STATISTICS & HISTORY
Joe Patanelli was football -and basbell star at Elkhart High School in Indiana. Patanelli was a football scholarship to the University of Indiana. He attended the college for one year, but did not participate sports, After service in the Marines during World War II, Patanelli, began playing professional basketball and baseball in 1946.
| JOE PATANELLI | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 200 | College: None | ||||||
| Joseph Mathew Patanelli | Born: Sep 18, 1919 | Died: Aug 18, 1998 | Hometown: Elkhart, IN. | ||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-36 | U.S. Marines | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Toledo | NBL | 35 | 29 | 29 | 40 | .725 | 87 | 2.5 | ||
| 1947-48 | Minneapolis | NBL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 4 | 0.8 | ||
| 1947-48 | Kansas City | PBLA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Toledo Collegiams | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 41 | 32 | 33 | 49 | .673 | 97 | 2.4 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Toledo | NBL | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | .476 | 18 | 3.6 | ||
| 1946-47 | Toledo | WBT | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 1.5 | ||
| Major League Totals | 9 | 6 | 12 | 25 | .480 | 24 | 2.7 | ||||