1952–53 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team

1952–53 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball
1952–53 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	7-18 (3-10 SEC)
Head coach	Harbin Lawson (2nd season);
Captain	Zippy Morocco

The 1952–53 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 1952-53 college men's basketball season. The team captain of the 1952–53 season was Zippy Morocco.^[1]

Roster

1952–53 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Zippy Morocco	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Sr
C	Al Parrish	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
F	Lamar Potts	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
F	Bill Shain	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—
F	Doug Foster	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So
	Louis McGee	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—
	John Carson	—	—
G	Kermith Hall	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
	Jimmy Parker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—
F	George Bell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr
	Marvin Satterfield	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
	Dan Orr	—	—
	Palmer Dearing	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
	P.B. Burdette	—	—
	Bill Strickland	—	—
	Jack Norton	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—

Head coach

Harbin Lawson

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/2/1952	Clemson	W 66-60	1–0	Athens, GA
12/6/1952	at Clemson	W 57-55	2–0
12/9/1952	Mercer	L 63-68	2–1	Athens, GA
12/11/1952	South Carolina	W 57-50	3–1	Athens, GA
12/19/1952	Auburn	L 49-71	3–2	Athens, GA
12/23/1952	Columbia	L 51-61	3–3	Athens, GA
12/29/1952	Georgia Teachers	L 57-85	3–4	Athens, GA
12/30/1952	Georgia Tech	L 54-71	3–5	Athens, GA
1/6/1953	Georgia Tech	W 70-57	4–5	Athens, GA
1/9/1953	Auburn	L 59-64	4–6	Athens, GA
1/10/1953	Alabama	L 75-85	4–7	Athens, GA
1/13/1953	at Furman	L 74-96	4–8
1/17/1953	at Vanderbilt	L 66-97	4–9
1/19/1953	LSU ......................-/14	L 50-55	4–10	Athens, GA
1/21/1953	at Auburn	L 69-78	4–11
1/26/1953	Tulane	L 64-66	4–12	Athens, GA
2/2/1953	Mississippi	L 75-77	4–13	Athens, GA
2/4/1953	at Georgia Tech	L 73-78	4–14
2/7/1953	at Alabama	L 63-67	4–15
2/10/1953	at South Carolina	L 64-72	4–16
2/16/1953	Florida	W 61-58	5–16	Athens, GA
2/19/1953	at Mercer	L 62-74	5–17
2/21/1953	Miss. State	W 75-63	6–17	Athens, GA
2/25/1953	at Tennessee	W 87-86	7–17
3/2/1953	at Florida	L 73-79	7–18
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ ^a ^b "1952-53 Georgia Bulldogs basketball Results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.
^ "Georgia Bulldogs Year-by-Year results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

[Sports_Reference_1953-1] "1952-53 Georgia Bulldogs basketball Results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

[2] "Georgia Bulldogs Year-by-Year results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

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