STATISTICS & HISTORY
Fred Lewis starred in basketball at James Madison High School in Brooklyn. The “Wonder Team” won 37 consecutive games over two seasons and captured the PSAL Championship in 1939. He played basketball at Long Island University before entering the Marine Corps during World War II. Lewis returned to college basketball at Eastern Kentucky University where he received All-American honors. As a junior, he was the leading college scorer in the nation. Lewis played professional basketball for four seasons before he turned to college coaching. He had successful stints at Southern Mississippi University and Syracuse University while compiling an over-all college career record of 240-127.
| FRED LEWIS | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 195 | College: | LIU’44/Eastern Kentucky’46 | |||||
| Frederick Bott Lewis Jr. | Born: Jan 6, 1921 | Died: Dec 27, 1994 | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1943-45 | U.S. Marines | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Eastern Kentucky | College | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Sheboygan Red Skins | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Sheboygan | NBL | 44 | 230 | 125 | 168 | .744 | 585 | 13.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | Birmingham | PBLA | 7 | 29 | 13 | 23 | .565 | 71 | 10.1 | ||
| 1947-48 | Sheboygan–Indianapolis | NBL | 44 | 169 | 101 | 137 | .737 | 439 | 10.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Indianapolis–Baltimore | BAA | 61 | 272 | 138 | 181 | .762 | 682 | 11.2 | ||
| 1949-50 | Baltimore–Philadelphia | NBA | 34 | 46 | 25 | 32 | .781 | 107 | 117 | 3.4 | |
| 1949-50 | Hartford | ABL | 10 | 46 | 29 | 37 | .784 | 121 | 12.1 | ||
| 1950-51 | Meriden | CSL | 21 | 282 | 13.4 | ||||||
| 1951-52 | Washington-Middletown | ABL | 10 | 34 | 20 | 88 | 8.8 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 190 | 246 | 402 | 541 | .743 | 1894 | 10.0 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1945-46 | Sheboygan | WBT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 7 | 7.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Sheboygan | NBL | 5 | 23 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 55 | 11.0 | ||
| 1946-47 | Sheboygan | WBT | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 25 | 12.5 | ||
| 1947-48 | ndianapolis | NBL | 4 | 18 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 41 | 10.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | ndianapolis | WBT | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 9 | 9.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Baltimore | BAA | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 37 | 12.3 | ||
| 1950-51 | Meridan | CSL | 4 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 11.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 16 | 72 | 30 | 46 | .652 | 174 | 10.9 | ||||