| NORM ROSEN | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Temple’47 | |||||
| Norman Rosen | Born: Apr 13, 1925 | Died: Mar 1, 1994 | Hometown: | Philadelphia, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-44 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | New Orleans | PBLA | 8 | 49 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 101 | 12.6 | ||
| 1947-48 | Twin Cities | NYSL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | Saratoga | NYSL | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | York-Reading | EBL | 9 | 32 | 11 | 75 | 8.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 8 | 49 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 101 | 12.6 | ||||
Red Rosan enjoyed his first success on the basketball court as a schoolboy star at Southern High School in Philadelphia. During three seasons at Temple University, Rosan was a versatile center- forward who stood out for his hustle and determination. In the spring of 1935, he joined the Philadelphia SPHAS for two late season games. He sat on the bench through most of the 1935-36 season, but then emerged as the team’s leading scoring the next year when he assumed a role as a starter. Rosan starred for nine full seasons with the SPHAS. Rosan was a good shooter and excellent passer, a trademark of all the SPHAS of the 1930s. He was also a standout on defense with his aggressive tactics. Rosan’s overall value to the SPHAS transcended his athletic skills. His exemplary work ethic, fiercely determined play, and intelligent, demanding leadership were one of the key elements of the SPHAS long, successful run through the 1930s and into the mid-1940s. In 1944-45, Rosan signed with Baltimore and just five games into the season, assumed the role as player-coach. The following season, he retired as a player, but remained as coach of the Baltimore franchise and led the Bullets to the American Basketball League championship, defeating his old club, the SPHAS, in the finals.
| RED ROSAN | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 195 | College: | Temple’35 | |||||
| Howard H. Rosan | Born: May 22, 1911 | Died: Sept, 1976 | Hometown: | South Philadelphia, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1931-32 | Temple (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Temple | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Philadelphia | ABL | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Philadelphia | ABL | 35 | 56 | 36 | 148 | 4.2 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Philadelphia | ABL | 36 | 101 | 100 | 302 | 8.4 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Hazleton | PSL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Philadelphia | ABL | 42 | 71 | 79 | 221 | 5.3 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Hazleton | NYPA | 6 | 30 | 31 | 91 | 15.2 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Allentown | TCL | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 9.5 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Philadelphia | ABL | 32 | 77 | 54 | 208 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Philadelphia | ABL | 33 | 67 | 58 | 192 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Philadelphia | ABL | 28 | 65 | 54 | 184 | 6.6 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Philadelphia | ABL | 18 | 35 | 26 | 96 | 5.3 | ||||
| 1942-43 | Philadelphia | ABL | 14 | 22 | 17 | 61 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1943-44 | Philadelphia | ABL | 25 | 42 | 32 | 116 | 4.6 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Baltimore | ABL | 19 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 2.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 284 | 550 | 474 | 1574 | 5.5 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | Philadelphia | ABL | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Philadelphi | ABL | 6 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 5.7 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Hazelton | NYPA | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Philadelphia | ABL | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10.0 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Philadelphia | ABL | 8 | 18 | 16 | 52 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Philadelphia | ABL | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 9.3 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Philadelphia | WBT | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 15 | 7.5 | ||
| 1942-43 | Philadelphia | ABL | 7 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 7.1 | ||||
| 1943-44 | Philadelphia | ABL | 7 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Baltimore | ABL | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 4.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 48 | 102 | 106 | 310 | 6.5 | ||||||
| ### ROPE | Height: | Weight: | College: | ||||||||
| Born: | Died: | Hometown: | |||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1905-06 | Bridesberg | PBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Harry “Swede” Roos was fine all around athlete. In addition to his dozen years playing AAU and professional basketball, Roos played semi-professional football and was elected to the Softball Hall of Fame. Roos settled in Portland, the last stop of his pro basketball career. In 1979, Roos suffered a heart attack while attending a Trailblazers’ NBA game and died later that evening.
