Ed Macauley

Ed Macauley
	Macauley in 1953
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 HS; (St. Louis, Missouri)
College	Saint Louis (1945–1949)
BAA draft	1949: Territorial
	Selected by the St. Louis Bombers
Playing career	1949–1959
Position	Center / Power forward
Number	50, 22, 20
Coaching career	1958–1960
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
	As player: 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); No. 22 retired by Boston Celtics; Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1948); 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1948, 1949); Third-team All-American – Helms (1947); 3× First-team All-MVC (1947–1949); No. 50 retired by Saint Louis Billikens; As coach: 2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1959, 1960);
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
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2006

Charles Edward Macauley (March 22, 1928 – November 8, 2011) was a professional basketball player. 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. In the two years he coached with the Hawks, he led them to an 89–48 record, with a 9–11 playoff record. After retiring, he became sports director of KTVI, then the ABC affiliate in his native St. Louis.

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 Celtics^[3] and he was also awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.^[4]

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.^[5]

He died on November 8, 2011, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 83.^[6]

NBA career 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
†	Won an NBA championship	*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50	St. Louis	67	–	.398	.718	–	3.0	16.1
1950–51	Boston	68	–	.466	.759	9.1	3.7	20.4
1951–52	Boston	66	39.9	.432	.799	8.0	3.5	19.2
1952–53	Boston	69	42.1	.452*	.750	9.1	4.1	20.3
1953–54	Boston	71	39.3	.486*	.758	8.0	3.8	18.9
1954–55	Boston	71	38.1	.424	.792	8.5	3.9	17.6
1955–56	Boston	71	33.2	.422	.794	5.9	3.0	17.5
1956–57	St. Louis	72	35.9	.419	.749	6.1	2.8	16.5
1957–58†	St. Louis	72	26.5	.428	.724	6.6	2.0	14.2
1958–59	St. Louis	14	14.0	.293	.600	2.9	0.9	4.6
Career		641	35.7	.436	.761	7.5	3.2	17.5
All-Star		7	22.0	.387	.854	4.6	2.6	11.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1951	Boston	2	–	.472	.625	9.0	4.0	20.4
1952	Boston	3	43.0	.551	.842	11.0	3.7	23.3
1953	Boston	6	46.3	.437	.722	9.7	3.5	16.8
1954	Boston	5	25.4	.364	.692	4.2	4.2	5.0
1955	Boston	7	40.4	.462	.759	7.4	4.6	18.1
1956	Boston	3	24.3	.400	.636	5.0	1.7	10.3
1957	St. Louis	10	29.7	.404	.730	6.2	2.2	14.2
1958†	St. Louis	11	20.6	.404	.720	5.6	1.6	9.8
Career		47	31.4	.437	.729	6.8	2.9	13.8

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.
^ St. Louis Walk of Fame. "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees". stlouiswalkoffame.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
^ Macauley, Ed; Francis P. Friedl (1994). Homilies alive: creating homilies that hit home. Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications. ISBN 0-89622-574-7.
^ Timmermann, Tom (November 9, 2011), "SLU great 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies", St. Louis Post-Dispatch

External links

[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] St. Louis Walk of Fame. "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees". stlouiswalkoffame.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.

[5] Macauley, Ed; Francis P. Friedl (1994). Homilies alive: creating homilies that hit home. Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications. ISBN 0-89622-574-7.

[timmermann-6] Timmermann, Tom (November 9, 2011), "SLU great 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies", St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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