STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bobby Dorn was a basketball star at Memorial High School in West New York, New Jersey. Dorn was standout during his only varsity season at Temple University. Dorn attracted alsoosiderable attention playing for the powerful Manhattan Beach 3rd Naval District Coast Guard team during World War II. After the war, Dorn was a top-ten scorer in tthe American Basketball League for two seasons, before quiting midway through his third ABL season to concentrate on a new electronics business that he and former teammate Dick Nochimson had started.
BOBBY DORN | Height: | 6:05 | Weight: | 200 | College: | Temple ’42 | |||||
Robert William Dorn | Born: Jun 21, 1920 | Died: Dec 27, 1979 | Hometown: | West New York, NJ | |||||||
REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1940-41 | Temple (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
1941-42 | Temple | College | |||||||||
1941-43 | U.S. Coast Guard | Military Service | |||||||||
1943-44 | New York | ABL | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
1944-45 | Washington | ABL | 5 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | ||||
1945-46 | Paterson | ABL | 32 | 134 | 105 | 373 | 11.7 | ||||
1946-47 | Paterson-Elizabeth | ABL | 30 | 127 | 135 | 389 | 13.0 | ||||
1947-48 | Paterson | ABL | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 21 | 4.2 | ||
1947-48 | Paterson Ramsey All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
Major League Totals | 38 | 147 | 111 | 405 | 10.7 | ||||||
PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1943-44 | Wilmington | ABL | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | ||||
Major League Totals | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |