DETROIT - 1948-1949
Detroit ceased operation on December 17, 1948. Franchise was awarded to New York Rens.
Played home games games at the Holy Redeemer Church Gym in Detroit – Seating capacity – 300
Also played some home games at the Dearborn High School Gym in Dearborn, MIchigan – Seating capacity – 1,000
DETROIT VAGABOND KINGS | NBL | 2-17 | DEL LORANGER | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ben Schadler | F | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Northwestern’47 | to Waterloo | 13 | 58 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 136 | 10.5 |
Dillard Crocker | F | 23 | 6:04 | 205 | W. Michigan’48 | fr FTWBAA/toAnd | 8 | 31 | 27 | 38 | .711 | 89 | 11.1 |
Dave Latter | C-F | 26 | 6:05 | 210 | None | 13 | 26 | 38 | 66 | .576 | 90 | 6.9 | |
John Sebastian | G | 27 | 6:01 | 190 | S. Illinois’47 | to Hammond | 19 | 86 | 62 | 101 | .614 | 234 | 12.3 |
Ollie Shoaff | G | 25 | 5:10 | 165 | S. Illinois’48 | to Hammond | 19 | 108 | 44 | 59 | .746 | 260 | 13.7 |
Hal DeVoll | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 200 | Lawrance Tech’47 | to Hammond | 18 | 46 | 22 | 32 | .688 | 114 | 6.3 |
Del Loranger | F-G | 28 | 6:03 | 180 | Western Michigan’44 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 35 | .686 | 64 | 4.0 | |
Art Bakeraitis | F-C | 23 | 6:04 | 210 | Bay City (Mi)JC | 13 | 18 | 24 | 37 | .649 | 60 | 4.6 | |
Tony Kaseta | C | 25 | 6:08 | 220 | None | 17 | 16 | 20 | 32 | .625 | 52 | 3.1 | |
Doyle Cofer | F | 24 | 6:03 | 185 | Indiana State’46 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 23 | .391 | 27 | 3.4 | |
Fred Campbell | G | 28 | 5:11 | 175 | S. Illinois’41 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 18 | 1.8 | |
Dick Shrider | G | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | Ohio U’48 | to New York BAA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 9 | 3.0 |
Paul Juntunen | G | 27 | 6:01 | 180 | Wayne State (Mi)’42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 2.0 |