Elden Van Houten 
#5 SF | 6-4, 223lbs | Knights | Experience: 7 years
Born: 7/1/1945 (29) | College: Northern Mississippi | Dallas, TX

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

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 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%  
 1974 FBL NYK 74 30 24.6 11.8 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.6 0.96 0.8 0.2 4.1 .398 .841 .000  
 1973 FBL NYK 82 81 31.1 14.3 1.9 2.6 3.6 3.3 1.10 1.0 0.2 4.2 .399 .798 .000  
 1972 FBL NYK 58 58 28.7 15.1 1.6 2.4 3.0 3.1 0.95 0.8 0.2 4.4 .441 .824 .000  
 1971 FBL NYK 82 82 29.5 15.5 1.9 2.2 2.8 3.2 0.89 0.7 0.3 4.7 .459 .802 .000  
 1970 FBL NYK 53 49 31.0 17.0 1.8 2.8 3.9 3.8 1.03 0.8 0.2 3.8 .467 .797 .000  
 1969 FBL NYK 64 62 27.0 15.6 1.4 2.2 3.2 2.6 1.25 0.9 0.3 4.2 .471 .794 .000  
 1968 FBL NYK 82 82 30.6 15.7 1.5 2.8 3.0 3.5 0.86 1.0 0.3 4.5 .431 .804 .000  
 1967 FBL NYK 65 62 33.3 13.5 1.6 3.1 2.7 4.6 0.59 1.1 0.2 3.2 .381 .747 .000  
 Career     560 506 29.5 14.7 1.7 2.5 3.1 3.3 0.93 0.9 0.3 4.2 .429 .803 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 FBL NYK 4.6 11.6 .398 2.6 3.1 .841 1.6 2.6 .613 3.0 8.9 .335 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 FBL NYK 5.5 13.9 .399 3.2 4.0 .798 2.5 3.9 .634 3.1 10.0 .306 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 FBL NYK 5.8 13.1 .441 3.6 4.3 .824 2.6 4.2 .624 3.1 8.8 .353 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 FBL NYK 6.1 13.3 .459 3.2 4.0 .802 3.0 4.4 .684 3.1 8.9 .348 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 FBL NYK 6.7 14.4 .467 3.5 4.5 .797 2.8 4.3 .656 3.9 10.1 .386 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1969 FBL NYK 6.3 13.3 .471 3.1 3.9 .794 2.7 4.3 .627 3.6 9.0 .397 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1968 FBL NYK 6.2 14.3 .431 3.4 4.2 .804 2.5 4.2 .606 3.6 10.1 .359 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1967 FBL NYK 5.8 15.3 .381 1.8 2.4 .747 2.6 4.5 .573 3.2 10.8 .300 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     5.8 13.6 .429 3.0 3.8 .803 2.5 4.0 .628 3.3 9.6 .345 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 +/- 
 1974 74 30 1821 341 856 190 226 0 0 872 116 279 185 61 193 61 15 307 274 
 1973 82 81 2552 454 1139 264 331 0 0 1172 159 369 296 81 268 81 19 347 471 
 1972 58 58 1665 334 758 206 250 0 0 874 93 235 172 46 181 46 9 253 517 
 1971 82 82 2417 502 1093 263 328 0 0 1267 158 342 233 54 262 54 25 383 510 
 1970 53 49 1644 356 763 188 236 0 0 900 98 247 205 41 199 41 13 201 639 
 1969 64 62 1730 402 853 197 248 0 0 1001 92 234 206 59 165 59 17 269 761 
 1968 82 82 2509 505 1171 275 342 0 0 1285 127 360 243 80 283 80 28 373 415 
 1967 65 62 2165 379 994 118 158 0 0 876 103 303 175 74 297 74 15 205 -142 
 Career 560 506 16503 3273 7627 1701 2119 0 0 8247 946 2369 1715 496 1848 496 141 2338 3445 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 FBL NYK .457 1.02 13.9 14.5 26.9 5.3 7.9 6.6 12.3 48.5 1.6 3.7 88.9 82.3  
 1973 FBL NYK .456 1.03 16.0 14.5 25.9 5.3 7.2 6.2 12.8 87.3 2.9 5.7 90.6 82.6  
 1972 FBL NYK .503 1.15 14.1 14.8 26.7 5.0 7.6 6.3 14.8 107.9 3.6 8.9 93.9 80.6  
 1971 FBL NYK .513 1.16 13.5 15.1 26.2 5.8 7.0 6.4 15.1 167.7 5.6 6.2 92.9 83.6  
 1970 FBL NYK .519 1.18 16.1 15.7 27.9 5.4 7.8 6.6 17.9 182.6 6.1 12.1 93.8 78.5  
