Neil Johnston

Donald Neil Johnston, "Neil, Gabby"
Born: February 4, 1929
Chillicothe, OH USA
Deceased: September 28, 1978
Position(s): C
High School: Chillicothe at Chillicothe, OH
College: Ohio State
Height: 6'8" Weight: 210
Career: 1951-1961
Elected to basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.

Neil Johnston averaged 19.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in his 521-game career with the Philadelphia Warriors and Pittsburgh Rens. He began playing during the 1951 season and last took the court during the 1961 campaign. Johnston was elected to the basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.

Player Totals:

					Shooting						Rebounds
Year	Team	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1951-52	PHW	64		993	299	141	0	0	151	100	0	0	342	39	0	0	0	154	382
1952-53	PHW	70		3166	1114	504	0	0	794	556	0	0	976	197	0	0	0	248	1564
1953-54	PHW	72		3296	1317	591	0	0	772	577	0	0	797	203	0	0	0	259	1759
1954-55	PHW	72		2917	1184	521	0	0	769	589	0	0	1085	215	0	0	0	255	1631
1955-56	PHW	70		2594	1092	499	0	0	685	549	0	0	872	225	0	0	0	251	1547
1956-57	PHW	69		2531	1163	520	0	0	648	535	0	0	855	203	0	0	0	231	1575
1957-58	PHW	71		2408	1102	473	0	0	540	442	0	0	790	166	0	0	0	233	1388
1958-59	PHW	28		393	164	54	0	0	88	69	0	0	139	21	0	0	0	50	177
1961-62	PGR	5		106	38	16	1	1	24	16	0	0	18	10	0	0	0	17	49
Totals		521	0	18404	7473	3319	1	1	4471	3433	0	0	5874	1279	0	0	0	1698	10072

Player Averages Per Game:

					Shooting			Rebounds
Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1951-52	PHW	64		15.5	.472	.000	.662	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	6.0
1952-53	PHW	70		45.2	.452	.000	.700	0.0	0.0	13.9	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	22.3
1953-54	PHW	72		45.8	.449	.000	.747	0.0	0.0	11.1	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	24.4
1954-55	PHW	72		40.5	.440	.000	.766	0.0	0.0	15.1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	22.7
1955-56	PHW	70		37.1	.457	.000	.802	0.0	0.0	12.5	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	22.1
1956-57	PHW	69		36.7	.447	.000	.826	0.0	0.0	12.4	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	22.8
1957-58	PHW	71		33.9	.429	.000	.819	0.0	0.0	11.1	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	19.5
1958-59	PHW	28		14.0	.329	.000	.784	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	6.3
1961-62	PGR	5		21.2	.421	1.000	.667	0.0	0.0	3.6	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	9.8
Totals		521	0	35.3	.444	1.000	.768	0.0	0.0	11.3	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	19.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

					Shooting						Rebounds
Year	Team	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1951-52	PHW	3		32	10	5	0	0	8	6	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	8	16
1955-56	PHW	10		397	169	69	0	0	92	65	0	0	143	51	0	0	0	41	203
1956-57	PHW	2		84	53	17	0	0	6	4	0	0	35	9	0	0	0	9	38
1957-58	PHW	8		189	78	30	0	0	33	27	0	0	69	14	0	0	0	18	87
Totals		23	0	702	310	121	0	0	139	102	0	0	257	75	0	0	0	76	344

Postseason - Player Averages Per Game:

					Shooting			Rebounds
Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1951-52	PHW	3		10.7	0.500	0.000	0.750	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	5.3
1955-56	PHW	10		39.7	0.408	0.000	0.707	0.0	0.0	14.3	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	20.3
1956-57	PHW	2		42.0	0.321	0.000	0.667	0.0	0.0	17.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	19.0
1957-58	PHW	8		23.6	0.385	0.000	0.818	0.0	0.0	8.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	10.9
Totals		23	0	30.5	.390	nan	.734	0.0	0.0	11.2	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	15.0

Awards

1952 - All-NBA First Team
1953 - All-NBA First Team
1954 - All-NBA First Team
1955 - All-NBA First Team
1956 - All-NBA Second Team