Sam Hollifield 
#27 SF | 6-5, 233lbs | Knights | Experience: 7 years
Born: 3/24/1933 (30) | College: Pittsburgh State | Detroit, MI

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: B+ C B C C- D- C- A- F C D+ C A- A B+ A  
 Potential: B C B C D F D A F C D C          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 80 0 12.2 4.9 0.7 2.2 0.5 0.8 0.56 0.3 0.1 0.2 .438 .677 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 12 0 7.1 2.0 0.3 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.83 0.1 0.1 0.4 .333 1.000 .000  
 1960 FBL NYK 30 0 4.8 1.8 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.21 0.2 0.0 0.3 .414 .714 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 14 0 5.0 1.3 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.45 0.1 0.1 0.1 .350 1.000 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 38 0 9.1 3.4 0.6 1.6 0.3 0.8 0.38 0.1 0.3 0.4 .417 .864 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 20 0 5.2 1.8 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.10 0.1 0.1 0.1 .472 .500 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 6 0 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.50 0.3 0.2 0.0 .250 .000 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 3 0 6.0 2.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.0 0.3 0.3 .500 .500 .000  
 Career     203 0 8.7 3.3 0.5 1.6 0.3 0.7 0.45 0.2 0.1 0.2 .425 .719 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 2.1 4.7 .438 0.8 1.2 .677 1.5 2.4 .628 0.6 2.3 .242 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 0.8 2.5 .333 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.7 1.2 .571 0.2 1.3 .125 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1960 FBL NYK 0.8 1.9 .414 0.2 0.2 .714 0.7 1.1 .625 0.1 0.9 .154 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 0.5 1.4 .350 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.6 .444 0.2 0.8 .273 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 1.4 3.5 .417 0.5 0.6 .864 1.2 2.2 .566 0.2 1.3 .163 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 0.9 1.8 .472 0.1 0.2 .500 0.7 1.3 .520 0.2 0.6 .364 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 0.2 0.7 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.5 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1955 FBL NYK 1.0 2.0 .500 0.3 0.7 .500 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.4 3.3 .425 0.5 0.7 .719 1.1 1.8 .599 0.3 1.5 .220 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1962 80 0 978 165 377 65 96 0 0 395 57 233 37 22 66 22 9 18 17 
 1961 12 0 85 10 30 4 4 0 0 24 3 19 5 1 6 1 1 5 -3 
 1960 30 0 145 24 58 5 7 0 0 53 11 38 3 5 14 5 1 8 3 
 1959 14 0 70 7 20 4 4 0 0 18 3 15 5 2 11 2 2 1 -15 
 1958 38 0 346 55 132 19 22 0 0 129 21 83 11 5 29 5 12 15 -90 
 1957 20 0 103 17 36 2 4 0 0 36 6 25 1 2 10 2 2 1 -30 
 1956 6 0 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 2 4 2 1 0 6 
 1955 3 0 18 3 6 1 2 0 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 -4 
 Career 203 0 1763 282 663 100 139 0 0 664 102 422 64 39 141 39 29 49 -116 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1962 FBL NYK .473 1.05 7.1 12.6 20.3 5.6 18.8 11.9 19.4 129.7 4.3 0.2 79.1 78.9  
 1961 FBL NYK .375 0.80 11.6 14.0 18.9 3.4 18.2 10.9 10.2 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 76.5 79.2  
 1960 FBL NYK .426 0.91 3.8 17.9 21.3 8.0 22.0 14.6 14.3 6.1 0.2 0.1 72.7 70.1  
 1959 FBL NYK .409 0.90 13.2 28.9 19.8 4.5 20.3 11.9 8.8 -2.9 -0.1 -1.1 66.2 80.5  
 1958 FBL NYK .451 0.98 6.0 15.9 20.1 6.3 19.6 12.7 15.3 19.8 0.7 -2.4 75.1 90.7  
 1957 FBL NYK .474 1.00 2.0 20.4 18.5 6.0 18.8 12.4 13.6 4.8 0.2 -1.5 72.8 88.7  
 1956 FBL NYK .250 0.50 20.0 40.0 19.5 0.0 27.8 16.1 5.5 -1.3 0.0 1.0 91.9 73.7  
 1955 FBL NYK .571 1.17 0.0 12.5 17.8 6.3 15.0 11.1 18.2 2.1 0.1 -1.3 71.8 91.4  
 Career     .459 1.00 6.9 15.2 20.1 5.7 19.2 12.3 16.8 157.8 5.3 -0.6 76.9 81.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 3 0 16.3 2.7 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 1.00 0.0 0.0 0.7 .190 .000 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 8 0 11.3 3.9 0.8 2.1 0.4 0.9 0.43 0.0 0.1 0.5 .394 .833 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 3 0 11.3 3.3 0.3 1.7 0.7 0.7 1.00 0.0 0.0 0.3 .267 1.000 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 3 0 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.3 0.0 0.3 .000 .000 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 2 0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  
