- 1947-1948
ANDERSON DUFFY PACKERS | WBT | 2-1 | MURRAY MENDENHALL | WBT | |||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
John Hargis | F-G | 27 | 6:02 | 180 | Texas’47 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 34 | 11.3 | |
Charlie Black | F-C | 26 | 6:05 | 200 | Kansas’47 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 18 | 6.0 | |
Howie Schultz | C | 25 | 6:07 | 200 | Hamline’45 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 | .769 | 26 | 8.7 | |
Frank Brian | G | 24 | 6:01 | 180 | LSU’47 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 25 | 8.3 | |
Boag Johnson | G-F | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Huntington(In)’47 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 21 | 7.0 | |
Rollie Seltz | G | 24 | 5:10 | 170 | Hamline’46 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 19 | 6.3 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 27 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 16 | 5.3 | |
Charlie Shipp | G | 34 | 6:01 | 205 | None | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 10 | 3.3 | |
Ed Stanczak | F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | None | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 3.0 | |
Price Brookfield | -F | 27 | 6:04 | 200 | West Texas State’42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 2.0 |
Played home games at the Wigwam in Anderson, Indiana – Seating capacity – 4,800
ANDERSON DUFFEY PACKERS | NBL | 42-18 | MURRAY MENDENHALL | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
John Hargis | F-G | 27 | 6:02 | 180 | Texas’47 | 59 | 235 | 172 | 329 | .523 | 642 | 10.9 | |
Charlie Black | F-C | 26 | 6:05 | 200 | Kansas’47 | 58 | 148 | 149 | 249 | .598 | 445 | 7.7 | |
Howie Schultz | C | 25 | 6:07 | 200 | Hamline’45 | 60 | 213 | 179 | 258 | .694 | 605 | 10.1 | |
Frank Brian | G | 24 | 6:01 | 180 | LSU’47 | 59 | 248 | 155 | 210 | .738 | 651 | 11.0 | |
Rollie Seltz | G | 23 | 5:10 | 170 | Hamline’46 | 59 | 118 | 90 | 119 | .756 | 326 | 5.5 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 27 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | fr Ft.Wayne | 43 | 120 | 43 | 88 | .489 | 283 | 6.6 |
Charlie Shipp | G | 34 | 6:01 | 205 | None | 55 | 103 | 63 | 95 | .663 | 269 | 4.9 | |
Ed Stanczak | F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | None | 55 | 73 | 61 | 102 | .598 | 207 | 3.8 | |
Boag Johnson | G-F | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Huntington(In)’47 | 57 | 84 | 31 | 53 | .585 | 199 | 3.5 | |
Price Brookfield | F-G | 27 | 6:04 | 200 | West Texas State’42 | fr Waterloo PBLA | 49 | 82 | 27 | 40 | .675 | 191 | 3.9 |
Wally Borrevik | C | 26 | 6:07 | 215 | Oregon’44 | to Flint | 15 | 13 | 12 | 25 | .480 | 38 | 2.5 |
Dick Furey | F | 22 | 6:03 | 195 | St.Thomas(Mn)’46 | to Flint | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 25 | 2.1 |
Jim Springer | C | 22 | 6:09 | 235 | Canterbury’46 | to Indianapolis | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 17 | 2.8 |
PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
John Hargis | F-G | 27 | 6:02 | 180 | Texas’47 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 38 | .658 | 85 | 14.2 | |
Charlie Black | F-C | 26 | 6:05 | 200 | Kansas’47 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 66 | 11.0 | |
Howie Schultz | C | 25 | 6:07 | 200 | Hamline’45 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 18 | .500 | 55 | 9.2 | |
Frank Brian | G | 24 | 6:01 | 180 | LSU’47 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 47 | 7.8 | |
Rollie Seltz | G | 23 | 5:10 | 170 | Hamline’46 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 26 | 4.3 | |
Price Brookfield | F-G | 27 | 6:04 | 200 | West Texas State’42 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 43 | 7.2 | |
Boag Johnson | G-F | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Huntington(In)’47 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 33 | 5.5 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 27 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 27 | 4.5 | |
Ed Stanczak | F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | None | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | .611 | 25 | 4.2 | |
Charlie Shipp | G | 34 | 6:01 | 205 | None | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 7 | 3.5 |
Played home games at the Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
ATLANTA CRACKERS | PBLA | 7-1 | COLBY GUNTHER | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Coulby Gunther | F | 23 | 6:04 | 190 | St.John’s(NY) | 8 | 49 | 61 | 83 | .735 | 159 | 19.9 | |
Bob Fitzgerald | F-C | 26 | 6:05 | 195 | Seton Hall’43 | to Syrcasue NL | 8 | 24 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 61 | 7.6 |
Bill Roberts | C | 22 | 6:09 | 210 | Wyoming’46 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 62 | 7.8 | |
Mike McCarron | G | 25 | 5:11 | 175 | Seton Hall’42 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 17 | .765 | 65 | 8.1 | |
Moe Becker | G | 30 | 6:01 | 185 | Duquesne’41 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 27 | 3.4 | |
Howie Rader | G | 26 | 6:01 | 190 | LIU’44 | to Tri Cities NL | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 32 | 4.0 |
Harry Miller | C | 24 | 6:04 | 230 | Seton Hall’42 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 18 | 4.5 | |
Charlie Scruggs | F | 24 | 6:00 | 180 | Georgia Tech’43 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.8 | |
Julie Silverman | G | 21 | 5:11 | 190 | None | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0.4 | |
Ken Keller | G | 25 | 6:01 | 180 | St.John’s(NY)’43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama – Seating capacity – 5,000
BIRMINGHAM SKYHAWKS | PBLA | 5-2 | FRED LEWIS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Fred Lewis | F-G | 26 | 6:02 | 195 | Eastern Kentucky’46 | to Sheboygan NL | 7 | 29 | 13 | 23 | .565 | 71 | 10.1 |
Lenny Rader | F | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | LIU’42 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 22 | .727 | 56 | 8.0 | |
Elmore Morgenthaler | C | 25 | 6:09 | 235 | N.MexicoMines/BostonC.’47 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 50 | .640 | 102 | 14.6 | |
Al Grenert | G | 27 | 6:00 | 190 | NYU’45 | to Tri Cities NL | 7 | 15 | 16 | 21 | .762 | 46 | 6.6 |
Gene Rock | G | 25 | 5:09 | 150 | USC’47 | to Chicago BAA | 7 | 19 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 48 | 6.9 |
Bobby Holm | G | 29 | 6:00 | 200 | Seton Hall’42 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 38 | 5.4 | |
Grant Dunlap | F | 24 | 6:03 | 185 | COP’47 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 28 | .571 | 24 | 3.4 | |
Harry Shor | F-C | 24 | 6:03 | 200 | None | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0.5 | |
Ernie Dibenedetto | G | 22 | 5:10 | 170 | DePaul’47 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0.2 |
BRIDGEPORT NEWFIELD STEELERS | 0-1 | PERRY PILOTTI | |||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Mickey Homa | F | 24 | 6:01 | 180 | Kentucky’48 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 10 | 10.0 | |
Jackie Bowden | F | 30 | 6:00 | 170 | None | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3.0 | |
John Wilson | C | 25 | 6:04 | 200 | Clark(Ga)/LIU | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 13 | 13.0 | |
Willie Zirkel | G | 20 | 6:03 | 165
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West Virginia’47 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 12 | 12.0 | |
George Petrovick | G | 27 | 5:09 | 160 | None | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 6.0 | |
Joe Oslai | F | 25 | 6:02 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Ernie Gomez | F | 23 | 6:02 | None | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
Zeke Fazekas | G | 28 | 6:00 | 175 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee – Seating capacity -3,000
CHATTANOOGA MAJORS | PBLA | 3-3 | DUTCH DEHNERT | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Tony Kelly | F-G | 26 | 5:11 | 165 | Marquette/DePaul’43 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 29 | 5.8 | |
Dick Kraus | F | 21 | 6:03 | 190 | West Virginia’47 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 24 | .542 | 53 | 8.8 | |
Dan Kirkland | C | 26 | 6:05 | 205 | Georgia’41 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 14 | .786 | 39 | 6.5 | |
Red Dehnert | G | 23 | 6:03 | 185 | Columbia’43 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 32 | 6.4 | |
Julie Kasner | G | 30 | 5:11 | 175 | Brooklyn’41 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 33 | .818 | 63 | 12.6 | |
Nat Silverberg | F | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Long Island’43 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 28 | 4.7 | |
Harry Johnson | F | 6:03 | 175 | None | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 23 | 4.6 | ||
Leroy Carlton | C | 21 | 6:07 | 210 | None | 6 | 10 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 23 | 3.8 | |
Bill Arnett | G | 24 | 6:00 | 175 | Tusculum’45/LIU’46 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 9 | 1.8 | |
Lou Fitzgerald | G | 28 | 6:01 | 155 | None | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Bill Anderson | G | 6:00 | 165 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
John Sullivan | C | 23 | 6:04 | 190 | Loyola(Ill) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at the Chicago Amphitheatre – Capacity – 11,000
CHICAGO AMERICAN GEARS | PBLA | 8-0 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Stan Patrick | F | 25 | 6:03 | 215 | Santa Clara/Illinois’44 | to Flint NL | 8 | 31 | 14 | 23 | .609 | 76 | 9.5 |
Bob Calihan | F | 29 | 6:03 | 200 | Detroit’40 | to Flint NL | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | .800 | 38 | 6.3 |
George Mikan | C | 24 | 6:10 | 235 | DePaul’46 | to Minneapolis NL | 8 | 79 | 35 | 54 | .648 | 193 | 24.1 |
Bobby McDermott | G | 33 | 5:11 | 185 | None | to Sheboygan NL | 8 | 65 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 140 | 17.5 |
Dick Triptow | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | DePaul’44 | to Tri Cities NL | 8 | 24 | 7 | 14 | .500 | 55 | 6.9 |
Fritz Nagy | F-G | 23 | 6:02 | 185 | Akron’47 | to Indianapolis NL | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 33 | 4.1 |
Pete Fogo | C | 26 | 6:05 | 180 | Pepperdine’47 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 24 | 3.0 | |
Billy Hassett | G | 26 | 6:01 | 180 | Notre Dame’46 | to Indianapolis NL | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 20 | 5.0 |
Charlie Molnor | G-C | 22 | 6:00 | 170 | None | LACC’47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 1.3 |
Franchise transferred from Midland, Michigan to Flint , Michigan during the season.
