Ed Macauley

Ed Macauley
Personal information
Born	March 22, 1928; St. Louis, Missouri
Died	November 8, 2011 (aged 83); St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Louis University High School
College	St. Louis (1945–1949)
NBA draft	1949: Territorial
	Selected by the St. Louis Bombers
Playing career	1949–1959
Position	Center / Power forward
Number	50, 22, 20
Career history
As player:
1949–1950	St. Louis Bombers
1950–1956	Boston Celtics
1956–1959	St. Louis Hawks
As coach:
1958–1960	St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1958); 7× NBA All-Star (1951–1957); NBA All-Star Game MVP (1951); 3× All-NBA First Team (1951–1953); All-NBA Second Team (1954); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1948); 2× Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1948–1949);
Career statistics
Points	11,234 (17.5 ppg)
Rebounds	4,324 (7.5 rpg)
Assists	2,079 (3.2 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Charles Edward "Ed" Macauley (March 22, 1928 – November 8, 2011) was a professional basketball player in the NBA. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed."^[1]

Macauley spent his prep school days at St. Louis University High School, then went on to Saint Louis University, where his team won the NIT championship in 1948. He was named the AP Player of the Year in 1949.

Macauley played in the NBA with the St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics, and St. Louis Hawks. Macauley was named MVP of the first NBA All-Star Game (he played in the first seven), and was named to the NBA's All-NBA First Team three consecutive seasons. He was named to the All-NBA second team once, in 1953–54—the same season he led the league in field goal percentage. Macauley's trade (with Cliff Hagan) to St. Louis brought Bill Russell to the Celtics.

Macauley scored 11,234 points in ten NBA seasons and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960. At age 32, he still holds the record for being the youngest male player to be admitted.^[2] His uniform number 22 was retired by the Boston Celtics, and he was also awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.^[3]

In 1989 Macauley was ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church. With Father Francis Friedl, he coauthored the book Homilies Alive: Creating Homilies That Hit Home.^[4]

He died on November 8, 2011, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 83.^[5]

References

^ "Basketball Hall of Famer 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies at 83", USA Today, November 9, 2011
^ Martin, Douglas (November 9, 2011), "Ed Macauley, Basketball Hall of Famer, Dies at 83", The New York Times
^ "'Easy Ed' Macauley dead at 83". ESPN. November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
^ Macauley, Ed; Francis P. Friedl (1994). Homilies alive: creating homilies that hit home. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications. ISBN 0-89622-574-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Timmermann, Tom (November 9, 2011), "SLU great 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies", St. Louis Post-Dispatch

External links

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[ap-1] "Basketball Hall of Famer 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies at 83", USA Today, November 9, 2011

[martin-2] Martin, Douglas (November 9, 2011), "Ed Macauley, Basketball Hall of Famer, Dies at 83", The New York Times

[3] "'Easy Ed' Macauley dead at 83". ESPN. November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.

[4] Macauley, Ed; Francis P. Friedl (1994). Homilies alive: creating homilies that hit home. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications. ISBN 0-89622-574-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[timmermann-5] Timmermann, Tom (November 9, 2011), "SLU great 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies", St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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