 1969 FBL NYK .520 1.17 15.5 12.4 28.0 4.8 7.4 6.1 18.5 206.5 6.9 11.9 100.1 81.7  
 1968 FBL NYK .486 1.10 13.2 15.3 27.1 4.6 8.3 6.4 14.3 142.3 4.7 5.1 91.6 84.1  
 1967 FBL NYK .412 0.88 11.4 19.3 26.5 4.5 8.5 6.5 9.7 -26.7 -0.9 -2.2 76.4 78.8  
 Career     .482 1.08 14.1 15.2 26.8 5.1 7.7 6.4 14.2 916.0 30.5 6.2 90.8 81.8  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1973 FBL NYK 17 17 32.1 14.9 2.2 2.4 3.7 3.8 0.97 1.0 0.2 4.1 .401 .764 .000  
 1972 FBL NYK 6 6 38.0 19.0 2.5 3.0 4.3 3.2 1.37 0.8 0.3 4.5 .469 .750 .000  
 1971 FBL NYK 14 14 35.0 16.7 2.0 2.8 4.4 3.8 1.17 1.2 0.6 4.2 .414 .848 .000  
 1970 FBL NYK 15 15 34.8 18.5 1.9 2.9 4.1 4.7 0.89 0.9 0.3 3.6 .460 .775 .000  
 1969 FBL NYK 16 16 28.6 18.2 1.7 1.9 4.0 2.9 1.36 1.0 0.4 4.3 .452 .826 .000  
 1968 FBL NYK 4 4 31.3 10.3 1.5 1.8 4.3 3.8 1.13 1.5 0.5 4.3 .250 .750 .000  
 Career     72 72 32.9 16.8 2.0 2.5 4.1 3.7 1.09 1.0 0.3 4.1 .423 .795 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1973 FBL NYK 5.8 14.5 .401 3.2 4.2 .764 2.6 4.8 .549 3.2 9.7 .327 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 FBL NYK 7.5 16.0 .469 4.0 5.3 .750 3.0 4.5 .667 4.5 11.5 .391 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 FBL NYK 6.4 15.4 .414 4.0 4.7 .848 3.6 5.8 .630 2.7 9.6 .284 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1970 FBL NYK 6.9 15.1 .460 4.6 5.9 .775 2.0 3.5 .577 4.9 11.6 .425 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1969 FBL NYK 7.3 16.2 .452 3.6 4.3 .826 3.4 4.9 .684 3.9 11.3 .350 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1968 FBL NYK 4.8 19.0 .250 0.8 1.0 .750 2.3 6.0 .375 2.5 13.0 .192 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     6.6 15.5 .423 3.7 4.6 .795 2.9 4.8 .600 3.7 10.8 .344 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 +/- 
 1973 17 17 545 99 247 55 72 0 0 253 37 78 63 17 65 17 3 69 144 
 1972 6 6 228 45 96 24 32 0 0 114 15 33 26 5 19 5 2 27 11 
 1971 14 14 490 89 215 56 66 0 0 234 28 67 62 17 53 17 8 59 74 
 1970 15 15 522 104 226 69 89 0 0 277 29 73 62 13 70 13 4 54 216 
 1969 16 16 458 117 259 57 69 0 0 291 27 58 64 16 47 16 6 68 229 
 1968 4 4 125 19 76 3 4 0 0 41 6 13 17 6 15 6 2 17 -40 
 Career 72 72 2368 473 1119 264 332 0 0 1210 142 322 294 74 269 74 25 294 634 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1973 FBL NYK .452 1.02 15.5 16.0 27.3 5.6 6.3 6.0 10.1 -3.6 -0.1 8.5 89.8 79.3  
 1972 FBL NYK .518 1.19 16.8 12.3 23.5 5.6 7.3 6.4 12.6 7.1 0.2 1.8 93.7 91.5  
 1971 FBL NYK .480 1.09 17.3 14.8 25.7 5.0 6.6 5.8 12.0 10.9 0.4 5.3 90.1 83.4  
 1970 FBL NYK .521 1.23 15.6 17.6 27.1 5.2 7.2 6.2 14.4 30.5 1.0 14.4 94.6 78.4  
 1969 FBL NYK .505 1.12 16.0 11.8 31.3 5.7 5.6 5.6 17.1 45.4 1.5 14.3 97.5 78.4  
 1968 FBL NYK .256 0.54 15.5 13.6 32.6 4.3 5.0 4.7 0.7 -18.3 -0.6 -10.0 79.0 91.2  
 Career     .478 1.08 16.1 14.7 27.6 5.3 6.4 5.9 12.5 71.9 2.4 8.8 92.3 81.6  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1964 NMS 30 30 26.1 7.9 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9 0.91 0.5 0.2 2.4 .397 .651 .000  
 1965 NMS 29 29 29.4 10.0 1.4 1.7 2.2 2.6 0.84 0.7 0.3 2.6 .390 .720 .000  
 1966 NMS 29 29 31.1 13.4 1.3 2.5 2.3 2.8 0.82 1.1 0.5 2.3 .464 .823 .000  
 1967 NMS 31 31 31.2 13.5 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.6 0.95 1.3 0.8 2.3 .458 .727 .000  
