Clyde Lovellette Profile: Information, Highlights and Stats with the Lakers

Lakers players: Clyde Lovellette basketball profile with complete information including full name, position, height, weight, years as a Laker, career stats, NBA titles won and more.

Clyde Lovellette Profile

NBA Career:
Seasons Games Titles
NBA 11 Season
704
Playoffs
69		 NBA Titles3
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 17.0 9.5 1.7
Playoffs 14.0 8.1 1.3

Lakers Career:
Seasons Games Titles
LAL 4 Season
282
Playoffs
28		 NBA Trophy1
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 17.2 11.2 1.6
Playoffs 15.4 9.4 1.0

* Stats updated on Jun 18, 2024 *

Clyde Lovellette Profile
Clyde Lovellette
Position: Center / Forward
Jersey Number: 34 (Lakers), 89 (Lakers), 34 (Royals, Hawks), 4 (Celtics), 34 (Celtics)
Height: 6-9 / 2.06 mt
Weight: 234 lbs / 106 kg
Nickname: -
All-Star: 4 times (played 3 times)
Born: September 07, 1929 in Petersburg, Indiana, USA
High-School: Garfield in Terre Haute, Indiana
College: University of Kansas
Drafted: by the Minneapolis Lakers with No. 9 overall pick, in round 1 of the 1952 NBA Draft
NBA Teams: Minneapolis Lakers, 1953-54 to 1956-57
Cincinnati Royals, 1957-58
St. Louis Hawks, 1958-59 to 1961-62
Boston Celtics, 1962-63 to 1963-64
Lakers Seasons: 1953-54 to 1956-57

Clyde Lovellette in Lakers History - Timeline
Clyde Lovellette

1949
2024
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Clyde Lovellette Highlights

NBA Championships Details:
NBA Champion
1953-54 with Minneapolis Lakers
NBA Champion
1962-63 with Boston Celtics
NBA Champion
1963-64 with Boston Celtics

Career Totals:
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 11,947 6,663 1,165
Playoffs 963 557 89

- Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1988.

- Won NBA titles with both arch-enemys Lakers and Celtics. In 1962-63 he won it with Boston playing the Finals against Los Angeles.

- Lovellette became the first basketball player in history to win an NCAA Championship (1952), an Olympic Gold Medal (Helsinki 1952) and an NBA Title.

- In 2002, during halftime of a Lakers-Timberwolves game, the pioneer Minneapolis players Vern Mikkelsen, George Mikan, Slater Martin, Clyde Lovellette, Coach John Kundla and Arlee Pollard (widow of Jim Pollard) were presented with championship rings, the same provided by the NBA to the Los Angeles Lakers championship players that same year.

Clyde Lovellette Career Stats

Season by season statistics including his numbers with the Lakers.

Season Stats:

Season
 Team Gm GS Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1953-54Lakers72 17.4 .423 .695 5.8 0.7 2.9 8.2
1954-55Lakers70 33.7 .435 .686 11.5 1.4 3.7 18.7
1955-56Lakers71 35.5 .434 .721 14.0 2.3 3.5 21.5
1956-57Lakers69 36.1 .426 .717 13.5 2.0 3.6 20.8
1957-58Royals71 36.5 .441 .743 12.1 1.9 3.3 23.4
1958-59Hawks70 22.8 .454 .820 8.6 1.3 3.1 14.4
1959-60Hawks68 28.7 .468 .821 10.6 1.9 3.6 20.8
1960-61Hawks67 31.5 .453 .830 10.1 2.6 3.7 22.0
1961-62Hawks40 29.8 .471 .829 8.8 1.7 3.4 20.9
1962-63Celtics61 9.3 .428 .745 2.9 1.6 2.2 6.5
1963-64Celtics45 9.7 .420 .789 2.8 0.5 2.2 6.7
Career: 704 27.1 .443 - .757 - - 9.5 1.7 - - - 3.3 17.0

Playoffs Stats:
Playoffs Team Gm Min FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
1954Lakers13 20.4 .450 .483 9.7 0.5 2.8 10.5
1955Lakers7 28.1 .449 .725 9.1 0.4 4.6 16.7
1956Lakers3 23.0 .487 .594 8.3 2.0 4.3 19.0
1957Lakers5 36.2 .432 .731 9.4 2.2 4.2 24.2
1958Royals2 36.0 .387 .643 10.5 0.5 4.5 16.5
1959Hawks6 26.8 .500 .786 9.8 1.3 3.8 15.3
1960Hawks14 30.4 .393 .824 10.8 2.8 3.8 17.6
1961Hawks8 23.9 .404 .660 6.5 1.4 2.9 15.4
1963Celtics6 6.7 .269 .667 0.8 0.2 2.2 3.0
1964Celtics5 8.0 .235 1.000 1.4 0.4 1.6 4.0
Career: 69 23.8 .416 - .684 - - 8.1 1.3 - - - 3.4 14.0

* Stats updated on Jun 18, 2024 *

More Information: Links
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