NBA players born in 1937

19 NBA players on file were born in 1937. Lenny Wilkens leads them with 17,772 career points. The first born in 1937 to play in the NBA were Wayne Embry and Dave Gambee, in 1958-59. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

Former NBA players born in 1937 (19)

Former NBA players born in 1937
Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Lenny Wilkens	—	1960–1975	15	1,077 GP · 17,772 PTS · 5,030 REB · 7,211 AST	Brooklyn, NY
Bailey Howell	SF	1959–1971	12	950 GP · 17,770 PTS · 9,383 REB · 1,853 AST	Middleton, TN
Bob Boozer	F	1960–1971	11	874 GP · 12,964 PTS · 7,119 REB · 1,237 AST	—
Rudy LaRusso	PF	1959–1969	10	736 GP · 11,507 PTS · 6,936 REB · 1,556 AST	Brooklyn, NY
Wayne Embry	C	1958–1969	11	831 GP · 10,380 PTS · 7,544 REB · 1,194 AST	—
Dave Gambee	F	1958–1970	12	750 GP · 7,935 PTS · 3,891 REB · 757 AST	—
Bob Ferry	C	1959–1969	10	634 GP · 5,780 PTS · 3,343 REB · 906 AST	—
Gene Wiley	C	1962–1966	4	300 GP · 1,273 PTS · 2,194 REB · 252 AST	—
Gene Tormohlen	C	1962–1970	6	271 GP · 1,191 PTS · 1,122 REB · 257 AST	—
Gene Guarilia	F	1959–1963	4	129 GP · 413 PTS · 294 REB · 36 AST	—
Joe Buckhalter	F	1961–1963	2	65 GP · 375 PTS · 265 REB · 43 AST	—
John Richter	F	1959–1960	1	66 GP · 285 PTS · 312 REB · 27 AST	—
Sam Stith	G	1961–1962	1	32 GP · 141 PTS · 51 REB · 60 AST	—
Bob Anderegg	F	1959–1960	1	33 GP · 133 PTS · 69 REB · 29 AST	—
Cal Ramsey	F	1959–1961	2	13 GP · 103 PTS · 73 REB · 12 AST	—
Wayne Yates	C	1961–1962	1	37 GP · 72 PTS · 94 REB · 16 AST	—
Bobby Smith	G	1959–1962	2	13 GP · 37 PTS · 33 REB · 14 AST	—
Jimmy Darrow	G	1961–1962	1	5 GP · 12 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST	—
Dave Gunther	F	1962–1963	1	1 GP · 2 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST	—

Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.