Played home games at the Midland High School Gym.
Played home games at the Industrial Mutual Association Auditorium in Flint – Seating capacity – 5,000
FLINT DOW A.C.’s | NBL | 8-52 | JIMMY WALSH | 0-2 | |||||||||||
MATT ZUNIC | 8-50 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Ray Patterson | F | 24 | 6:02 | 195 | Wisconsin’45 | 56 | 147 | 72 | 117 | .615 | 366 | 6.5 | |||
Bob Calihan | F | 29 | 6:03 | 200 | Detroit’40 | fr Chicago PBLA | 56 | 273 | 260 | 371 | .701 | 806 | 14.4 | ||
Milt Schoon | C | 25 | 6:09 | 230 | Valpariso’46 | 55 | 114 | 120 | 214 | .561 | 348 | 6.3 | |||
Stan Patrick | G-F | 26 | 6:03 | 215 | Santa Clara/Illinois’44 | fr Chicago PBLA | 44 | 149 | 90 | 144 | .625 | 388 | 8.8 | ||
Hal Gensichen | G | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | W.Michigan’47 | fr Indianapolis | 4 | 18 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 43 | 10.8 | ||
Matt Zunic | G | 28 | 6:03 | 195 | G.Washington’41 | Inujury | 57 | 123 | 85 | 128 | .664 | 331 | 5.8 | ||
Jim Gibbs | C-F | 34 | 6:05 | 195 | Warrensburg State’39 | fr Tulsa PBLA | 55 | 107 | 92 | 147 | .626 | 306 | 5.6 | ||
Danny Wagner | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | Texas’47 | 50 | 96 | 59 | 92 | .641 | 251 | 5.0 | |||
Milt Ticco | F-G | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | Kentucky’43 | to Indianapolis | 30 | 74 | 25 | 35 | .714 | 173 | 5.8 | ||
Keith Carey | G | 27 | 6;03 | 190 | Alma’42 | 37 | 33 | 45 | 64 | .703 | 111 | 3.0 | |||
John Janisch | F-G | 27 | 6:03 | 200 | Valpariso’45 | fr ProvBAA | 36 | 36 | 21 | 28 | .750 | 93 | 2.6 | ||
Danny Smick | F-C | 29 | 6:05 | 215 | Michigan’39 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 43 | .558 | 76 | 2.2 | |||
Charlie Joachim | G | 27 | 6:02 | 185 | Mt.Union’42 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 37 | .000 | 65 | 4.3 | |||
Fred Rehm | G | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | Wisconsin’43 | to Oshkosh | 14 | 19 | 23 | 30 | .000 | 61 | 4.4 | ||
Bill Sattler | C | 31 | 6:08 | 195 | Ohio State’40 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 25 | .000 | 45 | 6.4 | |||
Wally Borrevik | C | 26 | 6:07 | 215 | Oregon’44 | fr Anderson/to TC | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .000 | 14 | 2.8 | ||
Hal Korovin | C-G | 22 | 6:05 | 205 | CCNY’45 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .000 | 11 | 3.7 | |||
Frank Carswell | G | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | Rice’41 | fr Houston PBLA | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | 10 | 2.5 | ||
Paul Herman | G | 26 | 6:01 | 175 | Tennessee’43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 1.5 | |||
Dick Furey | F | 22 | 6:03 | 195 | St.Thomas(Mn)’46 | fr Anderson/to TC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
John Gibbs | G | 32 | 6:06 | 195 | Warrensberg St’41 | fr Tulsa PBLA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
FORT WAYNE PISTONS | WBT | 0-1 | CARL BENNETT | WBT | |||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 29 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 8 | 8.0 | |
Dick Niemeria | G-F | 27 | 6:01 | 165 | Notre Dame’43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 8.0 | |
Bob Kinney | C | 27 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 8.0 | |
Dick Triptow | G-F | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | DePaul’44 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 12 | 12.0 | |
Jack Smiley | F-G | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Illinois’47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 5 | 5.0 | |
Blackie Towery | F | 27 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 5.0 | |
Walton Kirk | F | 23 | 6:03 | 175 | Illinois’47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |
Ralph Hamilton | F-G | 26 | 6:01 | 188 | Indiana’47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1.0 | |
John Pelkington | C | 30 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1.0 | |
Ken Menke | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | Illinois’47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Bob Tough | G | 27 | 6:00 | 185 | St.John’s(NY)’42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana – Seating capacity – 3,800
FORT WAYNE PISTONS | NBL | 40-20 | CARL BENNETT | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ralph Hamilton | F-G | 26 | 6:01 | 188 | Indiana’47 | Injured | 49 | 143 | 101 | 135 | .748 | 387 | 7.9 |
Blackie Towery | F | 27 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 59 | 139 | 129 | 187 | .690 | 407 | 6.9 | |
Jake Pelkington | C | 30 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | Injured | 54 | 174 | 156 | 214 | .729 | 504 | 9.3 |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 29 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | Injured | 53 | 148 | 139 | 206 | .675 | 435 | 8.2 |
Bob Tough | G | 27 | 6:00 | 185 | St.John’s(NY)’42 | 60 | 129 | 48 | 71 | .676 | 306 | 5.1 | |
Bob Kinney | C | 27 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’42 | 58 | 149 | 92 | 147 | .626 | 390 | 6.7 | |
Dick Niemeria | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 165 | Notre Dame’43 | 59 | 118 | 97 | 135 | .719 | 333 | 5.6 | |
Jack Smiley | F-G | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Illinois’47 | 60 | 105 | 90 | 135 | .667 | 300 | 5.0 | |
Dick Triptow | G-F | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | DePaul’44 | fr Tri Cities | 48 | 74 | 75 | 119 | .630 | 223 | 4.6 |
Walton Kirk | F | 23 | 6:03 | 175 | Illinois’47 | Injured | 45 | 62 | 44 | 90 | .489 | 168 | 3.7 |
Ken Menke | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | Illinois’47 | 44 | 39 | 45 | 57 | .789 | 123 | 2.8 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 27 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | to Anderson | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 15 | 2.1 |
PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ralph Hamilton | F-G | 26 | 6:01 | 188 | Indiana’47 | Injured | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 2.0 |
Blackie Towery | F | 27 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 19 | 4.8 | |
Jake Pelkington | C | 30 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 34 | 8.5 | |
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 29 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 37 | 9.3 | |
Bob Tough | G | 27 | 6:00 | 185 | St.John’s(NY)’42 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 21 | 5.3 | |
Bob Kinney | C | 27 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’42 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 43 | 10.8 | |
Dick Niemeria | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 165 | Notre Dame’43 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 27 | 6.8 | |
Jack Smiley | F-G | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Illinois’47 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 20 | 5.0 | |
Dick Triptow | G-F | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | DePaul’44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 19 | 4.8 | |
Walton Kirk | F | 23 | 6:03 | 175 | Illinois’47 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 7 | 2.3 | |
Ken Menke | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | Illinois’47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 |
Palyed ome games at Grand Rapids Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan .
