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Bruce Hale
Hale in 1948
Personal information
Born(1918-08-30)August 30, 1918
Medford, Oregon, U.S.
DiedDecember 30, 1980(1980-12-30) (aged 62)
Orinda, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolGalileo
(San Francisco, California)
CollegeSanta Clara (1938–1941)
Playing career1946–1951
PositionGuard / forward
Number22, 35, 7
Coaching career1947–1973
Career history
As player:
1946–1947Chicago American Gears
1947–1948St. Paul Saints
1947–1948Indianapolis Kautskys
1948Indianapolis Jets
1948–1949Fort Wayne Pistons
1949–1951Indianapolis Olympians
As coach:
1947–1948St. Paul Saints
1948Indianapolis Jets
1954–1967Miami (Florida)
1967–1968Oakland Oaks
1970–1973Saint Mary's (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

William Bruce Hale (August 30, 1918 – December 30, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

A 6'1" guard/forward from Medford, Oregon, Hale played college basketball at Santa Clara University, then played professionally in the early NBA as a member of the Indianapolis Jets, Fort Wayne Pistons, and Indianapolis Olympians. He averaged 9.1 points per game over his NBA career.[1] He later held coaching positions with the University of Miami, the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association, and St. Mary's College of California. With Miami, he took the program to their first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1960, which would be the last for the program for 38 years. Before he died of a heart attack in 1980, he had been working as a marketing director at the KNBR radio station.[2]

Hale's daughter, Pam, married basketball player Rick Barry, who played for Hale at the University of Miami.[3] Through Pam, Hale is the grandfather of NBA players Brent Barry, Jon Barry, and Drew Barry.

Hale was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.[4]

Career playing statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played  FGM  Field-goals made
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  FTM  Free-throws made
 FTA  Free-throws attempted  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game
 PTS  Points  PPG  Points per game
 Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Hale's team won an NBL championship

NBL

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Source[5]

Regular season

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Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1946–47† Chicago 41 156 116 141 .823 428 10.4
1947–48 Indianapolis 48 196 155 215 .721 547 11.4
Career 89 352 271 356 .761 975 11.0

Playoffs

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Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1947† Chicago 11 35 24 30 .800 94 8.5
1948 Indianapolis 4 21 20 25 .800 62 15.5
Career 15 56 44 55 .800 156 10.4

BAA/NBA

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Regular season

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Source[1]

Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1948–49 Indianapolis 18 .329 .761 – 3.8 12.6
1948–49 Fort Wayne 34 .313 .750 – 2.6 9.4
1949–50 Indianapolis 64 .353 .782 – 3.5 10.3
1950–51 Indianapolis 26 .396 .609 1.9 1.6 3.6
Career 152 .333 .763 1.9 3.0 9.1

Playoffs

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Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1950 Indianapolis 6 .350 .882 – 2.8 7.2
1951 Indianapolis 1 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0
Career 7 .350 .882 .0 2.4 6.1

Head coaching record

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NBA/ABA

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Indianapolis (BAA) 1948–49 17 4 13 .235 — — — — — (replaced)
Oakland (ABA) 1967–68 78 22 56 .282 6th in Western — — — — Missed Playoffs
Career (overall)[6] 95 26 69 .274 — — — —

College

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Miami Hurricanes (NCAA University Division independent) (1954–1967)
1954–55 Miami 9–11
1955–56 Miami 14–12
1956–57 Miami 13–13
1957–58 Miami 14–8
1958–59 Miami 18–7
1959–60 Miami 23–4 NCAA University Division First Round
1960–61 Miami 20–7 NIT First Round
1961–62 Miami 14–12
1962–63 Miami 23–5 NIT Quarterfinal
1963–64 Miami 20–7 NIT First Round
1964–65 Miami 22–4
1965–66 Miami 15–11
1966–67 Miami 15–11
Total: 220–112 (.663)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bruce Hale BAA/NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Former basketball coach dies". The Ledger. January 2, 1981. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
  3. ^ Frank Deford. "Razor-cut Idol Of San Francisco". Sports Illustrated. February 13, 1967. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
  4. ^ University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame inductees Archived 2010-11-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on February 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "Bruce Hale NBL Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Bruce Hale: Coaching Records, Awards". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
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