PLAYER PROFILE

JACK DWAN

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Jack Dwan was an all-city basketball player at Loyola High School  in Chicago. Dwan played college baskrtball for two years before a stretch 0f 33 months in the army during World War II. After his discharge from military service, Dwan returned to Loyola and was the sixth highest scorer in the nation during the 1945-46 season. Dwan signed his first professional contract with the St.Paul Saints of the newly formed professional basketball League of America. Dwan was among the leading scorers in the league when it collapsed a month into the season. Dwan also spent two seasons with the the Minneapolis  Lakers

 

JACK DWAN Height: 6:03 Weight: 195 College: Loyola(Ill)’47
John Paul Dwan Born: May 3, 1921 Died: Aug 4, 1993 Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1941-42 Loyola-Ill College
1942-43 Loyola-Ill College
1943-45 U.S. Army Air Corp. Military Service
1945-46 Loyola-Ill College
1946-47 Loyola-Ill College
1947-48 St.Paul PBLA 9 57 14 22 .636 128 14.2
1947-48 Minneapolis NBL 55 128 50 73 .685 306 5.6
1948-49 Minneapolis BAA 60 121 34 69 .493 129 276 4.6
1949-50 Racine Cards Indep 20 104 23 231 11.6
Major League Totals 124 306 98 164 .598 710 5.7
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1942-43 Chicago Ramblers WBT 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947-48 Minneapolis NBL 11 28 5 9 .556 61 5.5
1947-48 Minneapolis WBT 3 5 0 0 .000 10 3.3
1948-49 Minneapolis BAA 10 7 4 9 .444 9 18 1.8
Major League Totals 25 40 9 18 .500 89 3.6
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