GRAND RAPIDS RANGERS | PBLA | 3-3 | STAN SZUKALA | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Bill Davis | F | 26 | 6:03 | 215 | Notre Dame’43 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 33 | 5.5 | |
Jim Cominsky | F | 26 | 6:01 | 180 | DePaul’43 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 20 | 3.3 | |
George Ratkovicz | C-F | 23 | 6:07 | 225 | None | to Rochester NL | 6 | 35 | 18 | 25 | .720 | 88 | 14.7 |
Stan Szukala | G | 29 | 6:00 | 185 | De Paul’40 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 20 | .650 | 59 | 9.8 | |
Wibs Kautz | G | 32 | 6:00 | 180 | Loyola(Ill)’39 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 21 | .714 | 57 | 9.5 | |
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Dick Starzyk | G | 26 | 5:10 | 180 | DePaul’46 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 25 | 4.2 | |
Tony Kaseta | C | 24 | 6:07 | 220 | None | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 19 | 3.8 | |
Art Stolkey | G | 27 | 6:01 | 180 | Detroit’46 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 16 | 2.7 | |
Bill Krall | C | 27 | 6:07 | 200 | Michigan State’46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Carter O’Rourke | F | 28 | 6:04 | 170 | DePaul’41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at the Municipal Auditorium in Houston, Texas.
HOUSTON MAVERICKS | PBLA | 2-0 | BILL CLOSS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Frank Gates | F-G | 27 | 6:00 | 160 | Sam Houston’41 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 14 | 7.0 | |
Bill Closs | F | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’43 | to Indianapolis NL | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 11 | 5.5 |
Bill Henry | C | 23 | 6:09 | 220 | Rice’45 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 27 | 13.5 | |
Frank Carswell | G | 28 | 6:01 | 175 | Rice’41 | to Flint NL | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 28 | 14.0 |
Hal Lambert | G | 27 | 5:10 | 170 | Rice’43 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 23 | 11.5 | |
Roy Cox | G | 22 | 5:08 | 160 | Texas’47 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12 | 6.0 | |
Willie Wells | F | 28 | 6:03 | 182 | SamHouston/Houston’47 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 2.0 | |
Ben Gardner | F | 23 | 6:03 | 178 | Sam Houston St’46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1.0 | |
Harmon Walters | F | 26 | 6:00 | 190 | Rice’47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
INDIANAPOLIS KAUTSKYS | WBT | 0-1 | BRUCE HALE | WBT | |||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Leo Klier | F | 24 | 6:02 | 170 | Notre Dame’46 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 13 | 13.0 | |
Bill Closs | F | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 5.0 | |
George Glamack | C | 29 | 6:08 | 240 | N.Carolina St’41 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 10 | 10.0 | |
Fred Lewis | G | 27 | 6:02 | 195 | E.Kentucky’46 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 9 | 9.0 | |
Bruce Hale | G | 29 | 6:01 | 175 | Santa Clara’41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 9.0 | |
Fritz Nagy | F | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Harvard/Akron’47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |
Jim Springer | C | 21 | 6:09 | 235 | Canterbury’46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 3.0 | |
Bob Dietz | G | 30 | 6:01 | 165 | Butler’41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 |
Played home games at the Hinkle Field House in Indianapolis, Indiana – Seating capacity – 15,000
INDIANAPOLIS KAUTSKYS | NBL | 24-35 | GLENN CURTIS | 8-8 | ||||||||||
LEO KLIER | 1-2 | |||||||||||||
BRUCE HALE | 21-31 | |||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | ||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Leo Klier | F | 24 | 6:02 | 170 | Notre Dame’46 | 56 | 227 | 152 | 223 | .682 | 606 | 10.8 | ||
Bill Closs | F-C | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’43 | fr Houston PBLA | 55 | 162 | 72 | 123 | .585 | 396 | 7.2 | |
George Glamack | C-F | 28 | 6:08 | 240 | N.Carolina St’41 | 57 | 215 | 162 | 244 | .664 | 592 | 10.4 | ||
Bruce Hale | G-F | 29 | 6:01 | 175 | Santa Clara’41 | fr St.Paul PBLA | 48 | 196 | 155 | 215 | .721 | 547 | 11.4 | |
Fred Lewis | G | 26 | 6:02 | 195 | E.Kentucky’46 | fr Sheboygan | 17 | 66 | 35 | 50 | .700 | 167 | 9.8 | |
Arnie Risen | C | 23 | 6:09 | 200 | Ohio State’45 | to Rochester | 33 | 137 | 124 | 191 | .649 | 398 | 12.1 | |
Ernie Andres | G | 29 | 6:01 | 200 | Indiana’39 | 47 | 106 | 47 | 75 | .627 | 259 | 5.5 | ||
Hal Gensichen | G | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | W.Michigan’47 | to Flint | 32 | 69 | 58 | 88 | .659 | 196 | 6.1 | |
Fritz Nagy | F-G | 23 | 6:02 | 185 | Harvard’46/Akron’47 | fr Chicago PBLA | 39 | 42 | 42 | 63 | .667 | 126 | 3.2 | |
Bob Dietz | G-F | 30 | 6:01 | 165 | Butler’41 | 37 | 48 | 25 | 45 | .556 | 121 | 3.3 | ||
Jim Springer | C-F | 22 | 6:09 | 235 | Canterbury’46 | fr Anderson | 19 | 8 | 16 | 26 | .000 | 32 | 1.7 | |
Ed Bogdanski | F | 26 | 6:04 | 220 | DePaul/Loyola(Ill)’47 | fr St. Paul PBLA | 19 | 15 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 32 | 1.7 | |
Don Grate | F-G | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Ohio State’45 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 31 | 2.8 | ||
Woody Norris | F-G | 28 | 6:01 | 170 | Butler’41 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 25 | 2.5 | ||
Herm Schaefer | G | 28 | 6:00 | 175 | Indiana’41 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 10 | 3.3 | ||
Milt Ticco | F | 26 | 6;03 | 205 | Kentucky’43 | fr Flint/to Sheboygan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.9 | |
Roy Pugh | F-C | 25 | 6:06 | 210 | SMU’48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 1.0 | ||
Jack Forestieri | G-F | 20 | 6:00 | 170 | None | fr Sheboygan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 4.0 | |
Del Loranger | F | 27 | 6:03 | 180 | Western Michigan’44 | fr Kansas City PBLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Leo Klier | F | 24 | 6:02 | 170 | Notre Dame’46 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 49 | 12.3 | ||
Bill Closs | F-C | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’43 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 37 | 9.3 | ||
George Glamack | C-F | 28 | 6:08 | 240 | N.Carolina St’41 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 68 | 17.0 | ||
Bruce Hale | G-F | 29 | 6:01 | 175 | Santa Clara’41 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 25 | .800 | 62 | 15.5 | ||
Fred Lewis | G | 26 | 6:02 | 195 | E.Kentucky’46 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 41 | 10.3 | ||
Fritz Nagy | F-G | 23 | 6:02 | 185 | Harvard’46/Akron’47 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 8 | 2.0 | ||
Bob Dietz | G-F | 30 | 6:01 | 165 | Butler’41 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 1.5 | ||
Ernie Andres | G | 29 | 6:01 | 200 | Indiana’39 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 1.3 | ||
Jim Springer | C-F | 22 | 6:09 | 235 | Canterbury’46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Home games at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. – Capacity – 10,000
KANSAS CITY BLUES | PBLA | 1-5 | CHUCK HYATT | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Babe Mazza | F | 25 | 6:01 | 180 | Marshall’43 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 45 | 7.5 | |
Bob Nodler | F-C | 29 | 6:04 | 195 | None | 6 | 19 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 43 | 7.2 | |
Bobby O’Brien | C | 20 | 6:04 | 190 | Kansas/Pepperdine | to Philadelphia BAA | 6 | 20 | 19 | 35 | .543 | 59 | 9.8 |
Hal Brown | G | 24 | 6:00 | 160 | Evansville’46 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 22 | .682 | 43 | 7.2 | |
Herb Gregg | G | 29 | 5:08 | 150 | Missouri’43 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 19 | 3.2 | |
Hal Johnson | G | 29 | 6:01 | 175 | Kansas Wesleyan’43 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 29 | 5.8 | |
John Simmons | G | 23 | 6:01 | 185 | NYU | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 13 | 4.3 | |
Bill Hall | F | 22 | 6:01 | 190 | Wash&Jeff/Marshall’47 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 9 | 1.5 | |
Kite Thomas | G | 23 | 6:02 | 190 | Kansas State’47 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 1.4 | |
Joe Patanelli | F | 28 | 6:03 | 200 | None | to Minneapolis NL | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 6.0 |
Del Loranger | F | 27 | 6:03 | 180 | Western Michigan’44 | to Indianapolis NL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 0.7 |
Home games played at the Louisville Armory.
