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 |