1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season

The 1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season was the third for the franchise in St. Louis, ninth in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 12th overall. Coming off their trip to the 1957 NBA Finals, the Hawks won the Western Division by 8 games with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses. Bob Pettit ranked 3rd in scoring and 2nd in rebounding.[1] In the Western Finals, the Hawks would beat the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. The Hawks would then face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. After Games 1 and 2, the teams headed to St. Louis with the series tied at a game apiece. The Hawks took Game 3, as the Celtics lost Bill Russell to an ankle injury.[1] Despite playing without Russell, the Celtics were triumphant in Game 4. The Hawks pulled out a 2-point victory in the Game 5 to take control of the series. Needing one more win for their first NBA Championship, the Hawks beat the Celtics 110–109 in Game 6. Bob Pettit scored 50 points playing against an injured Bill Russell as the Hawks and owner Ben Kerner won their first NBA Title.[1]

1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachAlex Hannum
ArenaKiel Auditorium
Results
Record41–31 (.569)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Celtics 4-2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The Hawks were the second St. Louis-based pro sports team to win a major championship, joining the, then, six-time World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. They would be followed by five more World Series championships by the Cardinals, a championship by the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, and a championship by the St. Louis Blues in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals which made St. Louis the eighth city to win a championship in each of the four major U.S. sports. The Hawks were the last non-integrated team to win an NBA title; every NBA champion since has had at least one African-American player.

The 1958 title remains the only one to be won by the franchise, which has been based in Atlanta since 1968.

Roster
St. Louis Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PF 11 Coleman, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-05-23 Louisville
PF 12 Davis, Walt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1931-01-05 Texas A&M
SF 16 Hagan, Cliff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1931-12-09 Kentucky
C 20 Macauley, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1928-03-22 Saint Louis
PG 22 Martin, Slater 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1925-10-22 Texas
SG 21 McMahon, Jack 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1928-12-03 St. John's
C 12 Morrison, Red 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1932-04-26 Idaho
SG 17 Park, Med 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1933-04-11 Missouri
PF 9 Pettit, Bob 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1932-12-12 LSU
G/F 19 Selvy, Frank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1932-11-09 Furman
C 13 Share, Chuck 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1927-03-14 Bowling Green
PG 15 Wilfong, Win 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1933-03-18 Memphis
Head coach

Alex Hannum

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks4131.569-23-88-1910-424-12
x-Detroit Pistons3339.458814-1413-176-818-18
x-Cincinnati Royals3339.458817-1210-196-817-19
Minneapolis Lakers1953.2642210-154-215-1713-23

Record vs. opponents
1957-58 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —7–28–19–07–56–65–47–5
Cincinnati 2–7—6–68–44–56–33–94–5
Detroit 1–86–6—6–64–55–46–65–4
Minneapolis 0–94–86–6—1–83–63–92–7
New York 5–75–45–48–1—4–83–65–7
Philadelphia 6–63–64–56–38–4—7–23–9
St. Louis 4–59–36–69–36–32–7—5–4
Syracuse 5–75–44–57–27–59–34–5—