LOUISVILLE COLONELS | PBLA | 2-4 | VIRGIL VAUGHN | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ed Kupper | F | 24 | 6:02 | 180 | Louisville’47 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 20 | .800 | 52 | 8.7 | |
Bucky Schuler | F | 24 | 6:03 | 200 | None | 6 | 21 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 51 | 8.5 | |
Virgil Vaughn | C-F | 29 | 6:04 | 195 | Kentucky Wes’n’41 | to Syracuse NL | 6 | 21 | 17 | 29 | .586 | 59 | 9.8 |
Stan Waxman | G | 25 | 5:11 | 180 | LIU’45 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 58 | 9.7 | |
Art Grove | G | 24 | 6:00 | 175 | Toledo’43 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 25 | 4.2 | |
Bill Wright | F | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Tennessee’47 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 25 | 4.2 | |
Dale Morey | G | 29 | 6:01 | 185 | LSU’42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 13 | 2.6 | |
Hy Grimmer | G-F | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | Murray State’43 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 10 | 2.5 | |
Homer Thompson | C | 31 | 6:04 | 215 | Kentucky’39 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 1.0 | |
Clete Helms | C | 28 | 6:05 | 220 | Drury/Warrensberg St’42 | to Springfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 |
Herb Hurley | G | 26 | 6:01 | 185 | Murray State’44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |
Ken Walters | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | Ohio U.’47 | to Syracuse NL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
George Day | F | 21 | 6:04 | 185 | Centre(Ky)’47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
MINNEAPOLIS LAKERS | WBT | 3-0 |
JOHNNY KUNDLA | WBT | |||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Jack Dwan | F-G | 26 | 6:04 | 200 | Loyola(lll)’47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 3.3 | |
Jim Pollard | F-C | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Stanford’42 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 45 | 15.0 | |
George Mikan | C | 23 | 6:10 | 245 | DePaul’46 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 37 | .622 | 83 | 27.7 | |
Swede Carlson | G | 24 | 6:00 | 170 | Minnesota’46 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 26 | 13.0 | |
Herm Schaefer | G | 28 | 6:00 | 175 | Indiana’41 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 35 | 11.7 | |
Tony Jaros | F | 27 | 6:03 | 185 | Minnesota’46 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 12 | 4.0 | |
Don Smith | G-F | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | Minnesota’42 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 8 | 2.7 | |
Johnny Jorgensen | G-F | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | DePaul | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 7 | 3.5 | |
Paul Napolitano | G | 25 | 6:02 | 185 | USF’43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 3.0 |
Played home games at the Minneapolis Auditorium – Seating capacity – 10,000
MINNEAPOLIS LAKERS | NBL | 43-17 | JOHNNY KUNDLA | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Jack Dwan | F-G | 26 | 6:04 | 200 | Loyola(lll)’47 | fr St.Paul PBLA/ Injured | 55 | 128 | 50 | 73 | .685 | 306 | 5.6 |
Jim Pollard | F-C | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Stanford’42 | 59 | 310 | 140 | 207 | .676 | 760 | 12.9 | |
George Mikan | C | 23 | 6:10 | 245 | DePaul’46 | fr Chicago PBLA | 56 | 406 | 383 | 509 | .752 | 1195 | 21.3 |
Swede Carlson | G | 24 | 6:00 | 170 | Minnesota’46 | Injured | 58 | 205 | 65 | 109 | .596 | 475 | 8.2 |
Herm Schaefer | G | 28 | 6:00 | 175 | Indiana’41 | fr indianapolis | 54 | 108 | 72 | 90 | .800 | 288 | 5.3 |
Tony Jaros | F-G | 27 | 6:03 | 185 | Minnesota’46 | 58 | 95 | 83 | 114 | .728 | 273 | 4.7 | |
Don Smith | G-F | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | Minnesota’42 | 57 | 69 | 62 | 94 | .660 | 200 | 3.5 | |
Paul Napolitano | F-G | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | USF’43 | 52 | 72 | 11 | 21 | .524 | 155 | 3.0 | |
Johnny Jorgensen | F-G | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | DePaul | fr BaltimoreBAA | 38 | 37 | 27 | 49 | .551 | 101 | 2.7 |
Bill Durkee | G-F | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | California’47 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 24 | .458 | 41 | 1.8 | |
Bob Gerber | F-C | 31 | 6:05 | 220 | Toledo’42 | to Tri Cities | 15 | 13 | 10 | 22 | .455 | 36 | 2.4 |
Jack Rocker | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 185 | California’47 | to Phil BAA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0.8 |
Ken Exel | G | 26 | 6:01 | 178 | Minnesota’43 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 4 | 0.8 | |
Joe Patanelli | F | 28 | 6:03 | 205 | None | fr Kansas City PBLA /Injured | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 4 | 0.8 |
Warren Ajax | F-C | 26 | 6:02 | 170 | Minnesota’43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Ted Cook | G-C | 26 | Tennesse’47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Jack Dwan | F-G | 26 | 6:04 | 200 | Loyola(lll)’47 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 59 | 5.9 | |
Jim Pollard | F-C | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | Stanford’42 | 10 | 48 | 27 | 41 | .659 | 123 | 12.3 | |
George Mikan | C | 23 | 6:10 | 245 | DePaul’46 | 10 | 88 | 68 | 96 | .708 | 244 | 24.4 | |
Swede Carlson | G | 26 | 6:00 | 170 | Minnesota’46 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 38 | 4.2 | |
Herm Schaefer | G | 28 | 6:00 | 175 | Indiana’41 | 10 | 51 | 31 | 38 | .816 | 133 | 13.3 | |
Tony Jaros | F-G | 27 | 6:03 | 185 | Minnesota’46 | 10 | 29 | 22 | 33 | .667 | 80 | 8.0 | |
Don Smith | G-F | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | Minnesota’42 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 35 | 3.5 | |
Johnny Jorgensen | F-G | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | DePaul | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 26 | 2.6 | |
Paul Napolitano | F-G | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | USF’43 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 20 | 2.2 |
Played home games at the Coliseum Arena in New Orleans, Louisana – Seating capacity – 6,000
NEW ORLEANS HURRICANES | PBLA | 3-5 | HERB PAILET | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Paul Seymour | F | 19 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | to Baltimore BAA | 8 | 43 | 27 | 33 | .818 | 113 | 14.1 |
Jack Mahnen | F | 23 | 6:04 | 190 | Toledo/Loyola(La)’43 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 41 | 5.1 | |
Milt Jackson | C | 24 | 6:04 | 170 | Loyola(La)’47 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 15 | .733 | 41 | 5.1 | |
Norm Rosen | G | 22 | 6:01 | 175 | Temple’47 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 101 | 12.6 | |
Al Ingerman | G | 22 | 5:08 | 150 | Temple’44 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 33 | .758 | 93 | 11.6 | |
Andy Gonczi | G | 26 | 6:01 | 165 | None | 8 | 13 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 28 | 3.5 | |
John McGee | G | 28 | 6:02 | 190 | Tulane’41 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 26 | 3.3 | |
### Van Booven | F | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 7 | 1.8 | |||||
Jack Vaughn | C-F | 24 | 6:05 | 190 | Texas’47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 7 | 1.2 | |
Tony DiBartolo | G | 24 | 6:00 | 195 | Loyola(La)’47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Pat Kenelly | C-F | 25 | 6:06 | 230 | SE Louisana’48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Pete Pasco | F | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | East Stroudberg STC’42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
NEW YORK RENS | WBT | 2-1 | BOB DOUGLAS | ||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FGA | Pct | PTS | AVG | |
George Crowe | F | 27 | 6:03 | 210 | Indiana Central’43 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 31 | 10.3 | |
Jim Usry | F | 26 | 6:03 | 210 | Lincoln(Pa)’46 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 20 | 6.7 | |
Sweetwater Clifton | C | 25 | 6:06 | 230 | Xavier(La)’43 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 25 | .680 | 71 | 23.7 | |
Sonny Wood | G | 25 | 5:10 | 195 | None | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 15 | 5.0 | |
Pop Gates | G | 30 | 6:01 | 205 | Clark(Ga)’39 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 26 | 8.7 | |
Duke Cumberland | F | 34 | 6:02 | 195 | Knoxville | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 27 | 9.0 | |
Dolly King | F-C | 31 | 6:02 | 215 | LIU’40 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 9 | 3.0 | |
Eddie Younger | G | 24 | 5:07 | 145 | LIU’44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Home games at Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City, Ok.
