William Bruce Hale (August 30, 1918 – December 30, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
A 6'1" guard/forward from Medford, Oregon, Hale played college basketball for the Santa Clara Broncos, then played professionally in the early National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Indianapolis Jets, Fort Wayne Pistons, and Indianapolis Olympians. He averaged 9.1 points per game over his NBA career. He later held coaching positions with the University of Miami, the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association, and St. Mary's College of California. With Miami, he took the program to their first NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1960, which would be the last for the program for 38 years. Before he died of a heart attack in 1980, he had been working as a marketing director at the KNBR radio station."Former basketball coach dies". The Ledger. January 2, 1981. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
Hale's daughter, Pam, married basketball player Rick Barry, who played for Hale at the University of Miami.Frank Deford. "". Sports Illustrated. February 13, 1967. Retrieved on August 23, 2009. Through Pam, Hale is the grandfather of NBA players Brent Barry, Jon Barry, and Drew Barry.
Hale was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame inductees . Retrieved on February 1, 2010.
Career playing statistics Legend GP Games played FGM Field-goals made FG% Field-goal percentage FTM Free-throws made FTA Free-throws attempted FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game PTS Points PPG Points per game Bold Career high
†Denotes seasons in which Hale's team won an NBL championship
NBL Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1946–47† | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 41 || 156 || 116 || 141 || .823 || 428 || 10.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1947–48 | style="text-align:left;"| Indianapolis | 48 || 196 || 155 || 215 || .721 || 547 || 11.4 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 89 || 352 || 271 || 356 || .761 || 975 || 11.0
Playoffs
| style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1947† | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 11 || 35 || 24 || 30 || .800 || 94 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1948 | style="text-align:left;"| Indianapolis | 4 || 21 || 20 || 25 || .800 || 62 || 15.5 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 15 || 56 || 44 || 55 || .800 || 156 || 10.4
BAA/NBA Regular season Source
Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1948–49 Indianapolis 18 .329 .761 – 3.8 12.6 1948–49 Fort Wayne 34 .313 .750 – 2.6 9.4 Indianapolis 64 .353 .782 – 3.5 10.3 Indianapolis 26 .396 .609 1.9 1.6 3.6Career 152 .333 .763 1.9 3.0 9.1
Playoffs Year Team GP FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 1950 Indianapolis 6 .350 .882 – 2.8 7.2 1951 Indianapolis 1 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0Career 7 .350 .882 .0 2.4 6.1
Head coaching record NBA/ABA
| style="text-align:left;"|Indianapolis (BAA) | style="text-align:left;"|1948–49 |17||4||13|||| style="text-align:center;"|—||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|(replaced)
| style="text-align:left;"|Oakland (ABA) | style="text-align:left;"| |78||22||56|||| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Western||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|Career (overall) | ||95||26||69|||| ||—||—||—||—
College
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