Bob Harris (basketball)
# Bob Harris (basketball)

Robert Anderson Harris (March 16, 1927 – April 10, 1977) was a National Basketball Association (NBA) player. In his senior season at Oklahoma State University, Harris was selected to the NCAA AP All-American second team. Harris was drafted with the third overall pick in the 1949 BAA Draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons. On December 19, 1950 Harris was traded to the Boston Celtics for Dick Mehen. On October 16, 1954 Harris was traded back to the Pistons for Fred Scolari, but he never had any play time for the remainder of games for the Pistons. In his NBA career, Harris averaged 6.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

After retiring from the NBA, he moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where he worked in an area chicken production plant. He died from lung cancer at the age of 50.

## Career statistics

### NBA

Source

**Regular season**

| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1949–50 | Fort Wayne | 62 | – | .361 | .628 | – | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| 1950–51 | Fort Wayne | 12 | – | .228 | .750 | 3.7 | .7 | 3.4 |
| 1950–51 | Boston | 44 | – | .357 | .664 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 1951–52 | Boston | 66* | 28.8 | .410 | .641 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 7.8 |
| 1952–53 | Boston | 70 | 28.2 | .418 | .588 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| 1953–54 | Boston | 71 | 26.7 | .381 | .628 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| Career | Career | 325 | 27.9 | .385 | .628 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 6.8 |

**Playoffs**

| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1950 | Fort Wayne | 4 | – | .281 | .600 | – | 2.8 | 7.5 |
| 1951 | Boston | 2 | – | .100 | .714 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 1952 | Boston | 3 | 29.0 | .429 | 1.000 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
| 1953 | Boston | 6 | 32.2 | .452 | .750 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 8.3 |
| 1954 | Boston | 6 | 25.0 | .640 | .696 | 5.8 | .5 | 8.0 |
| Career | Career | 21 | 28.7 | .415 | .709 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
