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George Yardley
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Birthdate: 11/3/1928    
Height / Weight: 6' 5"  /  190 lbs. Position: F
College: Stanford

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An explosive jump shooter, George Yardley was highly capable of turning a sure defeat into victory for his team. After a highly successful college career at Stanford, he helped the Fort Wayne Pistons of the NBA win two straight Western Division Titles in 1954-55, 1955-56 during his second and third pro seasons. The 6-ft, 5-inches forward was an excellent outside shooter and by 1956-57 was averaging over 20 points per game.

When Pistons owner Fred Zollner moved the team to Detroit in 1957-1958 George Yardley responded and led the entire NBA in all of the following categories - 27.8 points per game, set a NBA record with 2,001 points, 1,624 FGA, 655 free throws made, 808 FTA.

George Yardley was chosen as a second team All-Star in 1956-57 and a first team All-Star in 1957-58. Although his teams never won a NBA Championship, Yardley helped his teams reach the NBA playoffs 7 times, and he averaged 20.3 ppg in 46 playoff games.

George Yardley career stats: 19.2 ppg, 9,063 points, 3193 FGM, 7572 FGA, .422 pct, 2677 FTM, 34534 FTA, .780 pct, 4220 rebounds, 8.9 rpg, 815 assists,1.7 apg , 1426 fouls in 472 games. Playoffs: 933 points, 457 rebounds, 112 assists in 46 games. Drafted: the 7th pick in the 1st round of 1950 NBA draft.

George Yardley was voted inti the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1996


Regular Season Statistics
Year Team G MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO Rebs AST PTS
53-54 FTW (NBA) 63 23.64 3.3-7.81 .425 0.0-0.0 .000 2.3-3.3 .712 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 1.6 8.95
54-55 FTW (NBA) 60 35.83 6.1-14.48 .418 0.0-0.0 .000 5.2-6.9 .745 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 2.1 17.27
55-56 FTW (NBA) 71 33.14 6.1-15.03 .407 0.0-0.0 .000 5.1-6.9 .742 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.7 2.2 17.37
56-57 FTW (NBA) 72 37.38 7.3-17.68 .410 0.0-0.0 .000 7.0-8.9 .787 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 2.0 21.49
57-58 DET (NBA) 72 39.49 9.3-22.56 .414 0.0-0.0 .000 9.1-11.2 .811 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 1.3 27.79
58-59 DET (NBA) 61 30.15 7.3-17.08 .428 0.0-0.0 .000 5.2-6.7 .779 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 1.1 19.82
59-60 SYR (NBA) 73 32.90 7.5-16.51 .453 0.0-0.0 .000 5.2-6.4 .816 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 1.7 20.18
7 years   472 33.41 6.8-16.0 .422 0.0-0.0 .0 5.7-7.3 .780 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 1.7 19.20



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