Ed Macauley

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

Ed Macauley
Macauley in 1953
Personal information
Born(1928-03-22)March 22, 1928
St. Louis, Missouri
DiedNovember 8, 2011(2011-11-08) (aged 83)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolSt. Louis University HS
(St. Louis, Missouri)
CollegeSaint Louis (1945–1949)
BAA draft1949 / Pick: Territorial
Selected by the St. Louis Bombers
Playing career1949–1959
PositionCenter / Power forward
Number50, 22, 20
Coaching career1958–1960
Career history
As player:
1949–1950St. Louis Bombers
1950–1956Boston Celtics
1956–1959St. Louis Hawks
As coach:
1958–1960St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career statistics
Points11,234 (17.5 ppg)
Rebounds4,324 (7.5 rpg)
Assists2,079 (3.2 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006

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 as a senior at SLU.

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
  1. "Basketball Hall of Famer 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies at 83", USA Today, November 9, 2011
  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.
  6. Timmermann, Tom (November 9, 2011), "SLU great 'Easy Ed' Macauley dies", St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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