Game log
1957–58 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 22Boston115–90Bob Pettit (26)0–1
2October 23N New York95–112Cliff Hagan (19)0–2
3October 26Minneapolis84–112Bob Pettit (27)1–2
4November 1@ Cincinnati92–99Bob Pettit (45)1–3
5November 2Cincinnati93–102Slater Martin (25)2–3
6November 5Syracuse101–115Bob Pettit (34)3–3
7November 9Philadelphia100–105Bob Pettit (23)4–3
8November 11@ Boston88–92Ed Macauley (19)4–4
9November 15@ Syracuse86–91Cliff Hagan (22)4–5
10November 16Syracuse101–118Bob Pettit (33)5–5
11November 17@ Cincinnati98–97Bob Pettit (24)6–5
12November 19New York115–118Bob Pettit (38)7–5
13November 23Detroit110–115Cliff Hagan (40)8–5
14November 26@ New York120–110Bob Pettit (27)9–5
15November 27@ Detroit121–110Bob Pettit (27)10–5
16November 28Cincinnati96–112Bob Pettit (28)11–5
17November 30@ Minneapolis113–118Bob Pettit (28)11–6
18December 3N Minneapolis115–108Bob Pettit (31)12–6
19December 5@ Philadelphia109–124Slater Martin (27)12–7
20December 6@ Boston97–111Bob Pettit (28)12–8
21December 8New York113–110Cliff Hagan (24)12–9
22December 10N Cincinnati102–90Bob Pettit (31)13–9
23December 11N New York135–126Bob Pettit (43)14–9
24December 12N Boston97–94Cliff Hagan (28)15–9
25December 14New York124–136Bob Pettit (23)16–9
26December 15@ Minneapolis138–118Cliff Hagan (40)17–9
27December 17N Detroit106–99Bob Pettit (36)18–9
28December 21N Syracuse136–146Bob Pettit (51)19–9
29December 22Minneapolis115–123Cliff Hagan (31)20–9
30December 26Detroit110–106Cliff Hagan (21)20–10
31December 27@ Cincinnati97–96Ed Macauley (25)21–10
32December 28Boston107–112Cliff Hagan (33)22–10
33December 30N Minneapolis105–98Ed Macauley (27)23–10
34January 2@ Philadelphia93–95Ed Macauley (26)23–21
35January 5Detroit93–95Bob Pettit (26)24–11
36January 7@ New York114–112Ed Macauley (25)25–11
37January 10@ Philadelphia93–124Share, Wilfong (15)25–12
38January 11Boston98–102Cliff Hagan (25)26–12
39January 12Minneapolis105–111Cliff Hagan (27)27–12
40January 14Philadelphia110–109Cliff Hagan (36)27–13
41January 16@ Syracuse96–112Hagan, Pettit (24)27–14
42January 17N Minneapolis110–112 (OT)Cliff Hagan (32)27–15
43January 18Detroit103–105Bob Pettit (40)28–15
44January 19Cincinnati90–108Bob Pettit (28)29–15
45January 25@ Detroit98–105Ed Macauley (24)29–16
46January 26Philadelphia125–112Cliff Hagan (32)29–17
47January 28N Philadelphia123–109Bob Pettit (29)30–17
48January 29@ Boston101–111Bob Pettit (22)30–18
49January 31@ Cincinnati92–100Cliff Hagan (23)30–19
50February 1Cincinnati88–127Cliff Hagan (24)31–19
51February 2Syracuse102–100Cliff Hagan (29)31–20
52February 4@ New York116–120Cliff Hagan (41)31–21
53February 7N Detroit107–125Cliff Hagan (19)31–22
54February 8@ Syracuse103–102Bob Pettit (32)32–22
55February 9@ Philadelphia98–105Bob Pettit (29)32–23
56February 11New York105–107Win Wilfong (25)33–23
57February 12@ Detroit122–105Bob Pettit (25)34–23
58February 14@ Minneapolis104–100Bob Pettit (23)35–23
59February 16Detroit100–98Bob Pettit (27)35–24
60February 18Minneapolis98–118Bob Pettit (33)36–24
61February 21Boston100–119Bob Pettit (29)37–24
62February 22@ Detroit96–98Cliff Hagan (32)37–25
63February 23@ Syracuse92–101Bob Pettit (21)37–26
64February 25N Detroit113–114 (OT)Cliff Hagan (34)37–27
65February 26N Cincinnati105–103Ed Macauley (29)38–27
66March 2Cincinnati93–103Bob Pettit (21)39–27
67March 5@ Boston102–109Bob Pettit (30)39–28
68March 7Syracuse100–102Bob Pettit (39)40–28
69March 8Minneapolis123–126Hagan, Pettit (25)41–28
70March 9@ Minneapolis99–107Bob Pettit (28)41–29
71March 10@ Cincinnati84–122Hagan, Pettit (17)41–30
72March 11Philadelphia106–101Bob Pettit (30)41–31

Playoffs
1958 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 19 Detroit W 114–111 Cliff Hagan (38) Kiel Auditorium
7,328		 1–0
2 March 22 @ Detroit W 99–96 Cliff Hagan (27) University of Detroit Fieldhouse 2–0
3 March 23 Detroit L 89–109 Cliff Hagan (29) Kiel Auditorium
9,321		 2–1
4 March 25 @ Detroit W 145–101 Cliff Hagan (28) Detroit Olympia 3–1
5 March 27 Detroit W 120–96 Cliff Hagan (32) Kiel Auditorium
7,661		 4–1
NBA Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 29 @ Boston W 104–102 Cliff Hagan (33) Bob Pettit (19) Boston Garden
3,652		 1–0
2 March 30 @ Boston L 112–136 Cliff Hagan (37) Cliff Hagan (12) Boston Garden
10,249		 1–1
3 April 2 Boston W 111–108 Bob Pettit (32) Bob Pettit (19) Kiel Auditorium
10,148		 2–1
4 April 5 Boston L 98–109 Cliff Hagan (27) Bob Pettit (17) Kiel Auditorium
10,216		 2–2
5 April 9 @ Boston W 102–100 Bob Pettit (33) Bob Pettit (21) Boston Garden
13,909		 3–2
6 April 12 Boston W 110–109 Bob Pettit (50) Bob Pettit (19) Kiel Auditorium
10,216		 4–2
1958 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. "St. Louis Hawks – Sports Ecyclopedia".
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