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1956-57 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 20-8 (Independent)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Jordan

PS/G: 84.4 (6th of 176)

PA/G: 75.0 (120th of 176)

SRS: 10.39 (16th of 167)

SOS: 2.20 (44th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (89-77) versus Miami (OH)
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (85-83) versus Michigan State
Won Mideast Regional Third Place (86-85) versus Pittsburgh

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Hawkins	SO	F	6-5	20.6 Pts, 17.3 Reb
John Smyth	SR	C	6-5	19.1 Pts, 15.1 Reb
John McCarthy	JR	F	6-3	15.4 Pts, 10.2 Reb
Bob Devine	JR	G	6-0	12.7 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Joe Morelli	SR	F	6-1	6.9 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Ed Gleason	JR	G	6-1	5.8 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Gene Duffy	SO	G	5-7	3.6 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Tom Sullivan	SR	G	6-0	2.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Jack Bedan	SR	C	6-8	3.9 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Jim Williams	JR	F	6-4	3.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Mike Ireland	SO	C	6-7	1.4 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Charles Wittenburg	SR	F	6-3	3.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Hank Luepke	SR	C	6-8	0.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Tom Reinhart	SO	G	6-5	2.0 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Lee Ayotte	SR	C	6-4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		32.1	77.8	.413	20.1	28.3	.711	59.2					16.1	84.4
Opponent	28		28.3	73.2	.386	18.5	27.1	.683	44.9					16.7	75.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		900	2179	.413	564	793	.711	1657					452	2364
Opponent	28		791	2050	.386	518	758	.683	1257					468	2100

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Hawkins	28	8.1	18.8	.431	4.4	6.6	.656	17.3	2.3	20.6
2	John Smyth	28	7.4	16.5	.449	4.2	5.6	.756	15.1	3.6	19.1
3	John McCarthy	28	5.5	13.5	.410	4.3	5.6	.771	10.2	2.5	15.4
4	Bob Devine	28	5.1	13.0	.390	2.6	3.4	.750	4.8	2.5	12.7
5	Joe Morelli	22	2.4	7.0	.338	2.2	3.1	.696	3.0	1.7	6.9
6	Ed Gleason	17	1.8	4.7	.375	2.2	2.9	.776	1.8	1.5	5.8
7	Jack Bedan	13	1.6	4.1	.396	0.7	1.1	.643	2.3	1.2	3.9
8	Gene Duffy	22	1.3	2.7	.492	1.0	1.7	.568	1.1	1.2	3.6
9	Jim Williams	5	1.4	2.2	.636	0.2	0.4	.500	1.4	1.0	3.0
10	Charles Wittenburg	2	1.0	1.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	3.0
11	Tom Sullivan	19	1.2	3.6	.333	0.5	0.8	.563	2.5	1.6	2.9
12	Tom Reinhart	1	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	2.0	.000	3.0	0.0	2.0
13	Mike Ireland	5	0.4	2.0	.200	0.6	1.4	.429	2.2	0.6	1.4
14	Hank Luepke	3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	0.7
15	Lee Ayotte

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Hawkins	28	227	527	.431	122	186	.656	484	64	576
2	John Smyth	28	208	463	.449	118	156	.756	423	101	534
3	John McCarthy	28	155	378	.410	121	157	.771	286	71	431
4	Bob Devine	28	142	364	.390	72	96	.750	133	71	356
5	Joe Morelli	22	52	154	.338	48	69	.696	67	37	152
6	Ed Gleason	17	30	80	.375	38	49	.776	30	25	98
7	Gene Duffy	22	29	59	.492	21	37	.568	24	26	79
8	Tom Sullivan	19	23	69	.333	9	16	.563	47	30	55
9	Jack Bedan	13	21	53	.396	9	14	.643	30	16	51
10	Jim Williams	5	7	11	.636	1	2	.500	7	5	15
11	Mike Ireland	5	2	10	.200	3	7	.429	11	3	7
12	Charles Wittenburg	2	2	3	.667	2	2	1.000	0	0	6
13	Hank Luepke	3	1	5	.200	0	0		3	3	2
14	Tom Reinhart	1	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	3	0	2
15	Lee Ayotte
	School Totals	28	900	2179	.413	564	793	.711	1657	452	2364