Andy Phillip (born March 7, 1922 Granite City, IL - ) was a guard/forward with an 11 year career from 1948 to 1958. He played for the Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America and the Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons and Boston Celtics all of the NBA. The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association team based in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. ... The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
He coached the 1959 St. Louis Hawks of the NBA to a 6-4 record. The Atlanta Hawks are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.
Andy is predominantly a diminutive version of the male given name Andrew, based on the Scottish "ie" diminutive ending.
It is also occasionally used as a dimunutive for the female given name Andrea, the Portuguese feminine version of the name Andrew.
It is also occasionally spelt as Andie, and is the 217th most popular name in the USA, with less than 0.001% of the people with this name being female.