STATISTICS & HISTORY
Colby Gunther was a star basketball player at South Side High School in Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York. Gunther set a freshman scoring record at at St.John’s University of 23.3 points per game. Gunther entered the military after his freshmen year to serve in World War II. In 1946-47, Gunther was the leading scorer for the Pittsburgh Ironmen in the new Basketball Association of America. The following season, Gunther became the player-coach of the Atlanta team in the Professional Basketball League of America. In the short-lived PBLA, Gunther was the second leading scorer in the league, behind George Mikan. Gunther returned to the BAA in 1948-49 with St.Louis, but averaged only 5 points a game. He remained a double-digit scorer in various minor leagues until his final season in 1952-53.
| COULBY GUNTHER | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 190 | College: | St.John’s(NY) (Frosh)’42 | |||||
| Coulby D. Gunther | Born: | Feb 5, 1923 | Died: Jul 14, 2005 | Hometown: | New York, NY | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | St.John’s (NY) (Frosh) | 23.3 | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Pittsburgh | BAA | 52 | 254 | 226 | 351 | .644 | 32 | 734 | 14.1 | |
| 1947-48 | Atlanta | PBLA | 8 | 49 | 61 | 83 | .735 | 159 | 19.9 | ||
| 1947-48 | Brooklyn-Hartford | ABL | 15 | 74 | 57 | 65 | .671 | 205 | 13.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Saratoga-Mohawk-Schenectady | NYSL | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | Danbury | CSL | 3 | 22 | 8 | 52 | 17.3 | ||||
| 1948-49 | St.Louis | BAA | 32 | 57 | 45 | 71 | .634 | 33 | 159 | 5.0 | |
| 1948-49 | Troy/Schenectady | NYSL | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | Danbury | CSL | 6 | 41 | 33 | 115 | 19.2 | ||||
| 1949-50 | Meriden | CSL | 23 | 484 | 21.0 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | Allen-Beth | ABL | 9 | 24 | 27 | 46 | .587 | 75 | 8.3 | ||
| 1950-51 | Bristol | CSL | 15 | 214 | 14.3 | ||||||
| 1952-53 | Pawtucket | ABL | 14 | 65 | 40 | 170 | 12.1 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 119 | 456 | 397 | 570 | 1309 | 11.0 | |||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1948-49 | St.Louis | BAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1949-50 | Meriden | CSL | 5 | 41 | 28 | 110 | 22.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||