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Frank Saul (basketball)

American basketball player (1924–2019)

Field	Value
name	Frank Saul
height_ft	6
height_in	2
weight_lb	185
birth_date
birth_place	Oradell, New Jersey, U.S.
death_date
death_place	East Hanover, New Jersey, U.S.
college	Seton Hall (1942–1943, 1946–1949)
draft_league	BAA
draft_year	1949
draft_round	1
draft_pick	10
draft_team	Rochester Royals
career_position	Shooting guard
career_number	03, 33, 18, 10
career_start	1949
career_end	1955
years1	–
team1	Rochester Royals
years2
team2	Baltimore Bullets
years3	–
team3	Minneapolis Lakers
stat1label	Points
stat1value	2,152 (5.6 ppg)
stat2label	Rebounds
stat2value	683 (2.0 rpg)
stat3label	Assists
stat3value	596 (1.6 apg)

Holy Trinity (Hackensack, New Jersey)
Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, New Jersey)
4× NBA champion (1951–1954)
No. 3 retired by Seton Hall Pirates Frank Benjamin "Pep" Saul Jr. (February 16, 1924 – November 7, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Rochester Royals, Baltimore Bullets and Minneapolis Lakers. Saul won four consecutive NBA championships from 1951 to 1954. He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates and had his number 3 retired by the team.

Early life

Saul was born in Oradell and raised in Westwood, New Jersey, as the eldest of eight children to Frank and Lena Saul.

College basketball career

Saul played collegiately for the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball, leaving college after his freshman year to serve for three years in the United States Army during World War II. He scored his 1,000th career point in a game against Creighton University on March 5, 1949, making him the first player from Seton Hall to reach that milestone.

Professional career

Saul won four consecutive NBA championships with the Rochester Royals in 1951 and with the Minneapolis Lakers from 1952 to 1954. He, Steve Kerr and Patrick McCaw are the only three players in NBA history who won three championships with two different teams in consecutive seasons, with him and Kerr winning four times in a row.

Later life and death

Saul worked in insurance after his athletic retirement. He worked with State Farm and James E. Wordley Agency before he opened his own agency in 1967; he sold his business in 1994.

Saul was married to his wife for 72 years and had eight children.

Career statistics

Playing

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50	Rochester	49	–	.404	.723	–	.6	3.7
1950–51†	Rochester	63	–	.339	.686	1.3	1.0	4.3
1951–52	Baltimore	39	18.5	.339	.800	2.2	2.0	5.6
†	Minneapolis	25	30.4	.389	.763	3.2	2.7	8.6
1952–53†	Minneapolis	70	25.7	.397	.710	2.0	1.6	7.4
1953–54†	Minneapolis	71	25.4	.347	.753	2.2	2.0	6.4
1954–55	Milwaukee	65	17.5	.317	.772	2.1	1.6	4.4
Career	384	23.0	.360	.739	2.0	1.6	5.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1950	Rochester	2	–	.538	.800	–	2.0	9.0
1951†	Rochester	9	–	.333	.500	.3	.7	1.0
1952†	Minneapolis	13	40.8	.463	.729	2.8	3.5	11.3
1953†	Minneapolis	12*	24.8	.419	.727	2.3	1.5	7.2
1954†	Minneapolis	13*	17.5	.353	.735	2.1	1.1	4.7
Career	49	27.7	.428	.730	2.0	1.8	6.6

References

Iseman, Chris. (February 9, 2016). "Where are they now? Seton Hall basketball star Frank 'Pep' Saul". [[The Record (Bergen County).
Hudson, Jr., David L.. (2007). "Basketball Championships' Most Wanted". Potomac Books, Inc.
"Pep Saul NBA stats". Sports Reference LLC.

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