1956β57 Rochester Royals season | |
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Head coach | Bobby Wanzer |
Owners | Jack Harrison Les Harrison |
Arena | Rochester Community War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 31–41 (.431) |
Place | Division: 4th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHAM-TV |
Radio | WROC |
The 1956β57 NBA season was the Royals ninth season in the NBA. [1]
It was also the franchise's final season in Rochester. The team relocated to Cincinnati during the offseason.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 | Dan Mannix | Forward | United States | St. Francis (NY) |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- St. Louis Hawks | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 17-9 | 10-20 | 7-9 | 22-14 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 15-9 | 5-22 | 14-7 | 18-18 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 23-5 | 5-23 | 6-10 | 17-19 |
Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 3 | 19-10 | 7-17 | 5-14 | 15-21 |
1956-57 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 6β3 | 5β4 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Fort Wayne | 3β6 | β | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 4β5 | 5β7 | β | 3β6 | 5β4 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 4β5 |
New York | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β | 4β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 |
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β4 | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Rochester | 3β6 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 5β4 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 |
St. Louis | 2β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 6β6 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 7β5 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | β |
1956β57 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 27 | Fort Wayne | 85β88 | Richie Regan (22) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 28 | @ Syracuse | 75β91 | Jack Twyman (15) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 1 | N Minneapolis | 88β97 | Regan, Twyman (15) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 3 | Minneapolis | 95β85 | Sihugo Green (19) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 4 | @ Minneapolis | 87β88 | Richie Regan (19) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 7 | Philadelphia | 80β81 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | 95β93 | Maurice Stokes (21) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 10 | Syracuse | 76β90 | Green, Twyman (19) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 11 | N Minneapolis | 94β82 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 13 | @ St. Louis | 105β118 | Jack Twyman (27) | 5β5 | |||||
11 | November 14 | New York | 87β90 | Regan, Ricketts (15) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 15 | N Philadelphia | 83β92 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 17 | @ Boston | 86β108 | Dick Ricketts (20) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | November 18 | Boston | 101β87 | Richie Regan (14) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | November 21 | St. Louis | 76β85 | Dave Piontek (20) | 7β8 | |||||
16 | November 22 | @ Fort Wayne | 102β104 (OT) | Dick Ricketts (25) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | November 24 | @ New York | 96β87 | Art Spoelstra (20) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | November 25 | New York | 93β95 | Dick Ricketts (21) | 9β9 | |||||
19 | November 27 | N Syracuse | 82β90 | Dave Piontek (28) | 10β9 | |||||
20 | December 1 | Minneapolis | 83β95 | Dick Ricketts (20) | 11β9 | |||||
21 | December 6 | N New York | 92β95 | Dick Ricketts (21) | 11β10 | |||||
22 | December 8 | Philadelphia | 91β92 | Maurice Stokes (20) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 9 | @ Fort Wayne | 101β100 (OT) | Maurice Stokes (18) | 13β10 | |||||
24 | December 12 | @ Boston | 103β93 | Regan, Twyman (23) | 14β10 | |||||
25 | December 15 | New York | 91β76 | Maurice Stokes (16) | 14β11 | |||||