OKLAHOMA CITY DRILLERS | 2-3 | GLEN ROSE | |||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Lonnie Eggleston | F | 29 | 6:00 | 170 | Oklahoma A&M’42 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 26 | .654 | 55 | 11.0 | |
Aubrey Davis | F | 24 | 6:02 | 178 | East Central St’42 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 29 | 5.8 | |
Austin Earnest | C | 30 | 6:05 | 210 | Southeastern State’47 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 23 | 4.6 | |
Jack Watkins | G | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Oklahoma’47 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 27 | 5.4 | |
Weldon Kern | G | 24 | 5:09 | 145 | Oklahoma A&M’45 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 22 | .682 | 41 | 8.2 | |
Allie Paine | G | 28 | 6:00 | 165 | Oklahoma’47 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 17 | 3.4 | |
Calvin Benson | F | 24 | 6:04 | 195 | East Central State ’43 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 12 | 2.4 | |
Garland Head | F-G | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | Texas Tech’47 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 7.0 | |
Bob Fitton | C | 24 | 6:09 | 195 | Missouri Valley | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 5 | 1.0 | |
Chet Bryan | G | 32 | 5:10 | 165 | OklaCity/NM Mines | to Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Home games at Creighton University Gymnasium in Omaha, Nebraska.
OMAHA TOMAHAWKS | PBLA | 2-4 | LEN SHEPHERD | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Jim Kaeding | F | 25 | 6:02 | 155 | York (Neb)’47 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 52 | 8.7 | |
Fred Gran | F | 28 | 6:05 | 205 | North Dakota’41 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 63 | 10.5 | |
Ralph Langer | C | 26 | 6:05 | 195 | Creighton’43 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 22 | .682 | 67 | 11.2 | |
Bob Webster | G | 22 | 6:00 | 180 | USC’47 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 37 | 6.2 | |
Bob Butherus | G | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | None | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 27 | 4.5 | |
Wayne Kaeding | G | 27 | 6:01 | 170 | York (Neb)’47 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 28 | 5.6 | |
Rex Barney | G | 23 | 6:03 | 185 | None | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 10 | 1.7 | |
Clyde Ehlers | C | 23 | 6:05 | 220 | York(Neb)’44 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 6 | 1.0 | |
Dick Dermody | F | 25 | 6:02 | 195 | Arizona’44 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 5 | 1.3 | |
Tom Shanley | G | 25 | 6:01 | 175 | USC’47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.6 |
Played home games at the Recreation Gym in Oshkosh, Wisconsin .
OSHKOSH All-STARS | NBL | 29-31 | LON DARLING | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Bob Carpenter | F | 30 | 6:05 | 200 | East Texas State’40 | 60 | 211 | 160 | 213 | .751 | 582 | 9.7 | |
Gene Englund | F-C | 30 | 6:05 | 205 | Wisconsin’41 | 58 | 246 | 242 | 333 | .727 | 734 | 12.7 | |
Leroy Edwards | C-F | 33 | 6:04 | 225 | Kentucky’35 | 46 | 76 | 142 | 205 | .693 | 294 | 6.4 | |
Glen Selbo | G-F | 21 | 6:03 | 195 | W.Mich/Mich/Wisconsin’47 | 59 | 157 | 62 | 100 | .620 | 376 | 6.4 | |
Walt Lautenbach | G | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | Wisconsin’47 | 60 | 159 | 36 | 60 | .600 | 354 | 5.9 | |
Jack Maddox | F | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | West Texas State’42 | 60 | 146 | 59 | 90 | .656 | 351 | 5.9 | |
Clint Wager | F-C | 27 | 6:06 | 220 | St.Mary’s(Mn)’42 | 59 | 90 | 56 | 93 | .602 | 236 | 4.0 | |
Floyd Volker | F-C | 25 | 6:04 | 205 | Wyoming’47 | 57 | 102 | 31 | 66 | .470 | 235 | 4.1 | |
Bill Hapac | G-F | 29 | 6:02 | 200 | Illinois’40 | 47 | 78 | 74 | 119 | .622 | 230 | 4.9 | |
Fred Rehm | G | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | Wisconsin’43 | 26 | 21 | 30 | 42 | .714 | 72 | 2.8 | |
Eddie Riska | G | 28 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’41 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 24 | .625 | 57 | 3.2 | |
Bill McDonald | G | 31 | 6:03 | 190 | Marquette’40 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 21 | .524 | 35 | 1.3 | |
Bob Sullivan | G-F | 26 | 6:00 | 180 | Wisconsin’43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 12 | 0.9 | |
Abel Rodrigues | G | 25 | 6:00 | 175 | USF’47 | fr St.Paul PBLA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 1.1 |
Ted Scalissi | G | 26 | 5:08 | 160 | Ripon’47 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.7 | |
1-3 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Bob Carpenter | F | 30 | 6:05 | 200 | East Texas State’40 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | .857 | 26 | 6.5 | |
Gene Englund | F-C | 30 | 6:05 | 205 | Wisconsin’41 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 14 | .786 | 51 | 12.8 | |
Leroy Edwards | C-F | 33 | 6:04 | 225 | Kentucky’35 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 23 | .652 | 41 | 10.3 | |
Glen Selbo | G-F | 21 | 6:03 | 195 | W.Mich/Mich/Wisconsin’47 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 15 | 3.8 | |
Walt Lautenbach | G | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | Wisconsin’47 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 33 | 8.3 | |
Floyd Volker | F-C | 25 | 6:04 | 205 | Wyoming’47 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | .000 | 28 | 7.0 | |
Bill Hapac | G-F | 29 | 6:02 | 200 | Illinois’40 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 23 | 5.8 | |
Fred Rehm | G | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | Wisconsin’43 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 17 | 4.3 | |
Eddie Riska | G | 28 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’41 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .800 | 10 | 2.5 | |
Jack Maddox | F | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | West Texas State’42 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 9 | 2.3 | |
Clint Wager | F-C | 27 | 6:06 | 220 | St.Mary’s(Mn)’42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 1.3 |
Played home games at Edgerton Park Sports Arena in Rochester, New York – Seating capacity – 5,000
ROCHESTER ROYALS | NBL | 44-16 | ED MALANOWICZ | & | |||||||||||
LES HARRISON | |||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Bob Davies | F-G | 27 | 6:01 | 175 | Seton Hall’42 | Injured | 48 | 176 | 120 | 160 | .750 | 472 | 9.8 | ||
