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Larry Foust



Position: Center, Power Forward
Full Name: Lawrence Michael Foust
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Born: June 24, 1928 in Painesville, Ohio
Died: October 27, 1984
Height: 6-9
Weight: 215
High School: South Catholic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: LaSalle University
Drafted: 1st Round, 6th Pick - Chicago Stags, 1950
Jersey#: 14

Played for the Lakers from 1957 to 1960


Foust spent 12 seasons in the NBA and was an 8-time All-Star.

A 6'9' center from La Salle University, Foust was selected by the Chicago Stags in the 1950 NBA Draft, but the Stags franchise folded before the start of the 1950-51 NBA season, and Foust joined the Fort Wayne Pistons. On November 22, 1950, Foust scored the winning basket in a 19-18 Pistons victory over the Minneapolis Lakers, the lowest scoring game in NBA history. Foust later joined the Lakers in 1957, and he also spent two-and-a-half seasons with the St. Louis Hawks, retiring in 1962 with 11,198 career points and 8,041 career rebounds.

Foust was selected to the All-NBA First team in 1955 and the All-NBA Second Team in 1952.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1951 FTW 68 0 327 944 .346 261 396 .659 0 0 - 681 10.0 90 247 0 0 0 915 13.5
1952 FTW 66 2615 390 989 .394 267 394 .678 0 0 - 880 13.3 200 245 0 0 0 1047 15.9
1953 FTW 67 2303 311 865 .360 336 465 .723 0 0 - 769 11.5 151 267 0 0 0 958 14.3
1954 FTW 72 2693 376 919 .409 338 475 .712 0 0 - 967 13.4 161 258 0 0 0 1090 15.1
1955 FTW 70 2264 398 818 .487 393 513 .766 0 0 - 700 10.0 118 264 0 0 0 1189 17.0
1956 FTW 72 2024 367 821 .447 432 555 .778 0 0 - 648 9.0 127 263 0 0 0 1166 16.2
1957 FTW 61 1533 243 617 .394 273 380 .718 0 0 - 555 9.1 71 221 0 0 0 759 12.4
1958 MIE 72 2200 391 982 .398 428 566 .756 0 0 - 876 12.2 108 299 0 0 0 1210 16.8
1959 MIE 72 1933 301 771 .390 280 366 .765 0 0 - 627 8.7 91 233 0 0 0 882 12.3
1960 MIE 72 1964 312 766 .407 253 320 .791 0 0 - 621 8.6 96 241 0 0 0 877 12.2
1961 STL 68 1208 194 489 .397 164 208 .788 0 0 - 389 5.7 77 185 0 0 0 552 8.1
1962 STL 57 1153 204 433 .471 145 178 .815 0 0 - 328 5.8 78 186 0 0 0 553 9.7
CAREER 817 21890 3814 9414 .405 3570 4816 .741 0 0 - 8041 9.8 1368 2909 0 0 0 11198 13.7


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1951 FTW 3 0 14 45 .311 8 10 .800 0 0 - 37 12.3 5 5 0 0 0 36 12.0
1952 FTW 2 77 12 23 .522 6 7 .857 0 0 - 30 15.0 5 8 0 0 0 30 15.0
1953 FTW 8 332 48 121 .397 57 68 .838 0 0 - 111 13.9 6 34 0 0 0 153 19.1
1954 FTW 4 129 11 41 .268 19 25 .760 0 0 - 38 9.5 7 21 0 0 0 41 10.3
1955 FTW 11 331 60 152 .395 52 73 .712 0 0 - 107 9.7 26 43 0 0 0 172 15.6
1956 FTW 10 289 49 130 .377 70 89 .787 0 0 - 127 12.7 14 38 0 0 0 168 16.8
1957 FTW 2 64 13 23 .565 19 23 .826 0 0 - 25 12.5 6 10 0 0 0 45 22.5
1959 MIE 13 404 56 134 .418 41 50 .820 0 0 - 136 10.5 12 47 0 0 0 153 11.8
1960 STL 12 205 29 74 .392 20 25 .800 0 0 - 68 5.7 11 36 0 0 0 78 6.5
1961 STL 8 89 9 20 .450 8 14 .571 0 0 - 28 3.5 2 13 0 0 0 26 3.3
CAREER 73 1920 301 763 .394 300 384 .781 0 0 - 707 9.7 94 255 0 0 0 902 12.4