title: Leo Barnhorst
text: # Leo Barnhorst
  
  Leo A. "Barney" Barnhorst (May 11, 1924 – August 25, 2000) was an American basketball player.
  
  A 6'4" forward/guard from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Barnhorst played four seasons at University of Notre Dame, where he was an honorable mention All-American. He then played professionally in the NBA for the Chicago Stags, Indianapolis Olympians, Baltimore Bullets and Fort Wayne Pistons. Barnhorst appeared in two NBA All-Star Games (1952, 1953) and scored 3,232 career points.
  
  Barnhorst was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
  ### NBA
  
  Source
  
  **Regular season**
  
  | Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1949–50 | Chicago | 67 | – | .349 | .698 | – | 2.1 | 6.5 |
  | 1950–51 | Indianapolis | 68 | – | .346 | .689 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
  | 1951–52 | Indianapolis | 66* | 35.5 | .389 | .629 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 12.4 |
  | 1952–53 | Indianapolis | 71 | 40.4 | .389 | .727 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 13.6 |
  | 1953–54 | Baltimore | 55 | 34.2 | .352 | .707 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 7.9 |
  | 1953–54 | Fort Wayne | 17 | 10.9 | .211 | .833 | 2.2 | .7 | 1.7 |
  | Career | Career | 344 | 34.8 | .368 | .665 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 9.4 |
  | All-Star | All-Star | 2 | 18.0 | .444 | .000 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
  
  **Playoffs**
  
  | Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1950 | Chicago | 2 | – | .320 | 1.000 | – | 2.0 | 11.0 |
  | 1951 | Indianapolis | 3 | – | .371 | .800 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 11.3 |
  | 1952 | Indianapolis | 2 | 42.5 | .412 | .429 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 15.5 |
  | 1953 | Indianapolis | 2 | 39.5 | .364 | .667 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 15.0 |
  | 1954 | Fort Wayne | 4 | 15.0 | .526 | .600 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
  | Career | Career | 13 | 28.0 | .390 | .703 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 10.8 |
  