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{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Herm Schaefer
| image        = Herman Schaefer 1948.jpg
| width        =
| caption      = Schaefer in 1948
| position     = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]] / [[Forward (basketball)|forward]]
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 0
| weight_lb    = 175
| number       = 32, 7, 24, 10
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1918|12|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1980|03|21|1918|12|20}}
| death_place  = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S.
| nationality  = American
| high_school  = Central (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
| college      = [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]] (1938–1941)
| career_start = 1941
| career_end   = 1950
| years1 = 1941–1943<br/>1945–1946
| team1 = [[Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons]]
| years2 = 1946–1947
| team2 = [[Indianapolis Kautskys]]
| years3 = 1947–[[1949–50 NBA season|1950]]
| team3 = [[Minneapolis Lakers]]
| cyears1 = [[1951–52 NBA season|1951]]–[[1952–53 NBA season|1953]]
| cteam1 = [[Indianapolis Olympians]]
| highlights   = 
* [[List of NBA champions|BAA/NBA champion]] ([[1949 BAA Finals|1949]], [[1950 NBA Finals|1950]])
* [[List of National Basketball League (United States) champions|NBL champion]] (1948)
* [[All-National Basketball League (United States) Team|All-NBL Second Team]] (1942)
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1940]])
}}
'''Herman Henry Schaefer''' (December 20, 1918&nbsp;– March 21, 1980) was an American professional [[basketball]] player and coach.

A 6'0" [[guard (basketball)|guard]]/[[forward (basketball)|forward]] from [[Indiana University]], Schaefer played in the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] and [[National Basketball Association]] from 1941 to 1950 as a member of the [[Fort Wayne Pistons]], [[Indianapolis Kautskys]], and [[Minneapolis Lakers]].<ref>''The Official NBA Encyclopedia''. 2000. page 733.</ref> Schaefer later served as coach of the [[Indianapolis Olympians]].

==BAA/NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y}}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! FG%
! FT%
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| [[1948–49 BAA season|1948–49]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1948–49 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
| 58 || .374 || .817 || '''3.2''' || '''10.4'''
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| {{nbay|1949}}†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
| '''65''' || '''.389''' || '''.851''' || 3.1 || 5.1
|-
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 123 || .379 || .828 || 3.2 || 7.6
|-
|}

===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! FG%
! FT%
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| [[1949 BAA Playoffs|1949]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1948–49 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
| 10 || '''.462''' || '''.875''' || '''3.1''' || '''12.4'''
|-
|style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"| [[1950 NBA Playoffs|1950]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season|Minneapolis]]
| '''12''' || .381 || .864 || 1.3 || 4.3
|-
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 22 || .438 || .870 || 2.1 || 8.0
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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