PLAYER PROFILE

HOWIE MEYERS

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Howie Meyers was a star athlete at Technical High School in Scranton Pennsylvania. In his first year out of high school, Meyers led the semi-professional County League in scoring with 11 points a game.  The following season, Meyers had a whirlwind six week, eight-game sojourn in the American Basketball League. He also played three years of professional basketball in the Pennsylvania Basketball League before he entered Springfield College in the fall of  1929. Meyers lettered in football, basketball and baseball during his collegiate athletic career at Springfield. After leaving college in 1932 , Meyers played professional baseball for eight seasons, mostly in the high minors.

 

HOWIE MEYERS Height: 5:08 Weight: 155 College: Springfield’33
Howard Alexander Meyers Born: Aug 3, 1907 Died: Apr 5, 1990 Hometown: Scranton, Pa.
Butch Meters REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1926-27 Dunmore CL 34 101 161 363 10.7
1927-28 Washington/Brooklyn ABL 8 5 1 11 1.4
1927-28 Old Forge-Carbondale PSL 10 29 42 100 10.0
1928-29 Carbondale PSL 26 68 88 224 8.6
1929-30 Carbondale PSL 8 11 17 39 4.9
1929-30 Springfield College
1930-31 Springfield College
1931-32 Springfield College
1932-33 Springfield College
1932-33 Dunmore PSL 7 39 5 83 11.9
1933-34 Dunmore PSL 25 67 30 164 6.6
Major League Totals 8 5 1 11 1.4
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1928-29 Carbondale PSL 2 3 8 14 7.0
1932-33 Dunmore PSL 1 0 0 0 0.0

 

 

 

 

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