26 | December 16 | @ Minneapolis | 97β101 | Richie Regan (17) | 14β12 | |||||
27 | December 20 | N Minneapolis | 103β105 | Jack Twyman (24) | 14β13 | |||||
28 | December 22 | Minneapolis | 101β115 | Maurice Stokes (27) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 25 | Syracuse | 93β98 | Dave Piontek (16) | 16β13 | |||||
30 | December 26 | N Fort Wayne | 93β99 | Art Spoelstra (20) | 16β14 | |||||
31 | December 27 | N Boston | 92β97 | Jack Twyman (19) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | December 29 | Fort Wayne | 88β95 | Ricketts, Spoelstra (19) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | December 30 | @ New York | 88β96 | Spoelstra, Twyman (16) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 1 | St. Louis | 101β102 (OT) | Jack Twyman (21) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | January 5 | Philadelphia | 81β78 | Art Spoelstra (17) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 6 | @ St. Louis | 93β86 | Maurice Stokes (19) | 19β17 | |||||
37 | January 8 | N Philadelphia | 95β94 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 20β17 | |||||
38 | January 10 | @ Philadelphia | 93β112 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 20β18 | |||||
39 | January 12 | Syracuse | 97β88 | Spoelstra, Twyman (18) | 20β19 | |||||
40 | January 13 | @ Syracuse | 85β91 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 20β20 | |||||
41 | January 16 | St. Louis | 108β106 (OT) | Maurice Stokes (31) | 20β21 | |||||
42 | January 19 | Boston | 97β83 | Jack Twyman (25) | 20β22 | |||||
43 | January 20 | @ Minneapolis | 107β114 | Jack Twyman (22) | 20β23 | |||||
44 | January 23 | N Minneapolis | 99β107 | Jack Twyman (19) | 20β24 | |||||
45 | January 25 | N St. Louis | 100β99 | Maurice Stokes (33) | 20β25 | |||||
46 | January 26 | Syracuse | 99β95 | Jack Twyman (20) | 20β26 | |||||
47 | January 27 | @ St. Louis | 83β107 | Jack Twyman (20) | 20β27 | |||||
48 | January 30 | N New York | 80β92 | Art Spoelstra (19) | 20β28 | |||||
49 | February 1 | N Fort Wayne | 96β80 | Jack Twyman (23) | 21β28 | |||||
50 | February 2 | Fort Wayne | 79β93 | Jack Twyman (24) | 22β28 | |||||
51 | February 3 | N Philadelphia | 108β110 | Dick Ricketts (25) | 22β29 | |||||
52 | February 5 | @ New York | 91β88 | Maurice Stokes (20) | 23β29 | |||||
53 | February 6 | St. Louis | 100β103 | Jack Twyman (22) | 24β29 | |||||
54 | February 9 | Boston | 102β103 | Ricketts, Twyman (22) | 25β29 | |||||
55 | February 10 | @ St. Louis | 93β117 | Jack Twyman (21) | 25β30 | |||||
56 | February 13 | New York | 85β82 | Ed Fleming (14) | 25β31 | |||||
57 | February 14 | @ Syracuse | 104β95 | Maurice Stokes (27) | 26β31 | |||||
58 | February 16 | Fort Wayne | 87β84 | Maurice Stokes (27) | 26β32 | |||||
59 | February 17 | @ Fort Wayne | 85β104 | Jack Twyman (26) | 26β33 | |||||
60 | February 20 | @ Minneapolis | 103β111 | Jack Twyman (25) | 26β34 | |||||
61 | February 22 | N Fort Wayne | 105β110 | Jack Twyman (27) | 26β35 | |||||
62 | February 23 | St. Louis | 86β101 | Jack Twyman (18) | 27β35 | |||||
63 | February 24 | @ Syracuse | 93β109 | Maurice Stokes (26) | 27β36 | |||||
64 | February 26 | N Boston | 77β92 | Ed Fleming (21) | 27β37 | |||||
65 | February 27 | Fort Wayne | 76β90 | Bob Burrow (18) | 28β37 | |||||
66 | March 1 | N Minneapolis | 117β125 | Jack Twyman (28) | 28β38 | |||||
67 | March 2 | Boston | 87β96 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 29β38 | |||||
68 | March 3 | @ Boston | 102β111 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 29β39 | |||||
69 | March 6 | Philadelphia | 79β82 | Bob Burrow (17) | 30β39 | |||||
70 | March 8 | N St. Louis | 100β92 | Jack Twyman (24) | 30β40 | |||||
71 | March 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 96β100 | Regan, Stokes (16) | 30β41 | |||||
72 | March 13 | N St. Louis | 99β104 | Bob Burrow (19) | 31β41 |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Burrow | |||||||||||
Ed Fleming | |||||||||||
Si Green | |||||||||||
Lew Hitch | |||||||||||
Tom Marshall | |||||||||||
Johnny McCarthy | |||||||||||
Dave Piontek | |||||||||||
Richie Regan | |||||||||||
Dick Ricketts | |||||||||||
Art Spoelstra | |||||||||||
