STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bob Roth was a scholastic sports star at Detroit’s Central High School .Roth played basketball at Wayne State University in Detroit and also played pro and semi-pro basketball around Detroit until he entered the Army for service during World War II. After the war, Roth joined the famed House of David barnstorming team. He toured with the team for the next dozen years, until he was 41 years old, as player, coach and business manager.
BOB ROTH | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 145 | College: | Wayne State’39 | |||||
Robert Lyle Roth | Born: Aug 8, 1915 | Died: Jan 29, 1975 | Hometown: | Detroit, Mi. | |||||||
Bobby Roth | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1932-33 | Detroit Twenty Grand | AAU | |||||||||
1933-34 | Wayne State(Frosh) | College | |||||||||
1934-35 | Wayne State | College | |||||||||
1935-36 | Detroit | MBC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
1935-36 | Detroit Alte Lager | AAU | |||||||||
1936-37 | Royal Oak Yellow Cab | AAU | |||||||||
1937-38 | Detroit | AAU | |||||||||
1937-38 | Wayne State | College | |||||||||
1938-39 | Wayne State | College | |||||||||
1939-40 | Detroit Sufferins | Indep | |||||||||
1940-41 | Detroit | Indep | |||||||||
1941-42 | Detroit AAA | Indep | |||||||||
1942-43 | Detroit Eagles | Indep | |||||||||
1942-43 | Detroit Detroiters | Indep | |||||||||
1942-46 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
1945-46 | Detroit Mansfields | Indep | |||||||||
1946-47 | Detroit Mansfields | Indep | |||||||||
1946-47 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1947-48 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1948-49 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1949-50 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1950-51 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1951-52 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1952-53 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1953-54 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1954-55 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1955-56 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1956-57 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1957-58 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
1958-59 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
Major League Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1941-42 | Detroit AAA | WBT | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 13 | 13.0 | ||
1942-43 | Detroit Eagles | WBT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
1945-46 | Detroit Mansfields | WBT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
Major League Totals | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 15 | 5.0 |