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Charles Edward Macauley (March 22, 1928 – November 8, 2011) was a professional basketball player. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed".[1]

Ed Macauley

Macauley in 1953
Personal information
Born	(1928-03-22)March 22, 1928 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	November 8, 2011(2011-11-08) (aged 83) St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Louis University HS (St. Louis, Missouri)
College	Saint Louis (1945–1949)
BAA draft	1949 / Pick: Territorial
Selected by the St. Louis Bombers
Playing career	1949–1959
Position	Center / Power forward
Number	50, 22, 20
Coaching career	1958–1960
Career history
As player:
1949–1950	St. Louis Bombers
1950–1956	Boston Celtics
1956–1959	St. Louis Hawks
As coach:
1958–1960	St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
As player: NBA champion (1958) 7× NBA All-Star (1951–1957) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1951) 3× All-NBA First Team (1951–1953) All-NBA Second Team (1954) No. 22 retired by Boston Celtics Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1948) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1948, 1949) Third-team All-American – Helms (1947) 3× First-team All-MVC (1947–1949) No. 50 retired by Saint Louis Billikens As coach: 2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1959, 1960)
Career statistics
Points	11,234 (17.5 ppg)
Rebounds	4,324 (7.5 rpg)
Assists	2,079 (3.2 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Early life

Macauley spent his prep school days at St. Louis University High School, then went on to Saint Louis University, where his team won the NIT championship in 1948. He was named the AP Player of the Year in 1949. His nickname of "Easy Ed" came during a pre-game warmup, when fans shouted "Take it easy, Ed" because he (the captain of the team) did not realize he had ran down the court during the playing of the national anthem.

NBA career

Macauley played in the NBA with the St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics, and St. Louis Hawks. Macauley was named MVP of the first NBA All-Star Game (he played in the first seven) and he was named to the NBA's All-NBA First Team in three consecutive seasons. He was named to the All-NBA second team for the only time in the 1953–54 season while also leading in field goal percentage. However, it is a trade orchestrated by Celtics owner Walter A. Brown that Macauley is likely best known for, as he was traded from the Boston Celtics to the St. Louis Hawks on the day of the 1956 NBA draft (April 29, 1956). He and Cliff Hagan were sent to the Hawks for Bill Russell, who was drafted as the second overall pick in the draft that day (he later stated that if he was drafted by St. Louis, he wouldn't have been in the NBA as he called it an "overwhelmingly racist" city). For his part, Macauley convinced a reluctant Brown to trade him as it would do him a favor, as Macauley's son had been diagnosed with spinal meningitis and was in St. Louis receiving care at the time. [2] All three players would eventually make the Hall of Fame, although Russell is considered one of the greatest players in league history.

Macauley made the NBA Finals in 1957, averaging 14.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in the seven-game series, which saw the Hawks lose to the Celtics (making their first Finals appearance in team history) in seven games.[3] In the 1958 NBA Finals, the Hawks faced the Boston Celtics. The Hawks had four future Hall of Famers with Macauley while the Celtics had eight. In his final playoff series played, he averaged 5.8 points and 6.3 rebounds in the seven-game series, which the Hawks won in seven games.[4] He was named player-coach for the 1958-59 season, and he played in fourteen games (all regular season) before retiring as a player. After one more season as coach, he retired, having led them to the 1960 NBA Finals, which they lost in seven games to the Celtics. In the two years Macauley coached with the Hawks, he led them to an 89–48 record, with a 9–11 playoff record.

Legacy

Macauley scored 11,234 points in ten NBA seasons and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960. At age 32, he still holds the record for being the youngest male player to be admitted.[5] His uniform number 22 was retired by the Celtics in October 16, 1963, the same date when his teammate, Bob Cousy retired his number 14. He was also awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[6][7] As of 2022, Macauley remains the only player to have his jersey retired by Boston that did not lead the team to an NBA title.

Personal life

After retiring, he became sports director of KTVI, then the ABC affiliate in his native St. Louis. In 1989, Macauley was ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church. With Father Francis Friedl, he co-authored the book Homilies Alive: Creating Homilies That Hit Home.[8]

Macauley died on November 8, 2011, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 83.[9]

NBA 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	*	Led the league

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50	St. Louis	67	–	.398	.718	–	3.0	16.1
1950–51	Boston	68	–	.466	.759	9.1	3.7	20.4
1951–52	Boston	66	39.9	.432	.799	8.0	3.5	19.2
1952–53	Boston	69	42.1	.452*	.750	9.1	4.1	20.3
1953–54	Boston	71	39.3	.486*	.758	8.0	3.8	18.9
1954–55	Boston	71	38.1	.424	.792	8.5	3.9	17.6
1955–56	Boston	71	33.2	.422	.794	5.9	3.0	17.5
1956–57	St. Louis	72	35.9	.419	.749	6.1	2.8	16.5
1957–58†	St. Louis	72	26.5	.428	.724	6.6	2.0	14.2
1958–59	St. Louis	14	14.0	.293	.600	2.9	0.9	4.6
Career		641	35.7	.436	.761	7.5	3.2	17.5
All-Star		7	22.0	.387	.854	4.6	2.6	11.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1951	Boston	2	–	.472	.625	9.0	4.0	20.4
1952	Boston	3	43.0	.551	.842	11.0	3.7	23.3
1953	Boston	6	46.3	.437	.722	9.7	3.5	16.8
1954	Boston	5	25.4	.364	.692	4.2	4.2	5.0
1955	Boston	7	40.4	.462	.759	7.4	4.6	18.1
1956	Boston	3	24.3	.400	.636	5.0	1.7	10.3
1957	St. Louis	10	29.7	.404	.730	6.2	2.2	14.2
1958†	St. Louis	11	20.6	.404	.720	5.6	1.6	9.8
Career		47	31.4	.437	.729	6.8	2.9	13.8

References

External links

• Ed Macauley at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• BasketballReference.com: Ed Macauley (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Ed Macauley (as player)

На других языках

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[de] Ed Macauley

Charles Edward Macauley Jr. (* 22. März 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri; † 8. November 2011), genannt „Easy Ed“, war ein US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler.[1]

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[ru] Маколи, Эд

Чарльз Эдвард «Эд» Маколи (англ. Charles Edward "Ed" Macauley; 22 марта 1928 года в Сент-Луисе, Миссури, США — 8 ноября 2011 года, там же) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, выступавший в Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации за команды «Сент-Луис Бомберс», «Бостон Селтикс» и «Сент-Луис Хокс». Чемпион НБА в составе «Хокс». Член Зала славы баскетбола с 1960 года.

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