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Charles Edward "Ed" Macauley (born March 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former professional basketball player.
Macauley spent his prep school days at St. Louis University High School, then went on to Saint Louis University, where his team won the NIT championship in 1948. He was named the AP Player of the Year in 1949.
Macauley played in the NBA with the St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics, and St. Louis Hawks. Macauley was named MVP of the first NBA All-Star Game (he played in the first seven), and was named to the NBA's All-NBA First Team three consecutive seasons. He was named to the All-NBA second team once, in 1953-54 — the same season he led the league in field goal percentage. Macauley's trade (with Cliff Hagan) to St. Louis brought Bill Russell to the Celtics. Macauley scored 11,234 points in ten NBA seasons and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960. He also has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
In 1989 Macauley was ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church. He is co-author of the book, with Father Francis Friedl, Homilies Alive: Creating Homilies That Hit Home.
Ed Macauley glided down the lanes of the NBA for easy layups and precise hook shots, frustrating many of the game's greatest big men. A phenomenal player under Hall of Fame coach Ed Hickey at St. Louis University, Macauley was everyone's All-America. "Easy Ed" started his ten-year NBA career with the St. Louis Bombers, played six seasons with the Boston Celtics, and in 1956, as a result of a trade that included the draft rights to Bill Russell, joined the St. Louis Hawks, winning a championship in 1958. In the first-ever NBA All-Star Game (1951), Macauley, a seven-time participant, scored 20 points with six rebounds and was named MVP. At age 32, Macauley became the youngest person ever enshrined into the Hall of Fame.
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