| JOE POPEKO | Height: | 5:10 | Weight: | College: | Ohio State’30 / Mercer(Ga)’34 | ||||||
| Joseph William Popeko | Born: Mar 20, 1910 | Died: Nov 16, 1987 | Hometown: | Akron, Oh. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Ohio State | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Mercer (Ga) | College | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Mercer (Ga) | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Mercer (Ga) | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Akron Goodyears | AAU | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Akron Goodyears | AAU | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Akron Goodyears | MBC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Akron Goodyears | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||||
| JOHN PONCAR | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 190 | College: | None | |||||
| John James Poncar | Born: Oct 16, 1913 | Died: Jan 1, 2010 | Hometown: | Royalton, Oh. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Cleveland Chase Brass & Copper | AAU | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Cleveland | NBL | 18 | 11 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 30 | 1.7 | ||
| 1946-47 | Cleveland Rosenblums | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 18 | 11 | 8 | 21 | .381 | 30 | 1.7 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-44 | Cleveland | NBL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
| 1943-44 | Cleveland | WBT | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 7 | 3.5 | ||
| Major League Totals | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | ||||||
Jim Pollard starred on the 1941-42 Stanford University national collegiate championship team. After service in World War II, Pollard played for the San Diego Dons (1945-46) and the Oakland Bittners (1946-47) in the AAU-affiliated American Basketball League. He led the league in scoring both seasons. In 1947, he joined the Minneapolis Lakers where he played for the next eight seasons until his retirement in 1955. The Lakers won six titles during the eight years, one in the the National Basketball League and five in the National Basketball Association. Pollard was a graceful, athletic player who was nicknamed “The Kangaroo Kid” because of his extraordinary leaping ability. Pollard teamed on the Lakers with George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen, forming one of the best front courts in the history of the NBA. After retiring as a player, Pollard coached on the collegiate and professional level. He coached La Salle University for three seasons (1955-58) compiling a 48-28 record. Pollard coached in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association. In the 1967-68 season. Pollard coached the Minnesota Muskies to the ABA finals. In 1978, Pollard was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
| JIM POLLARD | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Stanford’42 | |||||
| James Clifford Pollard | Born: Jul 9, 1922 | Died: Jan 22, 1993 | Hometown: | Oakland, Ca. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1939-40 | Golden State | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Stanford (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Stanford | College | 23 | 103 | 35 | 48 | .729 | 241 | 10.5 | ||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Coast Guard | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | San Diego Dons | ABL | 15 | 84 | 55 | 223 | 14.9 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Oakland Bittners | ABL | 20 | 113 | 53 | 279 | 14.0 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Minneapolis | NBL | 59 | 310 | 140 | 207 | .676 | 760 | 12.9 | ||
| 1948-49 | Minneapolis | BAA | 53 | 314 | 156 | 227 | .687 | 142 | 784 | 14.8 | |
| 1949-50 | Minneapolis | NBA | 66 | 394 | 185 | 242 | .764 | 252 | 973 | 14.7 | |
| 1950-51 | Minneapolis | NBA | 54 | 256 | 117 | 156 | .750 | 184 | 629 | 11.6 | |
| 1951-52 | Minneapolis | NBA | 65 | 411 | 183 | 260 | .704 | 234 | 1005 | 15.5 | |
| 1952-53 | Minneapolis | NBA | 66 | 333 | 193 | 251 | .769 | 231 | 859 | 13.0 | |
| 1953-54 | Minneapolis | NBA | 71 | 326 | 179 | 230 | .778 | 214 | 831 | 11.7 | |
| 1954-55 | Minneapolis | NBA | 63 | 265 | 151 | 186 | .812 | 160 | 681 | 10.8 | |
| Major League Totals | 497 | 2609 | 1304 | 1759 | .741 | 6522 | 13.1 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1947-48 | Minneapolis | NBL | 10 | 48 | 27 | 41 | .659 | 123 | 12.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | Minneapolis | WBT | 3 | 19 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 39 | 45 | 15.0 | |
| 1948-49 | Minneapolis | BAA | 10 | 43 | 44 | 62 | .710 | 39 | 130 | 13.0 | |
| 1949-50 | Minneapolis | NBA | 12 | 50 | 44 | 62 | .710 | 56 | 144 | 12.0 | |
| 1950-51 | Minneapolis | NBA | 7 | 35 | 25 | 30 | .833 | 27 | 95 | 13.6 | |
| 1951-52 | Minneapolis | NBA | 11 | 70 | 37 | 50 | .740 | 33 | 177 | 16.1 | |
| 1952-53 | Minneapolis | NBA | 12 | 62 | 48 | 62 | .774 | 49 | 172 | 14.3 | |
| 1953-54 | Minneapolis | NBA | 13 | 56 | 48 | 60 | .800 | 41 | 160 | 12.3 | |
| 1954-55 | Minneapolis | NBA | 7 | 33 | 33 | 46 | .717 | 14 | 99 | 14.1 | |
| Major League Totals | 85 | 416 | 313 | 421 | .743 | 1145 | 13.5 | ||||
| JAKE POLISKIN | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 175 | College: | St.John’s(NY)’33 | |||||
| Jacob Baron Poliskin | Born: Feb 9, 1912 | Died: Jul 3, 1972 | Hometown: | Lincoln Park, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1930-31 | St.John’s (NY) (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | St.John’s (NY) | College | 26 | 43 | 33 | 119 | 4.6 | ||||