Andy Duncan | F-C | 24 | 6:06 | 195 | Kentucky/William & Mary | 60 | 200 | 119 | 199 | .598 | 519 | 8.7 | |||
Arnie Risen | C | 23 | 6:09 | 200 | Ohio State’45 | fr Indianapolis/Inj | 28 | 145 | 117 | 161 | .727 | 407 | 14.5 | ||
Al Cervi | G | 30 | 5:11 | 185 | None | Inj/Illness | 49 | 234 | 187 | 242 | .773 | 655 | 13.4 | ||
Red Holzman | G | 27 | 5:10 | 175 | CCNY’43 | 60 | 246 | 117 | 117 | 1.000 | 609 | 10.2 | |||
Fuzzy Levane | F-G | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | St.John’s(NY)’43 | Injured | 54 | 147 | 45 | 62 | .726 | 339 | 6.3 | ||
Arnie Johnson | C-F | 26 | 6:05 | 225 | Bemidiji State’43 | 57 | 101 | 97 | 147 | .660 | 299 | 5.2 | |||
George Ratkovicz | C | 23 | 6:07 | 225 | None | fr Grand Rapids PBLA | 53 | 79 | 76 | 119 | .639 | 234 | 4.4 | ||
Bobby Wanzer | G-F | 26 | 6:00 | 170 | Seton Hall’47 | 40 | 55 | 57 | 69 | .826 | 167 | 4.2 | |||
Bill Calhoun | F-G | 20 | 6:03 | 180 | None | 42 | 31 | 18 | 34 | .529 | 80 | 1.9 | |||
John Mandic | F-C | 28 | 6:04 | 205 | Oregon State’42 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 23 | .565 | 77 | 2.3 | |||
Leroy King | C | 26 | 6:07 | 200 | Northwestern’46 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | .000 | 12 | 0.4 | |||
Joe Lord | G-F | 23 | 6:01 | 175 | Villanova’47 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.5 | |||
Ocie Richie | F | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | NW Lousiana St’47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.3 | |||
PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Bob Davies | F-G | 27 | 6:01 | 175 | Seton Hall’42 | 11 | 56 | 49 | 64 | .766 | 161 | 14.6 | |||
Andy Duncan | F-C | 24 | 6:06 | 195 | Kentucky/William & Mary | 11 | 39 | 23 | 34 | .676 | 101 | 9.2 | |||
Arnie Risen | C | 23 | 6:09 | 200 | Ohio State’45 | Injured | 7 | 35 | 30 | 44 | .682 | 100 | 14.3 | ||
Al Cervi | G | 30 | 5:11 | 185 | None | Illness | 6 | 18 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 50 | 8.3 | ||
Red Holzman | G | 27 | 5:10 | 175 | CCNY’43 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 80 | 8.0 | |||
Bobby Wanzer | G-F | 26 | 6:00 | 170 | Seton Hall’47 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 28 | .857 | 66 | 6.0 | |||
Arnie Johnson | C-F | 26 | 6:05 | 225 | Bemidiji State’43 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 24 | .833 | 66 | 6.0 | |||
George Ratkovicz | C | 23 | 6:07 | 225 | None | 11 | 22 | 16 | 28 | .571 | 60 | 5.5 | |||
Fuzzy Levane | F-G | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | St.John’s(NY)’43 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 42 | 4.7 | |||
Bill Calhoun | F-G | 20 | 6:03 | 180 | None | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 25 | 3.1 | |||
John Mandic | F-C | 28 | 6:04 | 205 | Oregon State’42 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .000 | 7 | 1.4 |
Played home games at the Municipal Auditorium in Sheboygan, Wisconsin – Seating capacity – 3,500
SHEBOYGAN REDSKINS | NBL | 23-37 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | 4-5 | |||||||||
DOXIE MOORE | 19-32 | ||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Max Morris | F | 22 | 6:02 | 195 | Northwestern’46 | 39 | 132 | 132 | 61 | 2.164 | 396 | 10.2 | |
Mike Todorovich | F-C | 24 | 6;05 | 230 | Wyoming’47 | 60 | 277 | 223 | 65 | 3.431 | 777 | 13.0 | |
Ed Dancker | C | 33 | 6:07 | 210 | None | 58 | 109 | 78 | 50 | 1.560 | 296 | 5.1 | |
Paul Cloyd | G-F | 27 | 6:01 | 170 | Wisconsin | 60 | 213 | 129 | 71 | 1.817 | 555 | 9.3 | |
Al Lucas | G-F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | Fordham’43 | 58 | 98 | 39 | 56 | .696 | 235 | 4.1 | |
Fred Lewis | G | 26 | 6:02 | 195 | E.Kentucky’46 | fr Birm’hamPBLA//to Indianapolis | 27 | 103 | 66 | 76 | .868 | 272 | 10.1 |
Les Deaton | F-C | 24 | 6:04 | 210 | Simpson(Ia)’47 | 51 | 83 | 71 | 119 | .597 | 237 | 4.6 | |
Bob Bolyard | G | 27 | 6:00 | 185 | Toledo’43 | 56 | 72 | 50 | 73 | .685 | 194 | 3.5 | |
Bobby McDermott | G | 33 | 5:11 | 185 | None | frChicagoPBLA/to Tri Cities | 16 | 54 | 30 | 39 | .769 | 138 | 8.6 |
Luther Harris | F | 24 | 6:03 | 195 | None | Susp/to Tri Cities | 24 | 50 | 37 | 61 | .607 | 137 | 5.7 |
Milt Ticco | F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | Kentucky’43 | fr Indianapolis | 20 | 35 | 12 | 13 | .923 | 82 | 4.1 |
Bob Dykstra | C | 25 | 6:09 | 230 | Simpson(Ia)’46 | 51 | 19 | 26 | 52 | .500 | 64 | 1.3 | |
Kenny Suesens | G | 31 | 6:01 | 185 | Iowa’38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 15 | .333 | 11 | 1.0 | |
Fred Gantt | F-G | 25 | 6:03 | 175 | Richmond’46 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 11 | 1.8 | |
Jack Forestieri | G-F | 20 | 6:00 | 170 | None | fr Indianapolis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.3 |
Cecil Hankins | G | 25 | 6:01 | 175 | OklahomaA&M’45 | fr Boston BAA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.0 |
Home games at Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Temple Mosque in Springfield, Missouri – Capacity – 4,750
SPRINGFIELD SQUIRES | PBLA | 1-7 | DOLLY DAVIS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Fred Barker | F | 30 | 6:03 | 180 | Murray State(Ok) JC | 8 | 17 | 8 | 10 | .800 | 42 | 5.3 | |
Joe Pogue | F | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Notre Dame/Drury’47 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 22 | .273 | 42 | 5.3 | |
Billy Joe Hanks | C | 21 | 6:04 | 190 | Drury’50 | 8 | 29 | 12 | 32 | .375 | 70 | 8.8 | |
Darrell Lorance | G | 19 | 6:02 | 185 | Kentucky/Missouri’47 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 40 | .625 | 87 | 10.9 | |
Jack Roffler | G | 23 | 5:10 | 140 | Eastern Washington’47 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 56 | 7.0 | |
Bill Stockman | F-G | 26 | 6:02 | 170 | West Texas State’46 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 24 | 3.0 | |
Dolly Davis | G | 30 | 6:01 | 180 | SW Missouri State’39 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 23 | 3.3 | |
Ed Parry | G | 29 | 6:01 | 175 | None | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 14 | 3.5 | |
Ernie Young | G | 22 | 6:00 | 175 | Drury | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 13 | 1.9 | |
Clete Helms | C | 28 | 6:05 | 220 | Drury’40/Warrenburg St’42 fr Louisville | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 2.0 | |
Archie Vap | F | 23 | 6:04 | 180 | Hastings(Ne)’46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 2.0 |
Home games at City Auditorium in St. Joseph, Mo.