Maurice Stokes | |||||||||||
Jack Twyman | |||||||||||
Bobby Wanzer |
1956β57 Rochester Royals season | |
---|---|
Head coach | Bobby Wanzer |
Owners | Jack Harrison Les Harrison |
Arena | Rochester Community War Memorial |
Results | |
Record | 31–41 (.431) |
Place | Division: 4th ( Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHAM-TV |
Radio | WROC |
The 1956β57 NBA season was the Royals ninth season in the NBA. [1]
It was also the franchise's final season in Rochester. The team relocated to Cincinnati during the offseason.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
63 | Dan Mannix | Forward | United States | St. Francis (NY) |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- St. Louis Hawks | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 17-9 | 10-20 | 7-9 | 22-14 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 15-9 | 5-22 | 14-7 | 18-18 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | 23-5 | 5-23 | 6-10 | 17-19 |
Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 3 | 19-10 | 7-17 | 5-14 | 15-21 |
1956-57 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 6β3 | 5β4 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 6β3 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Fort Wayne | 3β6 | β | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 4β5 | 5β7 | β | 3β6 | 5β4 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 4β5 |
New York | 5β7 | 4β5 | 6β3 | β | 4β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 6β6 |
Philadelphia | 4β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 8β4 | β | 4β5 | 7β2 | 5β7 |
Rochester | 3β6 | 6β6 | 3β9 | 4β5 | 5β4 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 |
St. Louis | 2β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 6β6 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 7β5 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | β |
1956β57 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 27 | Fort Wayne | 85β88 | Richie Regan (22) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 28 | @ Syracuse | 75β91 | Jack Twyman (15) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 1 | N Minneapolis | 88β97 | Regan, Twyman (15) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 3 | Minneapolis | 95β85 | Sihugo Green (19) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 4 | @ Minneapolis | 87β88 | Richie Regan (19) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 7 | Philadelphia | 80β81 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | 95β93 | Maurice Stokes (21) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 10 | Syracuse | 76β90 | Green, Twyman (19) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 11 | N Minneapolis | 94β82 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 13 | @ St. Louis | 105β118 | Jack Twyman (27) | 5β5 | |||||
11 | November 14 | New York | 87β90 | Regan, Ricketts (15) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 15 | N Philadelphia | 83β92 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 17 | @ Boston | 86β108 | Dick Ricketts (20) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | November 18 | Boston | 101β87 | Richie Regan (14) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | November 21 | St. Louis | 76β85 | Dave Piontek (20) | 7β8 | |||||
16 | November 22 | @ Fort Wayne | 102β104 (OT) | Dick Ricketts (25) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | November 24 | @ New York | 96β87 | Art Spoelstra (20) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | November 25 | New York | 93β95 | Dick Ricketts (21) | 9β9 | |||||
19 | November 27 | N Syracuse | 82β90 | Dave Piontek (28) | 10β9 | |||||
20 | December 1 | Minneapolis | 83β95 | Dick Ricketts (20) | 11β9 | |||||
21 | December 6 | N New York | 92β95 | Dick Ricketts (21) | 11β10 | |||||
22 | December 8 | Philadelphia | 91β92 | Maurice Stokes (20) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 9 | @ Fort Wayne | 101β100 (OT) | Maurice Stokes (18) | 13β10 | |||||
24 | December 12 | @ Boston | 103β93 | Regan, Twyman (23) | 14β10 | |||||
25 | December 15 | New York | 91β76 | Maurice Stokes (16) | 14β11 | |||||
26 | December 16 | @ Minneapolis | 97β101 | Richie Regan (17) | 14β12 | |||||
