La temporada 1955-56 fue la séptima de la franquicia en la NBA, la primera como St. Louis Hawks de San Luis (Misuri), ciudad que ya fue sede de los desaparecidos St. Louis Bombers, a donde se habían trasladado desde Milwaukee. La temporada regular acabó con 33 victorias y 39 derrotas, ocupando el tercer puesto de la División Oeste, empatados con el segundo, los Minneapolis Lakers, con los que jugaron un partido de desempate para determinar la clasificación. Se clasificaron para los playoffs, cayendo en las finales de división ante Fort Wayne Pistons.[1]
Semifinales de División
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Fort Wayne Pistons - St. Louis Hawks
| St. Louis Hawks 1955-56 |
| Jugadores | Entrenadores |
| N.º | Nac. | Pos. | Nombre | Altura | Peso | Origen | | 12 | USA ! | 10AP | Coleman, Jack | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 88 kg (195 lb) | Louisville | | 11 | USA ! | 10AP | Cooper, Chuck | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | Duquesne | | 22 | USA ! | 8A | Ferrari, Al | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | Michigan State | | 6 | USA ! | 10AP | Hannum, Alex | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | Southern California | | 24 | USA ! | 5E | Harris, Chris | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | Dayton | | 7 | USA ! | 5E | Harrison, Bob | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | Michigan | | 24 | USA ! | 1B | McMahon, Jack | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | St. John's | | 11-27 | USA ! | 8A | Park, Med | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | Missouri | | 9 | USA ! | 10AP | Pettit, Bob | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | Louisiana State | | 12 | USA ! | 10AP | Ricketts, Dick | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 98 kg (215 lb) | Duquesne | | 27 | USA ! | 5E | Schafer, Bob | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (195 lb) | Villanova | | 28 | USA ! | 8A | Selvy, Frank | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 82 kg (180 lb) | Furman | | 5 | USA ! | 13P | Share, Chuck | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | 107 kg (235 lb) | Bowling Green | | 15 | USA ! | 5E | Stephens, Jack | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | Notre Dame | | - Entrenador
- Leyenda
- (C) Capitán
- (DR) Elección del draft sin firmar
- (AL) Agente libre
- (IN) Inactivo
- (S) Suspendido
- (GL) Asignado a la G League
- (TW) Contrato dual
 Lesionado
Plantilla |
| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | 3P | 3PI | %3P | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Bob Pettit | 23 | 72 | | 38.8 | 9.0 | 20.9 | .429 | | | | 7.7 | 10.5 | .736 | | | 16.2 | 2.6 | | | | 2.8 | 25.7 |
| 2 | Chuck Share | 28 | 72 | | 27.4 | 4.4 | 10.2 | .430 | | | | 4.8 | 6.9 | .695 | | | 10.8 | 1.8 | | | | 4.4 | 13.6 |
| 3 | Jack Coleman | 31 | 41 | | 33.4 | 4.8 | 11.5 | .412 | | | | 2.1 | 3.0 | .710 | | | 8.4 | 3.6 | | | | 3.0 | 11.7 |
| 4 | Frank Selvy | 23 | 17 | | 26.1 | 3.9 | 10.8 | .366 | | | | 3.1 | 4.2 | .746 | | | 3.2 | 2.1 | | | | 2.2 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Jack Stephens | 22 | 72 | | 30.8 | 3.4 | 8.9 | .386 | | | | 3.4 | 5.0 | .692 | | | 5.2 | 2.9 | | | | 2.0 | 10.3 |
| 6 | Bob Harrison | 28 | 72 | | 30.8 | 3.6 | 10.1 | .359 | | | | 1.3 | 2.0 | .664 | | | 2.7 | 3.8 | | | | 3.4 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Dick Ricketts | 22 | 29 | | 26.8 | 3.2 | 10.4 | .312 | | | | 1.9 | 2.7 | .705 | | | 6.8 | 2.8 | | | | 4.0 | 8.4 |
| 8 | Al Ferrari | 22 | 68 | | 23.7 | 2.8 | 7.9 | .358 | | | | 2.4 | 3.5 | .695 | | | 2.7 | 2.4 | | | | 2.8 | 8.0 |
| 9 | Jack McMahon | 27 | 36 | | 23.8 | 2.8 | 8.6 | .331 | | | | 1.5 | 2.6 | .579 | | | 2.6 | 3.0 | | | | 2.4 | 7.2 |
| 10 | Alex Hannum | 32 | 71 | | 20.8 | 2.1 | 6.4 | .322 | | | | 1.3 | 2.2 | .604 | | | 4.8 | 2.2 | | | | 3.8 | 5.4 |
| 11 | Chuck Cooper | 29 | 35 | | 16.4 | 1.7 | 4.9 | .337 | | | | 1.8 | 2.4 | .738 | | | 3.9 | 1.7 | | | | 2.0 | 5.1 |
| 12 | Bob Schafer | | 42 | | 11.8 | 1.6 | 5.6 | .294 | | | | 1.3 | 1.6 | .797 | | | 1.4 | 1.0 | | | | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| 13 | Med Park | 22 | 40 | | 10.6 | 1.3 | 3.8 | .349 | | | | 1.1 | 1.8 | .629 | | | 2.4 | 1.0 | | | | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 14 | Chris Harris | 22 | 15 | | 11.2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | .250 | | | | 0.7 | 1.2 | .611 | | | 1.2 | 1.2 | | | | 1.1 | 2.7 |
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