Art Hillhouse
basketball player
- June 12, 1916 · Rutherford
- October 27, 1980 · Amelia County
- 64 years
About Art Hillhouse
Art Hillhouse, 64, American basketball player.
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|Arthur Sherwood Hillhouse (June 12, 1916 – October 27, 1980) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'7" center from Long Island University, Hillhouse played two seasons (1946–1948) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors. He averaged 5.9 points per game in his BAA career and won a league championship in 1947. During the 1947 BAA Finals, Hillhouse set a still-standing NBA record by becoming the only player to foul out of every game of a 5-game playoff series.
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