Al Cervi

Alfred Nicholas Cervi , "Al, Digger"
Born: February 12, 1917
Buffalo, NY USA
Deceased: November 9, 2009
Position: G-F
High School: East
College: none
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170
Career: 1937-38-1952-53
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Coaching Career
Minor League Statistics

Al Cervi averaged 10.1 points, 0.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in his 389-game career with the Buffalo Bisons, Rochester Royals and Syracuse Nationals. He began playing during the 1937-38 season and last took the court during the 1952-53 campaign. Cervi was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.

Rochester Royals

Syracuse Nationals

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1937-38	Buffalo Bisons	9	0	0	19			0	6	0	0	0	44
1945-46	Rochester Royals	28	0	0	112			108	76	0	0	21	300
1946-47	Rochester Royals	44	0	0	228			236	176	0	0	127	632
1947-48	Rochester Royals	49	0	0	234			242	187	0	0	118	655
1948-49	Syracuse Nationals	57	0	0	204			382	287	0	0	170	695
1949-50	Syracuse Nationals	56	0	431	143			346	287	0	264	223	573
1950-51	Syracuse Nationals	53	0	346	132			237	194	152	208	180	458
1951-52	Syracuse Nationals	55	850	280	99			248	219	87	148	176	417
1952-53	Syracuse Nationals	38	301	71	31			100	81	22	28	90	143
Totals		389	1151	1128	1202	0	0	1899	1513	261	648	1105	3917

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1937-38	Buffalo Bisons	9	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9
1945-46	Rochester Royals	28	0.0		70.4	0.0	0.0	0.8	10.7
1946-47	Rochester Royals	44	0.0		74.6	0.0	0.0	2.9	14.4
1947-48	Rochester Royals	49	0.0		77.3	0.0	0.0	2.4	13.4
1948-49	Syracuse Nationals	57	0.0		75.1	0.0	0.0	3.0	12.2
1949-50	Syracuse Nationals	56	0.0	33.2	82.9	0.0	4.7	4.0	10.2
1950-51	Syracuse Nationals	53	0.0	38.2	81.9	2.9	3.9	3.4	8.6
1951-52	Syracuse Nationals	55	15.5	35.4	88.3	1.6	2.7	3.2	7.6
1952-53	Syracuse Nationals	38	7.9	43.7	81.0	0.6	0.7	2.4	3.8
Averages		389	3.0	106.6	79.7	0.7	1.7	2.8	10.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1945-46	Rochester Royals	7	0	0	23			30	24	0	0	0	70
1946-47	Rochester Royals	11	0	0	49			68	50	0	0	0	148
1947-48	Rochester Royals	6	0	0	18			19	14	0	0	0	50
1948-49	Syracuse Nationals	6	0	0	12			30	22	0	0	0	46
1949-50	Syracuse Nationals	11	0	68	23			46	38	0	52	36	84
1950-51	Syracuse Nationals	7	0	56	17			50	44	33	38	31	78
1951-52	Syracuse Nationals	7	88	30	7			23	22	10	15	23	36
1952-53	Syracuse Nationals	2	28	5	3			15	12	0	1	12	18
Totals		57	116	159	152	0	0	281	226	43	106	102	530

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
1945-46	Rochester Royals	7	0.0		80.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0
1946-47	Rochester Royals	11	0.0		73.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
1947-48	Rochester Royals	6	0.0		73.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3
1948-49	Syracuse Nationals	6	0.0		73.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7
1949-50	Syracuse Nationals	11	0.0	33.8	82.6	0.0	4.7	3.3	7.6
1950-51	Syracuse Nationals	7	0.0	30.4	88.0	4.7	5.4	4.4	11.1
1951-52	Syracuse Nationals	7	12.6	23.3	95.7	1.4	2.1	3.3	5.1
1952-53	Syracuse Nationals	2	14.0	60.0	80.0	0.0	0.5	6.0	9.0
Averages		389	2.0	95.6	80.4	0.8	1.9	1.8	9.3

Awards

1949 - NBA All-NBA Second Team