 Career     20 0 9.6 2.5 0.6 1.6 0.4 0.7 0.50 0.1 0.1 0.4 .304 .875 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1962 FBL NYK 1.3 7.0 .190 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 3.7 .273 0.3 3.3 .100 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1961 FBL NYK 1.6 4.1 .394 0.6 0.8 .833 1.3 2.3 .556 0.4 1.9 .200 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1959 FBL NYK 1.3 5.0 .267 0.7 0.7 1.000 1.0 2.7 .375 0.3 2.3 .143 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1958 FBL NYK 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1957 FBL NYK 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1956 FBL NYK 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     1.1 3.5 .304 0.4 0.4 .875 0.8 1.9 .432 0.3 1.6 .156 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1962 3 0 49 4 21 0 0 0 0 8 4 11 2 0 2 0 0 2 -31 
 1961 8 0 90 13 33 5 6 0 0 31 6 23 3 0 7 0 1 4 -4 
 1959 3 0 34 4 15 2 2 0 0 10 1 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 -1 
 1958 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 -14 
 1957 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -5 
 1956 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
 Career 20 0 192 21 69 7 8 0 0 49 11 42 7 1 14 1 1 8 -54 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1962 FBL NYK .190 0.38 8.0 8.0 20.3 6.8 13.7 10.0 -0.3 -7.9 -0.3 -10.3 54.9 87.0  
 1961 FBL NYK .444 0.94 6.5 15.2 20.0 6.9 19.5 13.2 10.9 0.5 0.0 -0.5 75.1 81.1  
 1959 FBL NYK .313 0.67 10.0 10.0 21.7 2.9 17.2 9.5 5.1 -2.9 -0.1 -0.3 73.3 72.6  
 1958 FBL NYK .000 0.00 0.0 100.0 3.2 0.0 13.3 7.4 0.7 -2.1 -0.1 -4.7 29.2 91.3  
 1957 FBL NYK .000 0.00 0.0 100.0 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 -18.1 -2.1 -0.1 -2.5 37.5 133.3  
 1956 FBL NYK .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 1.0 150.0 100.0  
 Career     .329 0.71 7.4 14.9 13.8 5.7 16.6 11.0 5.5 -14.7 -0.5 -2.7 66.0 82.9  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1954 - 34 0 28.6 19.9 1.7 7.7 2.0 2.3 0.88 1.0 1.1 2.4 .449 .774 .377  
 Total   34 0 28.6 19.9 1.7 7.7 2.0 2.3 0.88 1.0 1.1 2.4 .449 .774 .377  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1954 34 0 972 254 566 113 146 57 151 678 57 319 69 34 78 34 37 82 0 
 Career 34 0 972 254 566 113 146 57 151 678 57 319 69 34 78 34 37 82 0 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 18 3 9 2 4 1 4 8 14 5 8 0 0  
 Playoff 14 2 7 2 1 1 2 6 13 2 2 0 0  
 Career 18 3 9 3 4 2 4 8 14 7 8 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/16 PHI L 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
 10/22 STL L 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
 10/23 PHI L 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 10/25 BOS L 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1
 10/26 DET W 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -2
 10/28 STL W 12 0 2 5 8 0 0 5 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 -2
 10/30 BOS L 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
 11/1 BOS W 13 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
 11/3 BOS L 12 3 9 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/5 PHI W 17 4 8 1 1 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 11/7 BOS L 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -9
 11/9 BOS L 10 3 3 4 4 0 0 10 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 8
 11/10 BOS L 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 -8
 11/12 WAS L 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 -11
 11/14 CHI W 16 5 8 2 4 0 0 12 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 7
 11/16 WAS W 14 2 5 3 4 0 0 7 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 4
 11/17 WAS L 23 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 4
 11/20 PHI W 13 3 9 0 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 -8
 11/22 PHI W 11 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 3
 11/23 PHI W 8 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 -3
 11/25 PHI W 10 3 3 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9
 11/26 PHI W 11 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -5
 11/29 WAS W 16 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 -3
 11/30 BOS L 24 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 2 6 1 4 0 1 1 -11
 12/4 PHI L 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
 12/6 STL W 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
 12/8 BOS W 8 1 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 12/9 PHI L 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 12/11 BOS L 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
 12/13 PHI L 9 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 3
 12/14 WAS L 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -6
