STATISTICS & HISTORY
Bob Fitzgerald was a basketball star at Newton High School in Queens, New York. He played one season of varsity basketball at Seton Hall University before turning professional in 1943 with the Brooklyn team in the American Basketball League.
| BOB FITZGERALD | Height: | 6:05 | Weight: | 190 | College: | Seton Hall’43 | |||||
| Robert Fitzgerald | Born: Mar 14, 1923 | Died: Jul 23, 1983 | Hometown: | Queens, NY | |||||||
| Brother of Richard Fitzgerald | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Seton Hall | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Seton Hall | College | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Brooklyn—New York-Wilmington | ABL | 18 | 38 | 31 | 107 | 5.9 | ||||
| 1944-45 | New York | ABL | 6 | 19 | 16 | 54 | 9.0 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Rochester Pros | Indep | 6 | 16 | 15 | 47 | 7.8 | ||||
| 1945-46 | New York | ABL | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Rochester | NBL | 10 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 3.3 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Toronto–New York | BAA | 50 | 70 | 81 | 130 | .623 | 35 | 221 | 4.4 | |
| 1947-48 | ySyracuse | NBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Hartford/Scranton | ABL | 11 | 32 | 31 | 95 | 8.6 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Atlanta | PBLA | 8 | 24 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 61 | 7.6 | ||
| 1947-48 | Twin Cities/Mohawk | NYSL | 18 | 148 | 8.2 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | Danbury | ECL | 5 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 8.8 | ||||
| 1948-49 | https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1949.html | BAA | 18 | 6 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 12 | 19 | 1.1 | |
| 1948-49 | Saratoga | NYSL | 18 | 202 | 11.2 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | Schenectady | ABL | 3 | 15 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 41 | 13.7 | ||
| 1949-50 | Meriden | ECL | 21 | 224 | 10.7 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | Meriden/Bristol | ECL | 15 | 129 | 8.6 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 119 | 184 | 182 | 550 | 4.6 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-44 | Wilmington | ABL | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Rochester | NBL | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 10 | 1.7 | ||
| 1946-47 | New York | BAA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | |
| 1947-48 | Scranton | ABL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Mohawk | NYSL | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | Rochester | BAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Major League Totals | 16 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 2.4 | ||||||