STATISTICS & HISTORY
Dillard Crocker led Niles High School to the 1942 Michigan state Class B basketball championship. A year later, Crocker entered the Army to serve during World War. II.Crocker reentered the army in 1946 and served for two more years. In the fall of 1948, the 23-year old Crocker entered Western Michigan University University with four years of eligibility and the potential for star-studded college career ahead of him. Within a month, however, he dropped out of school and signed a professional contract to play for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the Basketball Association of America. While Crocker never became a star, he did have a solid five-year big-league pro career. He was the second-highest scorer for the Denver Nuggets in 1950.
| DILLARD CROCKER | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 205 | College: | None | |||||
| James Dillard Crocker | Born: Jan 19, 1925 | Died:Sep 1, 2014 | Hometown: | Niles, Mi. | |||||||
| Moose Crocker | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Niles American Legion | AAU | |||||||||
| 1946-48 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Benton Harbor Gardner’s | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Benton Harbor Gardner’s | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Fort Wayne | BAA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | |
| 1948-49 | Detroit–Anderson | NBL | 51 | 101 | 95 | 131 | .725 | 297 | 5.8 | ||
| 1949-50 | Denver | NBA | 53 | 245 | 233 | 317 | .735 | 85 | 723 | 13.6 | |
| 1950-51 | Denver–Anderson | NPBL | 40 | 145 | 153 | 212 | .722 | 443 | 11.1 | ||
| 1951-52 | Indianapolis–Milwaukee | NBA | 38 | 98 | 97 | 145 | .669 | 57 | 293 | 7.7 | |
| 1952-53 | Milwaukee | NBA | 61 | 100 | 130 | 189 | .688 | 63 | 330 | 5.4 | |
| 1953-54 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
| 1954-55 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 245 | 690 | 712 | 1000 | .712 | 2092 | 8.5 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1948-49 | Anderson | NBL | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 13 | 2.2 | ||