 12/16 PHI W 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 4
 12/18 BOS W 17 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 5
 12/19 BOS L 24 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 -4
 12/23 BOS L 10 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
 12/24 PHI W 14 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 -7
 12/28 BOS L 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4
 12/29 DET W 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
 1/2 BOS L 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/4 WAS W 20 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 2 7 1 2 0 0 0 10
 1/8 WAS W 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
 1/9 TOR L 14 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 -1
 1/13 WAS W 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16
 1/15 BOS W 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
 1/17 BOS W 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -6
 1/19 PHI L 18 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 -12
 1/21 PHI W 15 3 3 3 4 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
 1/23 PHI L 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 -9
 1/24 WAS W 26 7 14 1 2 0 0 15 1 5 1 2 3 0 2 17
 1/27 PHI L 26 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 -19
 1/29 BOS W 14 2 2 1 2 0 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 -1
 1/30 PHI L 24 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 1 4 1 1 0 -5
 2/2 DET L 17 1 6 1 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 2 -13
 2/6 WAS W 15 3 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4
 2/7 PHI W 13 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 -2
 2/12 PHI W 25 2 8 1 2 0 0 5 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 1
 2/13 PHI L 18 3 5 1 1 0 0 7 0 6 1 2 0 1 0 -1
 2/17 PHI L 24 8 13 2 2 0 0 18 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 -10
 2/18 BOS L 15 2 7 1 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
 2/22 CHI W 8 0 3 3 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
 2/24 WAS L 10 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
 2/26 WAS W 11 3 6 3 4 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
 2/28 BOS L 12 1 6 1 2 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 -5
 3/2 WAS W 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13
 3/4 WAS W 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 14
 3/5 WAS W 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 -3
 3/9 PHI L 12 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
 3/10 WAS L 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3
 3/13 BOS W 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 -3
 3/15 STL W 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
 3/17 BOS L 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
 3/19 WAS W 10 0 0 5 8 0 0 5 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 -1
 3/20 PHI L 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 -8
 3/23 TOR W 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
 3/25 WAS W 11 5 8 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4
 3/29 PHI W 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 3/30 PHI L 13 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4
 4/2 BOS W 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -6
 4/3 WAS L 19 1 5 2 4 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 -15
 4/7 WAS W 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
 4/9 BOS W 11 4 5 2 2 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14
 4/11 WAS W 10 2 4 3 4 0 0 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 4
 4/13 BOS L 9 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 -13
 4/14 WAS W 12 5 7 0 4 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
 4/16 WAS L 20 4 7 3 4 0 0 11 0 7 1 1 0 0 1 5
 4/18 WAS W 16 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 4
 4/20 PHI L 18 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 -23
 4/21 PHI L 21 2 9 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 -5
 4/23 PHI L 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 -3

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Championships: 1
 1955 FBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1956 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1957 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1958 FBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
 1961 FBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/29/1955 Drafted by the Knights with pick #2 of round 2.

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