Harry Gallatin
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
April 26, 1927 Roxana, Illinois |
| Died | October 7, 2015 (aged 88) Edwardsville, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Roxana (Roxana, Illinois) |
| College | Truman (1946–1948) |
| NBA draft | 1948 / Round: – / Pick: – |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career | 1948–1958 |
| Position | Forward / Center |
| Number | 11, 10 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1948–1957 | New York Knicks |
| 1957–1958 | Detroit Pistons |
| As coach: | |
| 1962–1965 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1965–1966 | New York Knicks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach: Halls of Fame:
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| Career BAA / NBA statistics | |
| Points | 8,843 (13.0 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,684 (11.9 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,208 (1.8 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Harry Junior "The Horse" Gallatin (April 26, 1927 – October 7, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Gallatin played nine seasons for the New York Knicks in the NBA from 1948 to 1957, as well as one season with the Detroit Pistons in 1958. In 1954 Gallatin led the NBA in rebounding, and was named to the All-NBA First Team. Gallatin was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 1955. For his career, Gallatin played in seven NBA All-Star Games. A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, he was also a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the SIU Edwardsville Athletics Hall of Fame, the Truman State University Athletics Hall of Fame, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, two Illinois Basketball Halls of Fame, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Hall of Fame, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame, and the SIU Salukis Hall of Fame.
Growing up in Roxana, Illinois, Gallatin had taken interest in all sports and has been quoted as saying, "Competition has always been my cup of tea." His drive for competition was amplified during his first year in high school as he attended Wood River High School from 1940–41. Since Roxana and some other outlying communities like Bethalto had no high school of their own at the time, all the athletes in the area attended Wood River, thus increasing the level of competition among them for varsity positions. The following year, however, Roxana got its own high school. He graduated from Roxana High School in 1944, and was granted a basketball scholarship by Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College (now known as Truman State University). But after graduating from Roxana High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served until the end of World War II.
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