 ast
24	Connie Dierking Center / Forward 6-9 born Oct. 2, 1936 drafted 5th in 1958 (by the Nationals)	57 games 5.6 pts 4.3 reb 0.8 ast	4 games 6.8 pts 3.8 reb 0.3 ast
25	Tom Thacker Guard / Forward 6-2 born Nov. 2, 1939 drafted with a territorial pick in 1963 (by the Royals)	50 games 3.7 pts 2.4 reb 1.2 ast	4 games 4.3 pts 2.3 reb 1.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
17	George Wilson Center 6-8 born May. 9, 1942 drafted with a territorial pick in 1964 (by the Royals)	47 games 2.9 pts 2.1 reb 0.4 ast	1 game 2.0 pts 1.0 reb 0.0 ast
21	Art Heyman Forward / Guard 6-5 born Jun. 24, 1941 drafted 1st in 1963 (by the Knicks)	11 games 3.6 pts 1.2 reb 0.6 ast
34	Bud Olsen Forward / Center 6-8 born Jul. 25, 1940 drafted 13th in 1962 (by the Royals)	4 games 1.8 pts 3.3 reb 0.5 ast
21	Jay Arnette Guard 6-2 born Dec. 19, 1938 drafted 9th in 1960 (by the Royals)	3 games 0.7 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast