STATISTICS & HISTORY
In the earl 1940s, Harvey Martins, along with future NBA player Ed Ehlers were the mainstays of the strong South Bend Central High School teams coached by future Hall of Fame coach, John Wooden. Martens and Ehlers enrolled together at Purdue University, but Martens dropped out midway through his freshman year and transferred to George Washington University. After serving in the army for two years, Martens joined the Dow Chemical Company of Midland Michigan and played independent basketball for the company team for three seasons.
| HARVEY MARTENS | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Purdue’42/ G.Washington’42 | |||||
| Harvey Harold Martens | Born: | Sep 18, 1921 | Died: Nov 10, 1996 | Hometown: | South Bend, In. | ||||||
| REGULAR SESON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Purdue (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | George Washington (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1942-44 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Midland Dow Chemicals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Midland Dow Chemicals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Midland Dow Chemicals | Indep | |||||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1944-45 | Midland Dow Chemicals | WBT | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 32 | 16.0 | ||
| 1945-46 | 46Midland Dow Chemicals | WBT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 2.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 4 | 14 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 36 | 9.0 | ||||