STATISTICS & HISTORY
Robert “Ace” Gruenig was a ten-time AAU All-American. He led three Denver teams to the National AAU championships (1937, 1939, 1942). In 1948, at the age of 35, Gruenig made his professional debut in the National Basketball League and led the the Denver Nuggets in scoring with 11 points a game. In 1963, Gruenig was elected to Basketball Hall of Fame.
| ACE GRUENIG | Height: | 6:08 | Weight: | 230 | College: Northwestern’32 | |||||
| Robert Francis Gruenig | Born: Mar 12, 1913 | Died: Aug 11, 1958 | Hometown: Chicago, Il. | |||||||
| Member Basketball Hall of Fame | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG |
| 1931-32 | Northwestern (Frosh) | College | ||||||||
| 1932-33 | Chicago Rosenberg-Arvey | AAU | ||||||||
| 1933-34 | Chicago Lifschultz Fast Freighters | AAU | ||||||||
| 1934-35 | Denver Piggly Wiggly | AAU | ||||||||
| 1935-36 | Denver Safeways | AAU | ||||||||
| 1936-37 | Denver Safeways | AAU | ||||||||
| 1937-38 | Denver Safeways | AAU | ||||||||
| 1938-39 | Denver Nuggets | AAU | ||||||||
| 1939-40 | Denver Nuggets | AAU | ||||||||
| 1940-41 | Denver American Legion | AAU | ||||||||
| 1941-42 | Denver American Legion | AAU | ||||||||
| 1942-43 | Denver American Legion | AAU | ||||||||
| 1943-44 | Denver Ambrose Jellymakers | AAU | ||||||||
| 1944-45 | Denver Ambrose Jellymakers | AAU | ||||||||
| 1945-46 | Denver Ambrose Jellymakers | AAU | ||||||||
| 1946-47 | Denver Nuggets | NIBL | ||||||||
| 1946-47 | Denver Murphy-Mahoney Chevrolets | AAU | ||||||||
| 1947-48 | Denver Murphy-Mahoney Chevrolets | AAU | ||||||||
| 1948-49 | Denver | NBL | 49 | 194 | 170 | 260 | .654 | 558 | 11.4 | |
| Major League Totals | 49 | 194 | 170 | 260 | .654 | 558 | 11.4 | |||