STATISTICS & HISTORY
John Mahnken was named to the New Jersy all-state basketball team three times in a row during his time at Memorial High School in Wehawken High School. Mahnken was named to the 1943 All-American team after his only year at Georgetown University, before entering the U.S. Army Air Corp for service during World War II. Mahnken had solid seven year pro basketball career. Mahnken was a favorite of legendary coach, Red Auerbach, who coached him in both Washington and later in Boston.
| JOHN MAHNKEN | Height: | 6:08 | Weight: | 220 | College: | Georgetown’43 | |||||
| John Emanuel Mahnken | Born: | Jun 16, 1922 | Died: Dec 14, 2000 | Hometown: | West New York, NJ | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | Georgetown (DC) | College | 27 | 415 | 15.4 | ||||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Army Air Corp. | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Dayton Acmes | Indep | 13 | 77 | 32 | 186 | 14.3 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Rochester | NBL | 16 | 50 | 23 | 39 | .590 | 123 | 7.7 | ||
| 1946-47 | Washington | BAA | 60 | 223 | 111 | 163 | .681 | 60 | 557 | 9.3 | |
| 1947-48 | Washington | BAA | 49 | 135 | 54 | 89 | .614 | 31 | 324 | 6.6 | |
| 1948-49 | Baltimore–Indianapolis–Ft.Wayne | BAA | 57 | 215 | 104 | 167 | .623 | 121 | 534 | 9.4 | |
| 1949-50 | Ft.Wayne–Tri-Cities–Boston | NBA | 62 | 132 | 77 | 115 | .670 | 108 | 341 | 5.5 | |
| 1950-51 | Boston–Indianapolis | NBA | 58 | 111 | 45 | 70 | .643 | 77 | 267 | 4.6 | |
| 1951-52 | Boston | NBA | 60 | 78 | 26 | 43 | .605 | 63 | 182 | 3.0 | |
| 1952-53 | Boston | NBA | 69 | 76 | 39 | 56 | .696 | 75 | 191 | 2.8 | |
| Major League Totals | 430 | 1016 | 479 | 741 | .646 | 2511 | 5.8 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1944-45 | Dayton Acmes | WBT | 4 | 23 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 56 | 14.0 | ||
| 1945-46 | Rochester | NBL | 7 | 19 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 46 | 6.6 | ||
| 1946-47 | Washington | BAA | 6 | 23 | 16 | 19 | .842 | 1 | 62 | 10.3 | |
| 1950-51 | Indianapolis | NBA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 1951-52 | Boston | NBA | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | |
| 1952-53 | Boston | NBA | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | |
| Major League Totals | 29 | 69 | 42 | 56 | .750 | 180 | 6.2 | ||||