(making their first Finals appearance in team history) in seven games. In the 1958 NBA Finals, the Hawks faced the Boston Celtics. The Hawks had four future Hall of Famers with Macauley while the Celtics had eight. In his final playoff series played, he averaged 5.8 points and 6.3 rebounds in the seven-game series, which the Hawks won in seven games. He was named player-coach for the 1958-59 season, and he played in fourteen games (all regular season) before retiring as a player. After one more season as coach, he retired, having led them to the 1960 NBA Finals, which they lost in seven games to the Celtics. In the two years Macauley coached with the Hawks, he led them to an 89–48 record, with a 9–11 playoff record. Legacy Macauley scored 11,234 points in ten NBA seasons and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960. At age 32, he still holds the record for being the youngest male player to be admitted. His uniform number 22 was retired by the Celtics in October 16, 1963, the same date when his teammate, Bob Cousy retired his number 14. He was also awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. His no. 22 jersey was retired by the Celtics, making him one of only two Celtics to have a retired number without winning a championship with the team, the other player being Reggie Lewis. Personal life After retiring, he became sports director of KTVI, then the ABC affiliate in his native St. Louis. In 1989, Macauley was ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church. With Father Francis Friedl, he co-authored the book Homilies Alive: Creating Homilies That Hit Home. Macauley died on November 8, 2011, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 83. NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs References External links BasketballReference.com: Ed Macauley (as coach) BasketballReference.com: Ed Macauley (as player) 1928 births 2011 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players American Roman Catholics Basketball coaches from Missouri Basketball players from St. Louis Boston Celtics players Centers (basketball) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association broadcasters National Basketball Association players with retired numbers Player-coaches Power forwards (basketball) Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball players St. Louis Bombers (NBA) draft picks St. Louis Bombers (NBA) players St. Louis Hawks head coaches