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Slater Martin
Position: Point Guard
Full Name: Slater Martin
Nickname: Dugie
Born: October 22, 1925 in Elmira, Texas
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
High School: Jeff Davis High School in Houston, Texas
College: University of Texas
Drafted: Not Drafted
Jersey#: 22
Played for the Lakers from 1949 to 1956
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1982
Martin was a member of five World Championship teams and played in seven NBA All-Star games. He was one of the NBA's best defensive players in the 1950s while playing for the George Mikan-led Minneapolis Lakers that won four NBA championships between 1950 and 1954. In 1956 he joined Bob Pettit's St. Louis Hawks and won another NBA title in 1958. Martin is an alumnus of Jefferson Davis High School, where he led his school to two state basketball championships in 1942 and 1943. He is also a graduate of University of Texas at Austin, where he set a record in 1949 for putting up 49 points playing for the Texas Longhorns against the opposing Texas Christian University team. Throughout his career with the Longhorns, Martin averaged 12.7 points per game. His former high school now holds an annual funder raiser in his name, the 'Slater Martin Golf Tournament', which successfully raises tens of thousands of dollars each year as an aid to high school student clubs and sports teams.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | MIE | 67 | 0 | 106 | 302 | .351 | 59 | 93 | .634 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 148 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 4.0 |
| 1951 | MIE | 68 | 0 | 227 | 627 | .362 | 121 | 177 | .684 | 0 | 0 | - | 246 | 3.6 | 235 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 575 | 8.5 |
| 1952 | MIE | 66 | 2480 | 237 | 632 | .375 | 142 | 190 | .747 | 0 | 0 | - | 228 | 3.5 | 249 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 616 | 9.3 |
| 1953 | MIE | 70 | 2556 | 260 | 634 | .410 | 224 | 287 | .780 | 0 | 0 | - | 186 | 2.7 | 250 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 744 | 10.6 |
| 1954 | MIE | 69 | 2472 | 254 | 654 | .388 | 176 | 243 | .724 | 0 | 0 | - | 166 | 2.4 | 253 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 684 | 9.9 |
| 1955 | MIE | 72 | 2784 | 350 | 919 | .381 | 276 | 359 | .769 | 0 | 0 | - | 260 | 3.6 | 427 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 976 | 13.6 |
| 1956 | MIE | 72 | 2838 | 309 | 863 | .358 | 329 | 395 | .833 | 0 | 0 | - | 260 | 3.6 | 445 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 947 | 13.2 |
| 1957 | STL | 66 | 2401 | 244 | 736 | .332 | 230 | 291 | .790 | 0 | 0 | - | 288 | 4.4 | 269 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 718 | 10.9 |
| 1958 | STL | 60 | 2098 | 258 | 768 | .336 | 206 | 276 | .746 | 0 | 0 | - | 228 | 3.8 | 218 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 722 | 12.0 |
| 1959 | STL | 71 | 2504 | 245 | 706 | .347 | 197 | 254 | .776 | 0 | 0 | - | 253 | 3.6 | 336 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 9.7 |
| 1960 | STL | 64 | 1756 | 142 | 383 | .371 | 113 | 155 | .729 | 0 | 0 | - | 187 | 2.9 | 330 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 397 | 6.2 |
| CAREER | 745 | 21889 | 2632 | 7224 | .364 | 2073 | 2720 | .762 | 0 | 0 | - | 2302 | 3.1 | 3160 | 2238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7337 | 9.8 | |
Playoff Stats
| YEAR | TEAM | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
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