PLAYER PROFILE

GEORGE SENESKY

STATISTICS & HISTORY

GGeorge Senesky was high school basketball star from Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. Senesky played four years of  varsity basketball for St. Joseph’s college in Philadelphia. In his senior year, Senesky led the nation in scoring with 23.4 point per game and was named an All-American and the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year. After military service in World War II, Senesky played for the Philadelphia Sphas during the 1945-46 American Basketball  season. In the fall of 1946 Senesky  joined the Philadelphia Warriors of the newly formed Basketball Association of America. The Warriors captured the initinal BAA (NBA)   title.   Senesky played with the Warriors for seven more seasons before he retired as player in 1953. Two seasons after retiring from the Warriors, Senesky returned to coach the team to a 45-27 record. The Warriors then went on beat the Fort Wayne Pistons in five games to win the the 1955-56 NBA  championship.

 

GEORGE  SENESKY Height: 6:02 Weight: 180 College: St.Joseph’s’43
George Lawrence Senesky Born: Apr 4, 1922 Died: Jun 25, 2001 Hometown: Mahanoy City, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1939-40 St.Joseph’s (Pa) College 14 54 6 19 .316 114 8.1
1940-41 St.Joseph’s (Pa) College 17 52 19 33 .576 123 7.2
1941-42 St.Joseph’s (Pa) College 17 89 39 54 .722 217 12.8
1942-43 St.Joseph’s (Pa) College 22 211 93 124 .750 515 23.4
1943-46 U.S.Army Military Service 0
1945-46 Philadelphia ABL 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0
1946-47 Philadelphia BAA 58 142 82 124 .661 366 6.3
1947-48 Philadelphia BAA 47 158 98 147 .667 414 8.8
1948-49 Philadelphia BAA 60 138 111 152 .730 387 6.5
1949-50 Philadelphia BAA 68 227 157 223 .704 611 9.0
1950-51 Philadelphia BAA 65 249 181 238 .761 679 10.4
1951-52 Philadelphia BAA 57 164 146 194 .753 474 8.3
1952-53 Philadelphia BAA 69 160 93 146 .637 413 6.0
1952-53 United States Stars Indep
1953-54 Philadelphia BAA 58 41 29 53 .547 111 1.9
1953-54 United States Amassadors Indep
Major League Totals 483 1280 897 1277 .702 3457 7.2
PLAYOFF RECORD
1946-47 Philadelphia BAA 10 44 21 26 .808 109 10.9
1947-48 Philadelphia BAA 13 50 29 45 .644 129 9.9
1948-49 Philadelphia BAA 2 3 6 8 .750 12 6.0
1949-50 Philadelphia BAA 2 6 2 4 .500 14 7.0
1950-51 Philadelphia BAA 2 4 7 9 .778 15 7.5
1951-52 Philadelphia BAA 3 18 7 11 .636 43 14.3

 

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