| SWEDE ROOS | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Illinois Normal | |||||
| Harry Marshall Roos | Born: Aug 8, 1913 | Died: Jan 30, 1979 | Hometown: | Chicago, Ill | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | Chicago Heights | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Chicago Englewood | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Whiting | MBC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Chicago Acme Steels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Chicago | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Dayton DiveBombers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Chicago Gears | AAU | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Chicago | NBL | 22 | 24 | 22 | 34 | .647 | 70 | 3.2 | ||
| 1945-46 | Did Not Play | NBL | Head Coach
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Chicago Gears | |||||||
| 1946-47 | Did Not Play | NBL | Coach | Chicago Gears | |||||||
| 1947-48 | Waterloo | PBLA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 9 | 3.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Portland | PCL | 37 | 118 | 3.2 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 27 | 30 | 23 | 83 | 3.1 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | Dayton Dive Bombers | WBT | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 14 | 4.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Portland | PCL | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 14 | 4.7 | ||||
| PAUL ROONEY | Height: | 6:05 | Weight: | 190 | College: | None | |||||
| aka Pat Rooney | Born: 1925 | Died | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Carbondale | PSL | 9 | 16 | 14 | 46 | 5.1 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Detroit–TBuffalo/Tri Cities | NBL | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 15 | 1.5 | ||
| 1948-49 | Montgomery | SPBL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 15 | 1.5 | ||||
| PAT ROONEY | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | College: | None | ||||||
| Patrick Rooney | Born: | Died: | Hometown: | Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
| Brother of Ambrose Rooney | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1928-29 | Jersey City Palace Diamonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-230 | Jersey City Palace Diamonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Jersey City Palace Diamonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Jersey City Palace Diamonds | Indep | |||||||||
| Jersey City | Jersey City | MBL | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2.2 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Jersey City Palace Diamonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Jersey City Palace Diamonds | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2.2 | ||||||
| AL ROONEY | Height: | 5:10 | Weight: | 160 | College: | ||||||
| Ambrose Francis Rooney Jr. | Born: Aug 9, 1900 | Died: Jul 19, 1973 | Hometown: | Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
| Brother of Patrick Rooney | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1931-32 | Long Island | MBL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Jersey City | MBL | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 11 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1.5 | ||||||
Kenny Rollins was the captain of the University of Kentucky’s Fabulous Five team of 1947-48. The Wildcats won the the 1948 NCAA title. The summer of the same year ,Rollins and his Wildcat teammates formed the nucleolus of the a gold medal winning American basketball team in the 1948 Olympics.
| KENNY ROLLINS | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Kentucky’48 | |||||
| Kenneth Herman Rollins | Born: Sep 14, 1923 | Died: Oct 9, 2012 | Hometown: | Wickliffe, Ky. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Kentucky (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Kentucky | College | 22 | 43 | 31 | 117 | 5.3 | ||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Kentucky | College | 37 | 112 | 86 | 310 | 8.4 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Kentucky | College | 39 | 95 | 67 | 92 | .728 | 257 | 6.6 | ||
| 1948-49 | Chicago | BAA | 59 | 154 | 77 | 104 | .740 | 167 | 365 | 6.2 | |
| 1949-50 | Chicago | NBA | 67 | 145 | 66 | 89 | .742 | 131 | 356 | 5.3 | |
| 1950-51 | Louisville | PBLA | 34 | 107 | 80 | 93 | .860 | 294 | 8.6 | ||
| 1952-53 | Boston | NBA | 43 | 38 | 22 | 27 | .815 | 98 | 2.3 | ||
| Major League Totals | 203 | 4334 | 245 | 313 | .783 | 1113 | 5.5 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1948-49 | Chicago | BAA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1949-50 | Chicago | NBA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1952-53 | Boston | NBA | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 7 | 20 | 3.3 | |
| Major League Totals | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 9 | 20 | 2.0 | |||
| CREIGHTON ROLL | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Nebraska’27 (Frosh) | |||||
| Creighton Edward Roll | Born:: Oct 5, 1903 | Died: Jul 27, 1971 | Hometown: | Tulsa, Ok. | |||||||
| Crayt Roll | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1925-26 | Dayton | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Nebraska (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Columbus Kinnears | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Dayton Red Wings | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Dayton Kellys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Dayyton Rybolt Furnaces | AAU | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Dayton | NPBL | 11 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 4.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 11 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 4.2 | ||||||
| HODGE ROLAND | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 175 | College: | None | |||||
| Walter Arthur Roland | Born: Jul 25, 1887 | Died: Jan 4, 1931 | Hometown: | Reading, Pa. | |||||||
| Team | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Reading | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1907-08 | Reading | Indep | |||||||||
| 1908-09 | Reading | Indep | 63 | 163 | 138 | 283 | .488 | 464 | 7.4 | ||
| 1909-10 | Reading | EBL | 33 | 81 | 134 | 296 | 9.0 | ||||
| 1909-10 | Homestead | CBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1910-11 | Reading | EBL | 36 | 75 | 200 | 350 | 9.7 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Reading | EBL | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | |||
| 1912-13 | Reading Olivets | Indep | |||||||||
| 1913-14 | Reading Mohntons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1914-15 | Reading Co. 1 | Indep | |||||||||
| 1916-17 | Hazleton | PSL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 74 | 162 | 339 | 663 | 9.0 | ||||||