STATISTICS & HISTORY
Harry “Swede” Roos was fine all around athlete. In addition to his dozen years playing AAU and professional basketball, Roos played semi-professional football and was elected to the Softball Hall of Fame. Roos settled in Portland, the last stop of his pro basketball career. In 1979, Roos suffered a heart attack while attending a Trailblazers’ NBA game and died later that evening.
| SWEDE ROOS | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Illinois Normal | |||||
| Harry Marshall Roos | Born: Aug 8, 1913 | Died: Jan 30, 1979 | Hometown: | Chicago, Ill | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | Chicago Heights | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Chicago Englewood | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Whiting | MBC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Chicago | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Dayton DiveBombers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Chicago Gears | AAU | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Chicago | NBL | 22 | 24 | 22 | 34 | .647 | 70 | 3.2 | ||
| 1945-46 | Did Not Play | NBL | Head Coach
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Chicago Gears | |||||||
| 1946-47 | Did Not Play | NBL | Coach | Chicago Gears | |||||||
| 1947-48 | Waterloo | PBLA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 9 | 3.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Portland | PCL | 37 | 118 | 3.2 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 27 | 30 | 23 | 83 | 3.1 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | Dayton Dive Bombers | WBT | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 14 | 4.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Portland | PCL | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 14 | 4.7 | ||||