STATISTICS & HISTORY
Dale Hamilton was one of the key players with Fort Wayne South Side High School, the 1947-48 Indiana state prep champions. Hamilton played for one year at Franklin College in Indiana. In 1939, Hamilton began a professional basketball career that would span over a decade. While is was seldom a starter on any pro team, he remained in demand throughout the 1940’s because he was a hard-working, savy player who was popular with both teammates and fans.
| DALE HAMILTON | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Franklin (Ind)’39 | |||||
| Dale Brice Hamilton | Born: | Aug 16, 1919 | Died: Aug 12, 1994 | Hometown: | Fort Wayne, In. | ||||||
| Brother of Ralph Hamilton | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1938-39 | Franklin | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Hammond | NBL | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1.6 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Fort Wayne Pistons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 16 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | ||||
| 1942-43 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 18 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0.9 | ||||
| 1943-44 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1944-46 | U.S. Army Air Corp. | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Toledo | NBL | 44 | 114 | 67 | 131 | .511 | 295 | 6.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Toledo | NBL | 53 | 93 | 62 | 133 | .466 | 248 | 4.7 | ||
| 1948-49 | Waterloo | NBL | 62 | 78 | 94 | 179 | .525 | 250 | 4.0 | ||
| 1949-50 | Waterloo | NBA | 14 | 8 | 9 | 19 | .474 | 17 | 25 | 1.8 | |
| 1950-51 | Waterloo Rockets | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 227 | 318 | 250 | 886 | 3.9 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Fort Wayne | WBT | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 9.0 | ||
| 1941-42 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Fort Wayne | WBT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1942-43 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1942-43 | Fort Wayne | WBT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.3 | ||
| 43-44 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1943-44 | 44Fort Wayne | WBT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Toledo | NBL | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | .350 | 19 | 4.8 | ||
| 1946-47 | Toledo | WBT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.7 | ||
| Major League Totals | 26 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 1.5 | ||||||