PLAYER PROFILE

JACK LAWRENCE

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Jack Lawrence played professional basketball for nineteen seasons. With a few exceptions, his entire basketball career was spent playing for teams in Philadelphia.  Lawrence was the backbone of  the great Greystock teams in the mid-teens and was instrumental in the capture of of back to back Eastern Basketball League championships in 1916 and 1917.

 

JACK LAWRENCE Height: 6:00 Weight: 180 College: None
John O. Lawrence Born: 1894 Died: Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Jacko Lawrance REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1912-13 Philadelphia St.Malachy ALP 32 4 4 68
1913-14 Gray’s Ferry Greystock EBL 3 4 0 1 8 2.7
1913-14 Forest Hill CCL
1914-15 West Philadelphia ISBL 1 2 4 4 4.0
1914-15 Philadelphia St.Elizabeth ALP 7 19 0 6 38 5.4
1914-15 Gray’s Ferry Greystock EBL 14 6 0 0 .000 4 12 0.9
1915-16 Philadelphia Greystock EBL 39 47 0 18 94 2.4
1916-17 Greystock EBL 40 55 0 19 110 2.8
1917-18 Philadelphia Greystock EBL 7 12 20 3 44 6.3
1917-18 PittstonHazleton PSL 3 2 0 4 1.3
1917-18 Philadelphia Hancock ABL 4 9 10 28 7.0
1919-20 Parkesburg Iron Co. Indep 36 135 64 38 334 9.3
1919-20 Germantown EBL 11 20 27 52 .519 3 67 6.1
1920-21 Parkesburg Iron Co. Indep
1920-21 Germantown EBL 3 1 4 11 .364 2 6 2.0
1920-21 PlymouthTrenton PSL 6 7 8 0 22 3.7
1921-22 HarrisburgWilkes-Barre EBL 35 65 48 128 .375 14 178 5.1
1921-22 Wilkes-Barre PSL 1 1 1 3 3.0
1922-23 Atlantic CityPhiladelphiaCoatesville EBL 21 37 35 74 .473 10 109 5.2
1922-23 Cohoes NYSL 11 13 17 43 3.9
1922-23 Elizabeth MBL 1 2 1 5 5.0
1922-23 Philadelphia St.Henry-Philadelphia Cathedral PBL 11 15 23 53 4.8
1923-24 Philadelphia Cathedral West Philadelphia Shanahan PBL 30 42 60 126 .476 13 144 4.8
1923-24 Boyertown American Legion Indep 3 5 4 14 4.7
1924-25 Tremont AnBL 2 3 1 7 3.5
1924-25 West Philadelphia Kayoula-  PWest Philadelphia Shanahan PBL 33 38 75 147 .510 18 151 4.6
1925-26 Reading EBL 16 33 0 66 4.1
1926-27 Hammonton SJL 2 2 1 4 .250 5 2.5
1927-28 Philadelphia Quartermaster PBL 22 8 39 55 2.5
1928-29 Philadelphia Quartermaster EBL 32 29 45 103 3.2
1929-30 Kennett Square EBL 4 0 4 4 1.0
Major League Totals 284 400 319 1119 3.9
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1915-16 Gray’s Ferry Greystock WS 2 2 0 4 2.0
1916-17 Greystock EBL 3 4 0 8 2.7
1922-23 Philadelphia Cathedral PBL 2 4 5 13 6.5
1926-27 Quartermaster PBL 2 0 6 6 3.0
1927-28 Quartermaster PBL 2 3 2 8 4.0
Major League Totals 7 10 5 25 3.6
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