ST.JOSEPH OUTLAWS | PBLA | 1-6 | HAL HUTCHESON | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Tom Meyer | F | 25 | 6:04 | 215 | None | 7 | 33 | 19 | 31 | .613 | 85 | 12.1 | |
Don Fitz | F | 28 | 6:04 | 195 | Nebraska’41 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 30 | .433 | 49 | 7.0 | |
Hal Hutcheson | C | 27 | 6:05 | 190 | Marysville State’41 | 7 | 29 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 68 | 9.7 | |
Pete McCloud | G | 29 | 6:00 | 170 | Colorado’42 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 65 | 9.3 | |
Red Allen | G | 6:01 | 180 | St.John’s(NY)’41 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 46 | 6.6 | ||
Cy Singer | G-F | 30 | 6:02 | 210 | Notre Dame’47 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 13 | 1.9 | |
Dave Latter | C-F | 25 | 6:05 | 210 | None | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 7 | 7.0 | |
Charlie Epperson | G-F | 28 | 6:02 | 185 | Wisconsin’42 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 7 | 1.0 | |
Jack Oxenreider | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | William Penn (Ia)’46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Home games played at St. Paul Auditorium – Seating capacity – 9,000
ST. PAUL SAINTS | PBLA | 6-3 | BRUCE HALE | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Jack Dwan | F | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | Loyola(Ill)’47 | to Minneapolis NL | 7 | 33 | 19 | 31 | .613 | 85 | 12.1 |
Eddie Oram | F-G | 33 | 6:03 | 185 | USC’37 | to Syracuse NL | 7 | 18 | 13 | 30 | .433 | 49 | 7.0 |
Hal Kottman | C | 25 | 6:08 | 220 | Culver-Stockton’46 | 7 | 29 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 68 | 9.7 | |
Bruce Hale | G | 29 | 6:01 | 175 | Santa Clara’41 | to Indianapolis NL | 7 | 27 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 65 | 9.3 |
Marty Passaglia | G | 28 | 6:01 | 170 | Santa Clara’41 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 46 | 6.6 | |
Ed Bogdanski | F | 26 | 6:04 | 220 | DePaul/Loyola(Ill)’47 | to Indianapolis NL | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 13 | 1.9 |
Abel Rodrigues | G | 25 | 6:00 | 175 | USF’47 | to Oshkosh NL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 7 | 7.0 |
John Sebastian | G | 26 | 6:01 | 190 | Southern Illinois’47 | to Syracuse NL | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 7 | 1.0 |
Merrill Hubbard | F-C | 22 | 6:03 | 170 | Hamline’47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at the New York State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Syracuse, New York – Seating capacity – 7,500
SYRACUSE NATS | NBL | 24-36 | BENNY BORGMANN | 21-34 | ||||||||||
EMIL BARBONI | 0-1 | |||||||||||||
DANNY BIASONE | 3-1 | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | REGULAR SEASON | |||||||
GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||||||||
John Chaney | F-C | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | Injured | 40 | 107 | 78 | 103 | .757 | 292 | 7.3 | |
Jim Homer | F-C | 24 | 6:05 | 220 | Alabama’47 | 56 | 250 | 198 | 324 | .611 | 698 | 12.5 | ||
Mike Novak | C | 32 | 6:09 | 220 | Loyola(Ill)’39 | 60 | 211 | 124 | 201 | .617 | 546 | 9.1 | ||
Paul Seymour | G-F | 19 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | fr BaltimoreBAA | 30 | 79 | 47 | 64 | .734 | 205 | 6.8 | |
Jerry Rizzo | G-F | 29 | 5:08 | 150 | Fordham’40 | 60 | 160 | 217 | 303 | .716 | 537 | 9.0 | ||
Steve Sharkey | G-F | 29 | 6:00 | 190 | None | 60 | 108 | 64 | 110 | .582 | 280 | 4.7 | ||
Bob Kitterman | G-F | 22 | 6:01 | 180 | None | 54 | 117 | 38 | 53 | .717 | 272 | 5.0 | ||
George Nelmark | G | 30 | 6:01 | 185 | Kirksville STC’41 | Injured | 52 | 76 | 51 | 85 | .600 | 203 | 3.9 | |
Brooms Abramovic | F-C | 28 | 6:03 | 185 | Salem(WV)’43 | fr BaltimoreBAA | 35 | 72 | 42 | 54 | .778 | 186 | 5.3 | |
Eddie Oram | F | 33 | 6:03 | 175 | USC’37 | fr St.Paul PBLA | 24 | 39 | 29 | 44 | .659 | 107 | 4.5 | |
Bob O’Shaugnessy | G | 26 | 6:00 | 175 | Nevada(Reno)’47 | 25 | 41 | 19 | 31 | .613 | 101 | 4.0 | ||
Virgil Vaughn | F-C | 29 | 6:04 | 205 | Ky. Wesleyan’43 | fr Louisville NPBL | 11 | 29 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 63 | 5.7 | |
Chick Meehan | G | 27 | 5:11 | 180 | None | 22 | 16 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 42 | 1.9 | ||
Bill DeVenzio | G | 22 | 6:00 | 185 | Eastern Kentucky’47 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 11 | 1.8 | ||
Garland O’Shields | F | 26 | 6:01 | 195 | Tennessee’45 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 9 | 1.8 | ||
Roy Hurley | F | 25 | 6:02 | 170 | Murray St. | fr Tri Cities | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 6 | 1.5 | |
Bob Fitzgerald | F | 26 | 6:05 | 195 | Seton Hall’43 | fr Atlanta PBLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Ken Walters | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | Ohio U.’47 | fr Louisville PBLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
John Sebastian | G | 26 | 6:01 | 190 | Southern Illinois’47 | fr St.Paul PBLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | PLAYOFFS | |||||||
GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||||||||
John Chaney | F-C | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 17 | 5.7 | ||
Jim Homer | F-C | 24 | 6:05 | 220 | Alabama’47 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 18 | .778 | 36 | 12.0 | ||
Mike Novak | C | 32 | 6:09 | 220 | Loyola(Ill)’39 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 22 | 7.3 | ||
Paul Seymour | G-F | 19 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 29 | 9.7 | ||
Jerry Rizzo | G-F | 29 | 5:08 | 150 | Fordham’40 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | .889 | 28 | 9.3 | ||
Bob Kitterman | G-F | 22 | 6:01 | 180 | None | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 12 | 4.0 | ||
Brooms Abramovic | F-C | 28 | 6:03 | 185 | Salem(WV)’43 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 12 | 4.0 | ||
Steve Sharkey | G-F | 29 | 6:00 | 190 | None | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 10 | 3.3 | ||
Virgil Vaughn | F-C | 29 | 6:04 | 205 | Kentucky Wesleyan’43 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 10 | 3.3 | ||
George Nelmark | G | 30 | 6:01 | 185 | Missouri STC’41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.7 |
Played home games at the University of Toledo Fieldhouse – Seating capacity – 9,000
TOLEDO JEEPS | NBL | 22-37 | JULIE RIVLIN | ||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | REGULAR SEASON | ||||||
GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||||||
Hal Tidrick | F | 32 | 6:01 | 190 | Washington & Jefferson’41 | 59 | 267 | 189 | 243 | .778 | 723 | 12.3 | |
Dick Mehen | F-C | 25 | 6:06 | 195 | Tennessee’47 | 57 | 151 | 85 | 125 | .680 | 387 | 6.8 | |
Harry Boykoff | C | 25 | 6:10 | 235 | St.John’s(NY)’47 | 59 | 225 | 124 | 161 | .770 | 574 | 9.7 | |
George Sobek | G-F | 27 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’42 | Illness | 48 | 118 | 124 | 170 | .729 | 360 | 7.5 |
Fran Curran | G | 25 | 6:00 | 175 | Notre Dame’47 | 58 | 129 | 119 | 156 | .763 | 377 | 6.5 | |
Bernie Mehen | F | 29 | 6:04 | 185 | Tennessee’42 | 55 | 118 | 46 | 72 | .639 | 282 | 5.1 | |
Dale Hamilton | G-F | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | Franklin(In)’39 | 53 | 93 | 62 | 133 | .466 | 248 | 4.7 | |
Johnny Schick | F-C | 31 | 6:06 | 230 | Ohio State’40 | 55 | 64 | 23 | 37 | .622 | 151 | 2.7 | |
Julie Rivlin | G | 30 | 5:11 | 180 | Marshall’38 | Injured | 40 | 28 | 16 | 25 | .640 | 72 | 1.8 |
Jerry Bush | F | 31 | 6:03 | 210 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 19 | .789 | 65 | 3.0 | |
Jackie Goldsmith | G | 25 | 5:07 | 160 | Long Island’47 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 46 | 3.8 | |
Wyndol Gray | G | 25 | 6:01 | 175 | Harvard’46 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 3.0 |
TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS | WBT | 1-2 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | WBT | |||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Whitey Von Nieda | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 38 | 12.7 | |
Luther Harris | F | 24 | 6:03 | 195 | None | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 16 | 5.3 | |
Don Otten | C | 26 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 42 | 14.0 | |
Bobby McDermott | G | 34 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 20 | 6.7 | |
Billy Hassett | G | 26 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’46 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 13 | 4.3 | |
Howie Rader | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 190 | LIU’42 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 13 | 6.5 | |
Joe Camic | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 210 | Duquesne’47 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 6 | 2.0 | |
