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1956-57 Drake Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 8-16 (4-10, 8th in MVC MBB)

Coach: John Benington

PS/G: 70.8 (101st of 176)

PA/G: 76.2 (129th of 176)

SRS: -5.47 (122nd of 167)

SOS: 4.63 (20th of 167)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Height	Summary
Red Murrell	JR	6-4	24.5 Pts, 12.3 Reb
Dan Callahan		6-0	13.7 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Jim Carey	SR	6-0	9.5 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Bill Linke	JR	6-2	6.7 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Marlow Eckhoff		6-4	4.9 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Mel Olson		6-2	4.6 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Bob Werner		6-3	3.9 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Kent Gear	JR	6-0	1.8 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Bill Bolen	JR	6-2	1.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Frank Anderson		6-1	1.4 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Bob Hurlburt		6-0	0.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Gerry Graff		6-7	2.3 Pts, 4.3 Reb
Dale Bennett		5-10	0.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Bill Engal		6-8	0.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb
John Frangos		6-1	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		24.6	72.3	.340	21.5	31.2	.690	44.4					21.0	70.8
Opponent	24		28.1	69.8	.403	22.5	33.5	.672	49.3					18.3	76.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														69.7
Opponent	14														75.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		590	1736	.340	516	748	.690	1066					504	1698
Opponent	24		674	1674	.403	541	805	.672	1182					439	1830

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														976
Opponent	14														1063

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Red Murrell	24	8.5	22.5	.377	7.5	9.9	.764	12.3	3.4	24.5
2	Dan Callahan	24	5.0	15.2	.330	3.7	5.0	.733	3.6	3.3	13.7
3	Jim Carey	24	3.6	11.0	.328	2.3	3.1	.733	4.8	3.3	9.5
4	Bill Linke	24	2.0	6.0	.340	2.6	4.0	.649	5.6	3.0	6.7
5	Marlow Eckhoff	22	1.7	4.4	.396	1.5	2.8	.525	4.6	1.9	4.9
6	Mel Olson	19	1.4	4.6	.299	1.8	2.6	.714	3.6	1.5	4.6
7	Bob Werner	22	1.3	3.5	.368	1.4	2.2	.625	2.9	1.6	3.9
8	Gerry Graff	3	0.3	2.0	.167	1.7	3.7	.455	4.3	1.7	2.3
9	Bill Bolen	14	0.7	2.0	.357	0.5	1.0	.500	1.4	0.4	1.9
10	Kent Gear	17	0.5	2.4	.220	0.8	1.2	.619	2.0	0.8	1.8
11	Frank Anderson	17	0.6	2.6	.227	0.2	0.4	.500	1.3	0.6	1.4
12	Bob Hurlburt	18	0.3	1.2	.273	0.2	0.6	.400	0.9	1.2	0.9
13	Dale Bennett	6	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.3	0.7
14	Bill Engal	4	0.3	1.8	.143	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	0.5
15	John Frangos	2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Red Murrell	24	204	541	.377	181	237	.764	294	81	589
2	Dan Callahan	24	120	364	.330	88	120	.733	87	79	328
3	Jim Carey	24	87	265	.328	55	75	.733	115	80	229
4	Bill Linke	24	49	144	.340	63	97	.649	135	71	161
5	Marlow Eckhoff	22	38	96	.396	32	61	.525	102	42	108
6	Mel Olson	19	26	87	.299	35	49	.714	68	29	87
7	Bob Werner	22	28	76	.368	30	48	.625	64	35	86
8	Kent Gear	17	9	41	.220	13	21	.619	34	13	31
9	Bill Bolen	14	10	28	.357	7	14	.500	20	6	27
10	Frank Anderson	17	10	44	.227	3	6	.500	22	11	23
11	Bob Hurlburt	18	6	22	.273	4	10	.400	16	21	16
12	Gerry Graff	3	1	6	.167	5	11	.455	13	5	7
13	Dale Bennett	6	2	12	.167	0	1	.000	5	8	4
14	Bill Engal	4	1	7	.143	0	0		4	6	2
15	John Frangos	2	0	0		0	0		1	0	0
	School Totals	24	590	1736	.340	516	748	.690	1066	504	1698

1956-57 Drake (Men's) Season