 Total   119 119 29.4 11.2 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.5 0.88 0.9 0.4 2.4 .432 .734 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1964 30 30 782 104 262 28 43 0 0 236 45 97 51 14 56 14 5 71 60 
 1965 29 29 853 115 295 59 82 0 0 289 40 90 63 21 75 21 10 75 14 
 1966 29 29 901 169 364 51 62 0 0 389 37 110 67 33 82 33 14 66 52 
 1967 31 31 966 174 380 72 99 0 0 420 53 115 77 40 81 40 24 70 220 
 Career 119 119 3502 562 1301 210 286 0 0 1334 175 412 258 108 294 108 53 282 346 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 30 7 10 8 3 2 9 12 26 16 18 0 0  
 Playoff 28 7 10 9 4 2 9 12 33 11 13 0 0  
 Career 44 7 17 12 6 3 14 20 33 16 18 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/15 LAC W 16 6 10 0 0 0 0 12 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 12
 10/16 SFM W 20 9 15 0 0 0 0 18 2 3 0 4 3 0 0 20
 10/18 SEA W 13 5 8 2 2 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 -4
 10/19 CHI L 15 3 9 1 2 0 0 7 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 -14
 10/23 DET W 18 2 9 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 -2
 10/26 DET L 9 3 3 0 2 0 0 6 1 1 3 0 0 0 5 -4
 10/29 WAS L 18 3 12 4 4 0 0 10 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 5
 11/9 NOP W 27 3 11 2 2 0 0 8 4 8 2 8 1 0 1 -11
 11/11 ATL W 29 6 14 1 1 0 0 13 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 -3
 11/14 DET W 18 3 6 1 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1
 11/15 LAC L 18 6 11 5 8 0 0 17 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 -6
 11/18 CHI W 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 -4
 11/19 CLE W 22 3 11 4 4 0 0 10 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 20
 11/21 BOS W 19 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 3 2 0 3 16
 11/23 WAS W 23 7 8 2 2 0 0 16 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 12
 11/24 BOS W 15 3 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 4 15
 11/27 CLE W 20 3 7 0 2 0 0 6 1 3 2 2 1 0 4 12
 11/28 NOP W 35 8 19 0 0 0 0 16 7 10 2 1 2 2 6 14
 11/30 ATL L 12 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1
 12/1 ATL L 17 2 12 4 4 0 0 8 2 4 3 2 0 0 4 8
 12/5 CHI W 31 8 17 4 4 0 0 20 2 3 3 4 1 0 4 14
 12/7 CHI W 19 6 11 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 6
 12/8 BOS L 28 2 11 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 3 5 3 0 5 -16
 12/11 TOR W 32 5 19 0 0 0 0 10 1 5 3 4 1 0 4 10
 12/12 CLE L 36 5 16 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 3 7 0 0 5 -24
 12/14 LAC L 26 3 13 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 2 4 1 0 5 -22
 12/18 CLE W 36 10 17 0 0 0 0 20 4 7 2 0 1 0 3 28
 12/19 TOR L 15 4 10 1 2 0 0 9 4 6 0 0 1 0 6 -5
 12/22 STL L 37 3 15 4 4 0 0 10 2 5 2 0 1 0 2 -23
 12/23 WAS W 23 2 8 3 4 0 0 7 0 3 4 3 0 0 6 -8
 12/27 DET L 17 4 8 2 2 0 0 10 3 4 1 1 0 0 5 6
 12/28 VAN W 19 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 1 2 0 2 0
 12/30 MIN L 20 4 15 2 3 0 0 10 1 1 3 5 2 0 4 4
 12/31 DET L 27 3 7 2 2 0 0 8 1 4 1 3 0 0 3 -6
 1/3 PHI W 17 2 6 3 4 0 0 7 2 5 2 4 2 0 5 -10
 1/4 PHI L 27 5 12 3 4 0 0 13 0 2 3 2 1 1 5 -3
 1/7 WAS W 9 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 -6
 1/8 TOR L 15 4 12 6 7 0 0 14 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 5
