PLAYER PROFILE

GIL FITCH

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Gil Fitch was a basketball, baseball, and soccer star at Philadelphia Central High School. Fitch was a three-year varsity basketball starter at Temple University. During his three years on the team, Temple compiled an 48-14 record. Gil was a solid supporting player during some of the best years of the famed Philadelphia Sphas.  In addition to his duties as a player, for many years Fitch was also the leader of the orchestra that played after all the Sphas’ home games at the Broadwood Hotel ballroom.

 

GILFITCH Height: 6:00 Weight: 175 College: Temple’32
GGilbert Fitch Born: Dec 24, 1909 Died:  May 22, 2005 Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1928-29 Temple (Frosh) College
1929-30 Temple College
1930-31 Temple College
1931-32 Temple College
1932-33 Philadelphia SPHAS EBL 23 14 23 51 2.2
1933-34 Philadelphia Passon EBL 14 35 26 96 6.9
1933-34 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 25 27 7 61 2.4
1934-35 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 38 51 30 132 3.5
1935-36 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 36 53 16 122 3.4
1936-37 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 32 34 8 76 2.4
1937-38 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 39 45 28 118 3.0
Major League Totals 193 224 112 560 2.9
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1932-33 Philadelphia SPHAS EBL 4 5 5 15 3.8
1933-34 Philadelphia Passon EBL 2 3 1 7 3.5
1933-34 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 5 1 4 6 1.2
1935-36 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 6 3 3 9 1.5
1936-37 Philadelphia SPHAS ABL 5 9 5 23 4.6
Major League Totals 20 18 17 53 2.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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