STATISTICS & HISTORY
Art Hillhouse was the starting center on the Long Island Univerity basketball teams from 1935-38 when they went 73-8. He helped LIU to its first undefeated season in 1935-36 (25-0) and was then part of the 1936-37 team that set the school-record for wins with 28. As a senior in 1937-38, he served as team captain on a team that went 25-3 and advanced to the NIT Tournament.
Hillhouse went on to play professionally for the Philadelphia Sphas for two seasons and was the starting center for the 1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors, the champions of the initial season of the Basketball Association of America.
Hillhouse went on to play professionally for the Philadelphia Sphas for two seasons and was the starting center for the 1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors, the champions of the initial season of the Basketball Association of America.
| ART HILLHOUSE | Height: | 6:07 | Weight: | 235 | College: | LIU’39 | |||||
| Arthur Sherwood Hillhouse | Born: Jun 12, 1916 | Died: Oct 27, 1980 | Hometown: | Rutherford,, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | L.I.U. | College | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | L.I.U. | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | L.I.U. | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | L.I.U. | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Binghamton | NYPA | 9 | 25 | 23 | 73 | 8.1 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Lancaster | TCL | 7 | 23 | 19 | 65 | 9.3 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Lancaster | TCL | 26 | 67 | 71 | 205 | 7.9 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Newark Canco | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Lancaster | TCL | 23 | 68 | 65 | 201 | 8.7 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Lancaster | TCL | 8 | 10 | 26 | 46 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1942-43 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Philadelphia | ABL | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1943-44 | Passaic Wood Ridge Areo | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Rhode Island Americans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Philadelphia | ABL | 29 | 83 | 49 | 215 | 7.4 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Philadelphia | ABL | 35 | 145 | 147 | 437 | 12.5 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Hartford | NEBL | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10.0 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Syracuse Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Philadelphia | BAA | 60 | 120 | 120 | 166 | .723 | 41 | 360 | 6.0 | |
| 1947-48 | Philadelphia | BAA | 11 | 14 | 30 | 37 | .811 | 3 | 58 | 5.3 | |
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 8 | 20 | 20 | 29 | .690 | 60 | 7.5 | ||
| 1948-49 | Lancaster | EBL | 7 | 22 | 14 | 58 | 8.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 139 | 366 | 350 | 1082 | 7.8 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1938-39 | Binghamton | NYPA | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4.7 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Lancaster | TCL | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4.5 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Lancaster | TCL | 6 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 7.2 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Lancaster | TCL | 4 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1943-44 | Philadelphia | ABL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2.8 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Philadelphia | ABL | 6 | 23 | 16 | 62 | 10.3 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Philadelphia | ABL | 6 | 34 | 16 | 84 | 14.0 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Pittston | PSL | 3 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 14.3 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Philadelphia | BAA | 10 | 24 | 39 | 46 | .848 | 8 | 87 | 8.7 | |
| 1947-48 | Wilkes Barre | ABL | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 5.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 26 | 85 | 74 | 244 | 9.4 | ||||||