STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bobby Neu starred in multiple sports at St. Mel High School in Chicago. Neu remained in Chicago for college, attending DePaul University. After a disappointing sophomore year, Neu blossomed into DePaul’s most prolific scorer in his junior and senior seasons. Following his college career, Neu spent the first two years of his professional career with Hammond in the National Basketball League. He led the All-Americans in scoring both seasons and earned second-team All-NBL honors in 1941. He served in the army for three years during World War II. After the war, Neu played his final season of professional basketball with his hometown Chicago Gears.
| BOBBY NEU | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 170 | College: | DePaul’39 | |||||
| Robert J. Neu | Born: Jun 28, 1917 | Died: Feb 7, 1971 | Hometown: | Chicago, Ill. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | DePaul (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | DePaul | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | DePaul | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | DePaul | College | |||||||||
| 1939-39 | Chicago Harmons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Hammond | NBL | 24 | 44 | 71 | 95 | .747 | 159 | 6.6 | ||
| 1940-41 | Hammond | NBL | 22 | 66 | 63 | 99 | .636 | 195 | 8.9 | ||
| 1941-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Pittsburgh | NBL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Wilmington | ABL | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.5 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Chicago | NBL | 31 | 61 | 56 | 83 | .675 | 178 | 5.7 | ||
| Major League Totals | 82 | 171 | 198 | 540 | 6.6 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECIORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1945-46 | Chicago | WBT | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 16 | 3.2 | ||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 16 | 3.2 | ||||