{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jim Holstein | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|09|24}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|12|16|1930|09|24}} | death_place = Bradenton, Florida, U.S. | high_school = Hamilton Catholic (Hamilton, Ohio) | college = Cincinnati (1949–1952) | draft_year = 1952 | draft_round = 6 | draft_pick = 59 | draft_team = Minneapolis Lakers | career_start = 1952 | career_end = 1956 | career_position = Small forward | career_number = 13, 12, 10 | years1 = {{nbay|1952|start}}–{{nbay|1955|start}} | team1 = Minneapolis Lakers | years2 = {{nbay|1955|full=y}} | team2 = Fort Wayne Pistons | cyears1 = 1961–1972 | cteam1 = Saint Joseph's (Indiana) | cyears2 = 1972–1977 | cteam2 = Ball State | cyears3 = 1977–1993 | cteam3 = Saint Francis
| highlights = * 2× NBA champion (1953, 1954) * 3× First-team All-MAC (1950–1952) }} '''James H. Holstein''' (September 24, 1930 – December 16, 2007) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
A 6'3" forward/guard from the University of Cincinnati, where he was a consensus All-American, Holstein played four seasons (1952–1956) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Minneapolis Lakers and Fort Wayne Pistons. He averaged 3.8 points per game and won 3 NBA championships with the Lakers.
Following his NBA career, Holstein was a college basketball coach; he spent 11 seasons at Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana. He left Saint Joseph's to assume the head coaching job at Ball State University. Holstein's final coaching stop was as head coach at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1978 to1993. <ref>{{cite web|title=James H. Holstein Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heraldtribune/obituary.aspx?n=james-h-holstein&pid=99846429|publisher=Herald Tribune|accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Holstein (1952–1955) NBA Stats|url=http://basketball-players.pointafter.com/l/9824/Jim-Holstein|publisher=PointAfter|accessdate=29 July 2016}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Former Minneapolis Laker Jim Holstein Passes Away at 77|url=https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/071218holstein.html|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref>
==Career playing statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y|leader=y}}
===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/holstji01.html|title=Jim Holstein NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1952–53† | style="text-align:left;"|Minneapolis |66 |15.0 |'''.358''' |.667 |2.6 |1.1 |4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1953–54† | style="text-align:left;"|Minneapolis |'''70''' |'''16.5''' |.306 |.571 |2.9 |1.1 |3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1954–55 | style="text-align:left;"|Minneapolis |62 |15.8 |.324 |'''.713''' |'''3.3''' |.9 |'''4.5''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|1955–56 | style="text-align:left;"|Fort Wayne |27 |13.0 |.270 |.649 |2.8 |'''1.4''' |2.7 |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career |225 |15.4 |.323 |.647 |2.9 |1.1 |3.8 |}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1953† | style="text-align:left;"|Minneapolis |style="background:#cfecec;"|12* |16.0 |'''.476''' |.522 |2.5 |'''.9''' |4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1954† | style="text-align:left;"|Minneapolis |style="background:#cfecec;"|'''13'''* |14.5 |.306 |.696 |2.7 |.8 |3.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1955 | style="text-align:left;"|Minneapolis |7 |'''16.7''' |.421 |'''.889''' |'''4.3''' |'''.9''' |'''5.7''' |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career |32 |15.5 |.395 |.655 |3.0 |.9 |4.3 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{basketballstats|bbr=h/holstji01}} *[https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/071218holstein.html Jim Holstein's obituary at NBA.com]
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