Ed Lewinski | F-G | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | None | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 5 | 1.7 | |
Wally Borrevik | C | 26 | 6:07 | 215 | Oregon’44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1.0 | |
Al Grenert | F-G | 28 | 6:00 | 190 | Yale/NYU’45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1.0 | |
Bob Skarda | G-F | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Tufts’46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
PLayed home games at the Wheaton Field House in Moline, Illinois – Seating capacity – 6,000
TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS | NBL | 30-30 | NAT HICKEY | 9-12 | |||||||||
BILLY HASSETT | 1-0 | ||||||||||||
BOBBY McDERMOTT | 20-18 | ||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Whitey Von Nieda | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 60 | 276 | 174 | 287 | .606 | 726 | 12.1 | |
Joe Camic | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 210 | Duquesne’47 | 60 | 129 | 75 | 113 | .664 | 333 | 5.6 | |
Don Otten | C | 26 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 60 | 282 | 260 | 392 | .663 | 824 | 13.7 | |
Billy Hassett | G | 26 | 6:00 | 180 | Georgetown/Notre Dame’46 | fr Chicago PBLA | 56 | 199 | 203 | 269 | .755 | 601 | 10.7 |
Bobby McDermott | G | 33 | 5:11 | 185 | None | fr Sheboygan | 37 | 191 | 67 | 93 | .720 | 449 | 12.1 |
Ed Lewinski | F-G | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 48 | 59 | 39 | 67 | .582 | 157 | 3.3 | |
Howie Rader | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 190 | LIU’42 | fr AtlantaPBLA/Suspended | 45 | 44 | 29 | 54 | .537 | 117 | 2.6 |
Mel Thurston | G | 28 | 6:00 | 175 | Canisius’43 | to Providence BAA | 34 | 36 | 38 | 61 | .623 | 110 | 3.2 |
Luther Harris | F | 24 | 6:03 | 195 | None | fr Sheboygan | 23 | 26 | 33 | 55 | .600 | 85 | 3.7 |
Bob Hubbard | F-C | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | None | to Providence BAA | 20 | 27 | 22 | 26 | .846 | 76 | 3.8 |
Dick Triptow | G | 25 | 6:00 | 170 | DePaul’44 | fr ChicagoPBLA/to Ft.Wayne | 9 | 18 | 12 | 19 | .632 | 48 | 5.3 |
Roy Hurley | F-G | 25 | 6:02 | 170 | Indiana /Murray St. | to Syracuse | 12 | 18 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 45 | 3.8 |
Wally Borrevik | C | 26 | 6:07 | 215 | Oregon’44 | fr Flint | 30 | 14 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 36 | 1.2 |
John Ezersky | F | 24 | 6:03 | 175 | None | to Providence BAA | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 23 | 0.8 |
Bob Skarda | G-F | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Tufts | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 1.3 | |
Bob Gerber | F-C | 31 | 6:05 | 220 | Toledo’42 | fr Minneapolis | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6 | 0.9 |
Al Grenert | F-G | 28 | 6:00 | 190 | Yale/NYU’45 | fr BirminghamPBLA/Suspended | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 1.3 |
Nat Hickey | G-F | 45 | 5:11 | 190 | None | to Providence BAA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 1.0 |
Dick Furey | G | 23 | 6:03 | 195 | St.Thomas(Mn)’46 | fr Flint | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 |
Jimmy Joyce | F-G | 23 | 6:05 | 195 | Temple’47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Ray Ramsey | G-F | 26 | 6:02 | 165 | Bradley’47 | Football/Injured | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Paul Anthony | F-G | 23 | 6:05 | 195 | Washington & Jefferson’44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Whitey Von Nieda | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 6 | 41 | 15 | 28 | .536 | 97 | 16.2 | |
Joe Camic | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 210 | Duquesne’47 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 31 | 5.2 | |
Don Otten | C | 26 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 38 | .789 | 98 | 16.3 | |
Billy Hassett | G | 26 | 6:00 | 180 | Georgetown/Notre Dame’46 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 26 | .654 | 53 | 8.8 | |
Bobby McDermott | G | 33 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 6 | 26 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 59 | 9.8 | |
Ed Lewinski | F-G | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 27 | 4.5 | |
Luther Harris | F | 24 | 6:03 | 195 | None | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 23 | 3.8 | |
Howie Rader | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 190 | LIU’42 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 22 | 3.7 | |
Wally Borrevik | C | 26 | 6:07 | 215 | Oregon’42 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 13 | 2.2 | |
Bob Skarda | G-F | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Tufts | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0.5 | |
Al Grenert | F-G | 28 | 6:00 | 190 | Yale/NYU’45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 0.5 |
Played home games at Fair Grounds Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma – Seating capacity – 6,300
TULSA RANCHERS | PBLA | 7-3 | JIM GIBBS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Jim Gibbs | F | 34 | 6:05 | 195 | WarrensburgSt’39 | to Flint NL | 10 | 50 | 25 | 35 | .714 | 125 | 12.5 |
Joe Maddox | F | 33 | 65:10 | 160 | NW Oklahoma State’38 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 34 | 3.8 | |
John Gibbs | C | 32 | 6:06 | 195 | WarrensburgSt’41 | to Flint NL | 10 | 16 | 8 | 14 | .571 | 40 | 4.0 |
Jack Landon | G | 22 | 6:01 | 180 | Oklahoma’47 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 37 | .595 | 60 | 6.0 | |
Joe Trosper | G | 26 | 5:06 | 145 | Okla.A&M’40/Oklahoma City43 | 10 | 28 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 68 | 6.8 | |
Don Platt | C-F | 6:06 | 190 | None | 10 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 37 | 3.7 | ||
Clint Parmer | G | 21 | 5:10 | 150 | Tulsa/Phillips | 10 | 10 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 31 | 3.1 | |
Ken Scott | G | 22 | 6:00 | 185 | Tulsa’47 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 16 | 2.0 | |
Chet Bryan | G | 32 | 5:10 | 165 | OklaCity/N.Mex.Mines | fr Oklahoma City | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .000 | 15 | 2.5 |
Phil Moore | F | 27 | 6:05 | 190 | Southwestern (Ks)’43 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .000 | 7 | 0.9 |
Home games at Dairy Cattle Congress Hippodrome in Waterloo, Ia. – Capacity – 8,000
WATERLOO PRO-HAWKS | PBLA | 1-5 | SWEDE ROOS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Price Brookfield | F | 27 | 6:04 | 200 | Iowa/West TexSt’42 | to Anderson NL | 6 | 28 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 66 | 11.0 |
Dick Lynch | F | 23 | 6:03 | 190 | Loras’47 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 28 | 4.7 | |
Noble Jorgensen | C | 22 | 6:09 | 230 | Westminister/Iowa’47 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 26 | .654 | 71 | 11.8 | |
Otto Kerber | G | 25 | 6:02 | 175 | DePaul’47 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 36 | 6.0 | |
Jack Spehn | G | 20 | 6:02 | 185 | Detroit’46 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 30 | 5.0 | |
Nick Vodick | F | 25 | 6:02 | 195 | Northwestern’44 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 27 | 4.5 | |
Ollie White | G | 24 | 6:00 | 185 | Michigan State’47 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 25 | 4.2 | |
Swede Andersen | F-C | 33 | 6:05 | 215 | St.Mary’s(Ca)’38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 10 | 2.0 | |
Swede Roos | G | 34 | 6:02 | 180 | Illinois Normal | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 3.0 | |
Emil Lussow | F | 25 | 6:01 | 215 | Duquesne’41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 1.2 | |
Carl Bruch | F | 28 | 6:04 | 190 | Iowa State’41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
WILKES-BARRE | WBT | 0-1 | EDDIE WHITE | ||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Cas Ostrowski | F | 23 | 6:02 | 170 | Scranton’43 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 24 | 24.0 | |
Steve Chanecka | F | 30 | 6:02 | 205 | None | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |
Herky Baltimore | C | 27 | 6:03 | 195 | Penn State’43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 4.0 | |
Bill Chanecka | G | 24 | 6:03 | 185 | NC State/Broome Cty Tech | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 8 | 8.0 | |
Ted Hanauer | G | 23 | 6:00 | 170 | Huntington(In)’43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 6.0 | |
Chick Craig | G | 25 | 6:01 | 180 | LIU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 3.0 | |
John Barr | C | 29 | 6:03 | 205 | Penn State’41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3.0 | |
Bob Dehnert | G | 24 | 6:00 | 175 | Columbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |