Phil Rollins
{{Short description|American basketball player (1934–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Phil Rollins
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 185
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|1|19}}
| birth_place = Wickliffe, Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|02|08|1934|01|19}}
| death_place =
| high_school = Wickliffe (Wickliffe, Kentucky)
| college = Louisville (1952–1956)
| draft_year = 1956
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 15
| draft_team = Philadelphia Warriors
| career_start = 1958
| career_end = 1963
| career_number = 20, 11, 12, 19, 3
| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard
| years1 = {{nbay|1958|start}}
| team1 = Philadelphia Warriors
| years2 = {{nbay|1958|start}}–{{nbay|1960|start}}
| team2 = Cincinnati Royals
| years3 = {{nbay|1960|start}}
| team3 = St. Louis Hawks
| years4 = {{nbay|1960|full=y}}
| team4 = New York Knicks
| years5 = 1961–1963
| team5 = Pittsburgh Rens
| highlights =
- NIT champion (1956)
- No. 9 jersey honored by Louisville Cardinals
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = Points
| stat1value = 898 (5.1 ppg)
| stat2label = Rebounds
| stat2value = 405 (2.3 rpg)
| stat3label = Assists
| stat3value = 458 (2.6 apg)
}}
Phil Lee Rollins (January 19, 1934 – February 8, 2021) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rolliph01.html|title=Phil Rollins NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=12 December 2023}}
Biography
Rollins was selected in the 1956 NBA draft by the Philadelphia Warriors after a collegiate career at Louisville. As a senior in 1955–56 he helped lead the Cardinals to a National Invitation Tournament championship.
In Rollins' five-year professional career, most of which was spent in the National Basketball Association (NBA) (his final season was in the American Basketball League), he played for five different teams. In NBA games only, Rollins averaged 5.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
His brother, Ken, starred at the University of Kentucky before starting a professional basketball career. Ken was also a member of the 1948 NCAA and Olympic Gold Medal teams.
He died on February 8, 2021, twenty days after his 87th birthday.{{cite web|url=https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2021/02/09/louisville-basketball-phil-rollins-member-nit-title-team-dies/4457373001/|title=Louisville basketball legend Phil Rollins, who led U of L to 1956 NIT championship, dies|first=David|last=Harten|work=The Courier-Journal|date=9 February 2021|access-date=9 February 2021}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=NBA=
==Regular season==
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Year
! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1958}}
|style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 23 | 10.9 | .333 | .622 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1958|nolink=y}}
|style="text-align:left;"| Cincinnati | 21 | 21.0 | .375 | .778 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 6.8 |
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1959}}
|style="text-align:left;"| Cincinnati | 72 | 17.2 | .409 | .606 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1960}}
|style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis | 7 | 10.1 | .450 | .000 | .4 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1960|nolink=y}}
|style="text-align:left;"| Cincinnati | 14 | 6.1 | .313 | .714 | .6 | .8 | 1.8 |
style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1960|nolink=y}}
|style="text-align:left;"| New York | 40 | 16.5 | .373 | .688 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 177 | 15.5 | .385 | .649 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Basketballstats}}
{{1956 NBA draft}}
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