STATISTICS & HISTORY
Merle Alexander was a lanky, athletically talented kid from Moscow, Indiana who who enjoyed a fourteen year career playing AAU, independent and professional basketball. In 1928, Alexander signed a contract with Paul Zee, the Miami-based owner of of a chain of tire stores. Zee’s band of basketball players embarked on a 46 game, two-month long tour that covered 12,000 miles though twelve states. In 1931, Alexander led Wichita Henry’s Clothiers to the National AAU Championship. Alexander was named to the AAU All-American team. In 1933, Alexander was a starter for the Akron Firestones, who captured the National Professional Basketball League championship.
| MERLE ALEXANDER | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 185 | College: | None | |||||
| Merle A. Alexander | Born: | Sep 2, 1907 | Died: Feb 2, 1987 | Hometown: | Moscow, In. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1925-26 | Moscow Blue Horsemen | AAU | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Rushville Independents | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Cincinnati L.B. Harrison | AAU | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Rushville Independents | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Miami Paul’s Tires | AAU | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | St.Joseph’s Hillyards | AAU | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | St.Joseph’s Hillyards | AAU | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Wichita Henry’s Clothiers | AAU | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Akron Firestone | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Akron Firestone | NPBL | 11 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 3.8 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Akron Firestone | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Akron Firestone | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Vountarily Retired | ||||||||||
| 1936-37 | Akron Firestone | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Iindianpolis Pure Oils | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Indianapolis | NBL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 13 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 3.2 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1932-33 | Akron Firestone | NPBL | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4.0 | ||||||