Art Hillhouse

American basketball player

Art Hillhouse
Personal information
Born	(1916-06-12)June 12, 1916 Rutherford, New Jersey
Died	October 27, 1980(1980-10-27) (aged 64)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Rutherford (Rutherford, New Jersey)
College	LIU Brooklyn (1934–1939)
Playing career	1943–1949
Position	Center
Number	18
Career history
1943–1946	Philadelphia Sphas
1946–1948	Philadelphia Warriors
1948	Wilkes-Barre Barons
1948–1949	Lancaster Red Roses

Career highlights and awards
BAA champion (1947) Second-team All-American – MSG (1939)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Arthur Sherwood Hillhouse (June 12, 1916 – October 27, 1980) was an American professional basketball player.^[1]

A 6'7" center from Long Island University, Hillhouse played two seasons (1946–1948) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors. He averaged 5.9 points per game in his BAA career and won a league championship in 1947. During the 1947 finals, Hillhouse set a still standing NBA record by becoming the only player to foul out of every game of a 5-game playoff series.^[2]

BAA 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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1946–47†	Philadelphia	60	.291	.723	.7	6.0
1947–48	Philadelphia	11	.197	.811	.3	5.3
Career		71	.277	.739	.6	5.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1947†	Philadelphia	10	.264	.848	.8	8.7
Career		10	.264	.848	.8	8.7

References

^ "Art Hillhouse Stats". Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 26, 2017.
^ "nba.com: Playoff Records: Miscellaneous – Series". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-20.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com

Philadelphia Sphas 1944–45 ABL champions

Fleishman
Garfinkel
Hillhouse
Klotz
Lautman
Levine
Morganstine
Opper
H. Rader
L. Rader
Rosenberg
Rothenberg
Schectman
Torgoff

Head coach Gottlieb

v t e Philadelphia Warriors 1946–47 BAA champions
5 Musi 6 Fleishman 7 Rullo 8 Senesky 9 Kaplowitz 10 Fulks 12 Dallmar 14 Guokas Sr. 15 Rosenberg 18 Hillhouse
Head coach: Gottlieb
Regular season Playoffs

v t e American Basketball League (1925–1955) season scoring leaders
1926: Saunders 1927: Saunders 1928: Topel 1929: Borgmann 1930: Borgmann 1931: Borgmann 1934: Spahn 1935: Johnson 1936: McDermott 1937: Rabin 1938: Rabin 1939: Rabin 1940: McDermott 1941: Rosenberg 1942: Frankel 1943: Juenger 1944: Bloom 1945: Bloom 1946: Hillhouse 1947: Resnick 1948: Ostrowski 1949: Holub 1950: Morgenthaler 1951: Ezersky 1952: Colone 1953: Felix

This biographical article relating to a United States basketball player, coach, or other figure born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.