 1/12 BOS W 28 6 12 3 4 0 0 15 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 11
 1/13 HOU L 18 3 4 1 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 3 1 0 5 -7
 1/17 PHI L 38 7 19 16 18 0 0 30 3 5 4 6 2 0 5 -11
 1/18 PHI W 45 9 14 6 6 0 0 24 1 8 6 8 0 0 4 4
 1/20 TOR L 36 5 13 4 4 0 0 14 3 5 1 7 1 2 6 -12
 1/22 TOR W 33 2 10 3 3 0 0 7 0 4 4 7 1 0 4 21
 1/24 MIL L 27 3 8 2 2 0 0 8 2 4 1 1 1 0 5 10
 1/26 WAS L 13 4 5 2 2 0 0 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 7
 1/28 WAS L 21 3 10 1 2 0 0 7 5 5 4 0 0 0 5 -12
 1/29 PHI W 34 8 19 6 6 0 0 22 1 2 3 5 2 1 4 33
 2/2 CHI L 19 4 12 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 -11
 2/3 PHI L 26 3 15 4 4 0 0 10 0 2 5 5 1 1 4 -2
 2/5 DET W 23 9 15 3 4 0 0 21 3 5 0 5 1 0 6 21
 2/6 BOS W 21 9 12 1 1 0 0 19 3 5 1 3 1 0 2 18
 2/11 BOS L 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 -2
 2/13 MIN W 25 8 13 7 8 0 0 23 0 2 3 3 1 1 3 26
 2/16 WAS W 19 6 12 3 4 0 0 15 2 3 0 3 1 0 3 -1
 2/17 BOS W 24 5 14 2 2 0 0 12 1 2 2 3 1 0 3 -5
 2/21 SFM W 19 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 5 -3
 2/23 NOP W 34 8 16 3 4 0 0 19 2 8 1 3 3 1 4 23
 2/25 WAS W 35 9 18 8 8 0 0 26 2 8 4 4 0 0 3 34
 2/26 DET W 40 9 19 5 6 0 0 23 4 7 4 3 1 0 3 26
 3/1 NOP W 43 8 19 1 2 0 0 17 2 9 6 3 0 0 5 22
 3/2 SEA W 41 10 26 1 5 0 0 21 3 8 4 0 1 0 4 14
 3/5 CHI L 45 7 22 2 2 0 0 16 3 10 8 4 2 0 2 -3
 3/6 BOS W 35 3 15 3 4 0 0 9 3 6 2 1 0 0 6 15
 3/8 CLE L 26 3 9 1 1 0 0 7 2 3 4 1 0 0 6 -5
 3/9 CHI L 24 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 1 3 1 2 0 0 5 8
 3/13 SEA L 36 6 16 2 2 0 0 14 5 9 2 9 0 0 5 -16
 3/14 MIL L 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 -9
 3/17 SFM W 21 5 8 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 16
 3/18 DET L 22 7 16 4 4 0 0 18 1 2 1 0 0 2 6 -7
 3/20 PHI W 36 9 19 12 12 0 0 30 3 4 4 4 3 0 4 16
 3/24 STL L 16 2 3 2 2 0 0 6 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 -2
 3/28 DET W 28 4 16 1 2 0 0 9 1 2 3 2 2 0 4 -9
 3/30 TOR L 17 3 8 4 4 0 0 10 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 18
 4/1 CLE L 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
 4/7 TOR W 21 3 9 2 2 0 0 8 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 11
 4/8 CHI W 13 3 4 4 4 0 0 10 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 -12
 4/10 PHI W 20 4 12 5 10 0 0 13 2 3 3 3 0 0 4 5
 4/12 ATL W 45 12 24 1 2 0 0 25 1 8 4 3 3 0 5 10
 4/14 NOP L 11 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 20
 Total Championships: 3
 1963 High School: Rated ***** and #3 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1963 High School: All-State (Texas)
 1963 High School: All-American
 1964 Freshman All-Conference (Deep South Conference)
 1966 2nd Team All-Conference (Deep South Conference)
 1967 1st Team All-Conference (Deep South Conference)
 1967 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1967 FBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1968 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1969 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1970 Federal Basketball League Champion
 1973 Federal Basketball League Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/28/1967 Drafted by the Knights with pick #2 of round 1.

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