STATISTICS & HISTORY
Leo Klier, was a two-time consensus first-team All-American (1944 and 1946) at Notre Dame. He missed the 1944-45 serving in the Navy during World War II. Klier had a successful five-year professional basket career for three different Indiana teams: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Anderson.
| LEO KLIER | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Notre Dame’46 | |||||
| Leo Anthony Klier | Born: May 21, 1923 | Died: Jun 4, 2005 | Hometown: | Washington, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Notre Dame (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Notre Dame | College | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Notre Dame | College | 19 | 117 | 59 | 98 | .602 | 293 | 15.4 | ||
| 1944-45 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Notre Dame | College | 21 | 147 | 61 | 115 | .530 | 355 | 16.9 | ||
| 1946-47 | Indianapolis | NBL | 44 | 162 | 93 | 128 | .727 | 417 | 9.5 | ||
| 1947-48 | Indianapolis | NBL | 56 | 227 | 152 | 223 | .682 | 606 | 10.8 | ||
| 1948-49 | Fort Wayne | BAA | 47 | 125 | 97 | 137 | .708 | 56 | 347 | 7.4 | |
| 1949-50 | Fort Wayne | NBA | 66 | 157 | 141 | 190 | .742 | 121 | 455 | 6.9 | |
| 1950-51 | Anderson | NPBL | 31 | 105 | 89 | 118 | .354 | 299 | 9.6 | ||
| Major League Totals | 200 | 644 | 776 | 572 | .719 | 2124 | 8.7 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Indianapolis | NBL | 5 | 16 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 41 | 8.2 | ||
| 1946-47 | Indianapolis | WBT | 3 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 36 | 12.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Indianapolis | NBL | 4 | 16 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 49 | 12.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | Indianapolis | WBT | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 13 | 13.0 | ||
| 1949-50 | Fort Wayne | NBA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Major League Totals | 15 | 54 | 32 | 47 | .681 | 140 | 9.3 | ||||