1956 NBA All-Star Game
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| Date | Tuesday, January 24, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Rochester War Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Rochester | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bob Pettit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 8,517 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Network | WPIX | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bud Palmer, Jimmy Powers and Kevin Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 6th Annual NBA All Star Game[1] was an exhibition basketball game held on January 24, 1956, at the Rochester War Memorial Coliseum in Rochester, New York, home of the Rochester Royals. As of date, this was the only NBA All-Star Game held at Rochester, as the Royals, now known as the Sacramento Kings, would relocate to Cincinnati in 1957.
The coaches were the Fort Wayne Pistons' Charley Eckman for the West and the Philadelphia Warriors' George Senesky for the East, as both teams had led their respective divisions prior to the game. The West won the game 108–94. Bob Pettit was named the Most Valuable Player.
Roster
Western Division
Head Coach: Charley Eckman, Fort Wayne Pistons
| Legend | |||||||
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| Starter | MVP | MIN | Minutes played | ||||
| FG | Field goals | FGA | Field goal attempts | FT | Free throws | FTA | Free throw attempts |
| REB | Rebounds | AST | Assists | PF | Personal fouls | PTS | Points |
| Player | Team | MIN | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slater Martin | Minneapolis Lakers | 29 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Mel Hutchins | Fort Wayne Pistons | 27 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Bobby Wanzer | Rochester Royals | 25 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Larry Foust | Fort Wayne Pistons | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| George Yardley | Fort Wayne Pistons | 19 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 31 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| Bob Harrison | St. Louis Hawks | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Vern Mikkelsen | Minneapolis Lakers | 22 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Maurice Stokes | Rochester Royals | 20 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Clyde Lovellette | Minneapolis Lakers | 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Totals | 240 | 39 | 100 | 30 | 42 | 79 | 22 | 32 | 108 |
Eastern Division
Head Coach: George Senesky, Philadelphia Warriors
| Player | Team | MIN | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
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| Dick McGuire | New York Knickerbockers | 29 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | 28 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Neil Johnston | Philadelphia Warriors | 25 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Dolph Schayes | Syracuse Nationals | 25 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Harry Gallatin | New York Knickerbockers | 30 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Bill Sharman | Boston Celtics | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Jack George | Philadelphia Warriors | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Ed Macauley | Boston Celtics | 20 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Red Kerr | Syracuse Nationals | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Carl Braun | New York Knickerbockers | Did not play due to injury | ||||||||
| Totals | 240 | 30 | 87 | 34 | 53 | 53 | 18 | 34 | 94 | |
References
- ^ "1956 NBA 6th Annual All-Star Game Program (Cousey, Pettit, Etc.)". One Source Auctions. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 242. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
- basketball-reference.com. "1956 NBA All-Star Game". Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.