27 | December 20 | N Minneapolis | 103β105 | Jack Twyman (24) | 14β13 | |||||
28 | December 22 | Minneapolis | 101β115 | Maurice Stokes (27) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 25 | Syracuse | 93β98 | Dave Piontek (16) | 16β13 | |||||
30 | December 26 | N Fort Wayne | 93β99 | Art Spoelstra (20) | 16β14 | |||||
31 | December 27 | N Boston | 92β97 | Jack Twyman (19) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | December 29 | Fort Wayne | 88β95 | Ricketts, Spoelstra (19) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | December 30 | @ New York | 88β96 | Spoelstra, Twyman (16) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 1 | St. Louis | 101β102 (OT) | Jack Twyman (21) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | January 5 | Philadelphia | 81β78 | Art Spoelstra (17) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 6 | @ St. Louis | 93β86 | Maurice Stokes (19) | 19β17 | |||||
37 | January 8 | N Philadelphia | 95β94 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 20β17 | |||||
38 | January 10 | @ Philadelphia | 93β112 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 20β18 | |||||
39 | January 12 | Syracuse | 97β88 | Spoelstra, Twyman (18) | 20β19 | |||||
40 | January 13 | @ Syracuse | 85β91 | Maurice Stokes (22) | 20β20 | |||||
41 | January 16 | St. Louis | 108β106 (OT) | Maurice Stokes (31) | 20β21 | |||||
42 | January 19 | Boston | 97β83 | Jack Twyman (25) | 20β22 | |||||
43 | January 20 | @ Minneapolis | 107β114 | Jack Twyman (22) | 20β23 | |||||
44 | January 23 | N Minneapolis | 99β107 | Jack Twyman (19) | 20β24 | |||||
45 | January 25 | N St. Louis | 100β99 | Maurice Stokes (33) | 20β25 | |||||
46 | January 26 | Syracuse | 99β95 | Jack Twyman (20) | 20β26 | |||||
47 | January 27 | @ St. Louis | 83β107 | Jack Twyman (20) | 20β27 | |||||
48 | January 30 | N New York | 80β92 | Art Spoelstra (19) | 20β28 | |||||
49 | February 1 | N Fort Wayne | 96β80 | Jack Twyman (23) | 21β28 | |||||
50 | February 2 | Fort Wayne | 79β93 | Jack Twyman (24) | 22β28 | |||||
51 | February 3 | N Philadelphia | 108β110 | Dick Ricketts (25) | 22β29 | |||||
52 | February 5 | @ New York | 91β88 | Maurice Stokes (20) | 23β29 | |||||
53 | February 6 | St. Louis | 100β103 | Jack Twyman (22) | 24β29 | |||||
54 | February 9 | Boston | 102β103 | Ricketts, Twyman (22) | 25β29 | |||||
55 | February 10 | @ St. Louis | 93β117 | Jack Twyman (21) | 25β30 | |||||
56 | February 13 | New York | 85β82 | Ed Fleming (14) | 25β31 | |||||
57 | February 14 | @ Syracuse | 104β95 | Maurice Stokes (27) | 26β31 | |||||
58 | February 16 | Fort Wayne | 87β84 | Maurice Stokes (27) | 26β32 | |||||
59 | February 17 | @ Fort Wayne | 85β104 | Jack Twyman (26) | 26β33 | |||||
60 | February 20 | @ Minneapolis | 103β111 | Jack Twyman (25) | 26β34 | |||||
61 | February 22 | N Fort Wayne | 105β110 | Jack Twyman (27) | 26β35 | |||||
62 | February 23 | St. Louis | 86β101 | Jack Twyman (18) | 27β35 | |||||
63 | February 24 | @ Syracuse | 93β109 | Maurice Stokes (26) | 27β36 | |||||
64 | February 26 | N Boston | 77β92 | Ed Fleming (21) | 27β37 | |||||
65 | February 27 | Fort Wayne | 76β90 | Bob Burrow (18) | 28β37 | |||||
66 | March 1 | N Minneapolis | 117β125 | Jack Twyman (28) | 28β38 | |||||
67 | March 2 | Boston | 87β96 | Maurice Stokes (24) | 29β38 | |||||
68 | March 3 | @ Boston | 102β111 | Maurice Stokes (17) | 29β39 | |||||
69 | March 6 | Philadelphia | 79β82 | Bob Burrow (17) | 30β39 | |||||
70 | March 8 | N St. Louis | 100β92 | Jack Twyman (24) | 30β40 | |||||
71 | March 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 96β100 | Regan, Stokes (16) | 30β41 | |||||
72 | March 13 | N St. Louis | 99β104 | Bob Burrow (19) | 31β41 |
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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Burrow | |||||||||||
Ed Fleming | |||||||||||
Si Green | |||||||||||
Lew Hitch | |||||||||||
Tom Marshall | |||||||||||
Johnny McCarthy | |||||||||||
Dave Piontek | |||||||||||
Richie Regan | |||||||||||
Dick Ricketts | |||||||||||
Art Spoelstra | |||||||||||
Maurice Stokes | |||||||||||
Jack Twyman | |||||||||||
Bobby Wanzer |