Harry Gallatin

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Basketball player
Harry Gallatin
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Player information
Full name Harry Junior Gallatin
Nickname The Horse
birthday April 26, 1927
place of birth Roxana , Illinois , United States
date of death October 7, 2015
Place of death Edwardsville , Illinois, United States
size 198 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Forward / Center
college Truman State University, Missouri
NBA draft 1948, 40th Pick , New York Knicks ( BAA draft)
Clubs as active
1948–1957 New York Knicks 1957–1958 Detroit PistonsUnited StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Clubs as coaches
1962–1965 St. Louis Hawks 1965–1966 New York KnicksUnited StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States

Harry Junior Gallatin (born April 26, 1927 in Roxana , Illinois , † October 7, 2015 in Edwardsville , Illinois) was an American basketball player and coach.

In his ten years as a professional basketball player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the NBA , he averaged 13 points per game. In the eight years in which the values ​​were recorded statistically, he was one of the dominant players under the basket at that time with 11.9 rebounds per game.

In his career he scored 7,771 points for the Knicks and is 14th in the Knicks history; In addition, he was the fourth most important rebounder of his club with 5,935 rebounds .

In 1991 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player .

Player career

After his time at Truman State University , Harry Gallatin signed up for the 1948 BAA draft. The New York Knicks voted him 40th. He was able to quickly establish himself in the BAA and after the merger in 1949 in the NBA.

In 1951 he was invited to the first All-Star Game thanks to an average of 12.8 points and 12.1 rebounds . This was repeated over the next six years. In the 1953/54 season he was the best player in both categories with a total of 1,098 rebounds and 15.2 per game. He was rewarded with the election to the All-NBA First Team . The following year he was elected to the All-NBA Second Team as the second best rebounder in the league. The championship title was denied him with the Knicks. In 1951 they lost in the final with 3: 4 against the Rochester Royals , a year later again with the closest possible result against the Minneapolis Lakers .

In 1953, the team met again in the third consecutive final against the Lakers, who this time clearly won 4-1.

On April 3, 1957, he was transferred to the Detroit Pistons along with Dick Atha and Nathaniel Clifton . Mel Hutchins and Charlie Tyra received the Knicks in return.

After a solid season in Detroit, he ended his playing career at the age of 31.

Coaching career

At the beginning of the 1962/63 season, the St. Louis Hawks hired him as a coach. After the Hawks had clearly missed the playoffs last year, they reached them under Gallatin with a win rate of 60%. There the team lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 3: 4 in the division final. Gallatin was named Coach of the Year in the first ever election .

In the following year, the playoffs were reached again, this time they lost to the San Francisco Warriors in the division final with 3: 4. In the 1964/65 season, Gallatin returned to his old team from New York after 33 games .

After a less than successful year, he ended his coaching career in late November 1965. Gallatin then taught at colleges in the American Midwest and at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville , where he was also dean .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c Robert D. McFadden: Harry Gallatin, Knicks Stalwart in '50s, Dies at 88. In: The New York Times , October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ^ The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Harry Gallatin. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).