Cal Christensen

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Cal Christensen

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|06|06}}

| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|08|31|1927|7|8}}

| death_place = Waterville, Ohio

| nationality = American

| high_school = Macomber (Toledo, Ohio)

| college = Toledo (1947–1950)

| draft_year = 1950

| draft_round = 5

| draft_pick = 52

| draft_team = Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| career_start = 1950

| career_end = 1955

| career_number = 14, 20, 18

| career_position = Power forward / center

| years1 = {{nbay|1950|start}}–{{nbay|1951|end}}

| team1 = Tri-Cities Blackhawks / Milwaukee Hawks

| years2 = {{nbay|1952|start}}–{{nbay|1954|end}}

| team2 = Rochester Royals

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,507 (5.2 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,587 (5.5 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 460 (1.6 apg)

| bbr = chrisca01

}}

Calvin Lawrence Christensen (July 8, 1927 – August 31, 2011) was an American basketball player.

He played collegiately for the University of Toledo.

He was selected by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the 5th round of the 1950 NBA draft.

He played for the Blackhawks (1950–51), Milwaukee Hawks (1951–52) and Rochester Royals (1952–55) in the NBA for 291 games. He died in 2011 in Waterville, Ohio where he lived with his wife of 51 years, Sharon.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=cal-christensen&pid=153421144&fhid=6366 Cal CHRISTENSEN Obituary - Waterville, OH | Toledo Blade] Retrieved 2018-05-29.

Career statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/chrisca01.html|title=Cal Christensen NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=10 July 2023}}

== Regular season ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1950–51

|style="text-align:left;"| Tri-Cities

| 67

.301.7147.82.46.6
style="text-align:left;"| 1951–52

|style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee

| 24

15.6.302.5263.41.43.7
style="text-align:left;"| 1952–53

|style="text-align:left;"| Rochester

| 59

13.2.313.5963.4.93.6
style="text-align:left;"| 1953–54

|style="text-align:left;"| Rochester

| 70

23.6.347.5295.61.55.9
style="text-align:left;"| 1954–55

|style="text-align:left;"| Rochester

| 71

17.0.374.6025.51.55.0
class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 291

17.9.330.6065.51.65.2

== Playoffs ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1953

| style="text-align:left;"| Rochester

| 2

6.5.000.7502.0.51.5
style="text-align:left;"| 1954

| style="text-align:left;"| Rochester

| 6

22.8.357.5455.82.55.3
style="text-align:left;"| 1955

| style="text-align:left;"| Rochester

| 3

10.0.250.5002.0.02.3
class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 11

16.4.308.5634.11.53.8

References

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