Larry Staverman
Personal information
Born(1936-10-11)October 11, 1936
Newport, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJuly 12, 2007(2007-07-12) (aged 70)
Edgewood, Kentucky, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolNewport Catholic
(Newport, Kentucky)
CollegeThomas More (1954–1958)
NBA draft1958: 9th round, 64th overall pick
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career1958–1964
PositionPower forward
Number10, 21, 14, 24, 13
Career history
As player:
19581961Cincinnati Royals
1961–1963Kansas City Steers
19621963Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets
1963Detroit Pistons
1963–1964Cincinnati Royals
As coach:
1965–1967Notre Dame (assistant coach)
19671968Indiana Pacers
1978Kansas City Kings
Career highlights and awards
  • All-ABL First Team (1962)
Career NBA statistics
Points1,237 (4.7 ppg)
Rebounds1,019 (3.8 rpg)
Assists251 (0.9 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Lawrence Joseph Staverman (October 11, 1936 – July 12, 2007)[1] was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6' 7" forward from Villa Madonna College (now known as Thomas More College), Staverman was drafted in the 9th round of the 1958 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals. He had a five-year career as a player in the NBA, with the Royals, the Chicago Zephyrs/Baltimore Bullets, and the Detroit Pistons.

Staverman was the first coach of the American Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers. He coached the team for its first season (where they went 38–40 and lost in a three-game sweep in the playoffs) and the first nine games of the next season before being replaced by Bobby Leonard. He later served as an interim coach for the Kansas City Kings in the 1977–78 season after they had won just thirteen of 37 games to start the year. He went 18–27 as the Kings finished dead last in the Western Conference. He was replaced by Cotton Fitzsimmons as head coach for the next season, although he stayed with the Kings until May 1981, when he resigned organization to join the Cleveland Browns as an assistant to the team president.[2]

Career playing statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source[3]

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1958–59 Cincinnati 5711.9.470.7633.8.94.3
1959–60 Cincinnati 499.8.470.7343.7.73.8
1960–61 Cincinnati 6614.3.446.8494.31.34.6
1962–63 Chicago 3318.2.485.7904.81.37.2
1963–64 Baltimore 616.5.4291.0002.2.32.7
1963–64 Detroit 2012.8.537.6673.5.65.7
1963–64 Cincinnati 349.4.414.8302.8.54.0
Career 26512.8.465.7853.8.94.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1963 Cincinnati 710.0.478.7893.7.75.3

References

  1. Social Security Death Index
  2. "Transactions". The New York Times. 6 May 1981.
  3. "Larry Staverman NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2023.


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