| 1032-33 | St.John’s (NY) | College | 27 | 51 | 31 | 133 | 4.9 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Brooklyn Jewels | ABL | 35 | 39 | 36 | 114 | 3.3 | ||||
| 1934-35 | New York | ABL | 38 | 39 | 28 | 106 | 2.8 | ||||
| 1934-35 | Plymouth | PSL | 6 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 6.2 | ||||
| 1935-36 | New York | ABL | 31 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 1.1 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Plymouth | PSL | 7 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 5.4 | ||||
| 1941-42 | New York Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 104 | 93 | 69 | 255 | 2.5 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1934-35 | New York | ABL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.8 | ||||
Joe Polcha was star athlete at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York. Polcha’s high school career was brought to an abrupt halt late in his senior year when he was cut from the team because it was discovered that he was playing AAU basketball on the side. Dispite the disapointing end to his high school career, he still had finshed as the leading scorer in Westchester County and was widely accalimed as one of the best players in the Metropolitan New York area. Polcaha played for four seasons in the American Basketball League before entering the army in 1941 to serve in World War II. Pocha’s health declined after the war. He spent the last seven years of his life in and out of hospitals battling tuberculosis before succumbing in March of 1959 at the age of 42.
| JOE POLCHA | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 170 | College: | None | |||||
| Joseph Francis Polscha Jr. | Born: Feb 24, 1917 | Died: Mar 27, 1959 | Hometown: | Yonkers, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Yonkers Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Brooklyn | ABL | 26 | 36 | 24 | 96 | 3.7 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Brooklyn/Troy | ABL | 21 | 62 | 31 | 155 | 7.4 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Yonkers Pors | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Troy | ABL | 30 | 69 | 28 | 166 | 5.5 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Danbury | CSL | 9 | 25 | 13 | 63 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Yonkers Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Baltimore | ABL | 5 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 4.6 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Troy | NYSL | 4 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1941-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Troy | ABL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1946-48 | Yonkers Rockets | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 91 | 202 | 99 | 503 | 5.5 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1939-40 | Troy | ABL | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2.1 | ||||
| ### POLANSKY | Height: | Weight: | College: | ||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1923-24 | Utica | NYSL | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||||
| JOE POGUE | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Missouri Valley’45 / Notre Dame’46 / Drury’47 | |||||
| Joseph Henry Pogue | Born: Aug 28, 1925 | Died: Feb 4, 2018 | Hometown: | Anderson, Mo. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-44 | Druary | College | |||||||||
| 1944-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Missouri Valley | College | |||||||||
| 1045-46 | Notre Dame | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Druary | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Anderson (Mo) Greenwaves | Indep | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Springfield | PBLA | 8 | 18 | 6 | 22 | .273 | 42 | 5.3 | ||
| 1947-48 | Anderson (Mo) Greenwaves | Indep | |||||||||
| 19i48-49 | Joplin Tanko Roofers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1949-50 | Joplin Tanko Roofers | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 8 | 18 | 6 | 22 | .273 | 42 | 5.3 | ||||
| DON PLATT | Height: | 6:06 | Weight: | 190 | College: | Wichita’38 | |||||
| Donald Vergene Platt | Born: Oct 15, 1917 | Died; Mar 23, 1974 | Hometown: | Wichita, Kn. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1936-37 | Wichita | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Wichita | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Wichita Cessna Bobcats | AAU | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Wichita Cessna Bobcats | AAU | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Wichita Cessna Bobcats | AAU | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Wichita Cessna Bobcats | AAU | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Kansas City Smokies | AAU | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Kansas City Smokies | AAU | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Tulsa | PBLA | 10 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 37 | 3.7 | ||
| Major League Totals | 10 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 37 | 3.7 | ||||
| HARRY PLATT | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 205 | College: | Brown’40 | |||||
| Born: Jan 3, 1918 | Died: Apr 6, 1997 | Hometown: | Yonkers, NY | ||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Brown | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Brown | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Brown | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Philadelphia | ABL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Pittsfield | NYSL | 14 | 56 | 15 | 127 | 9.1 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Rochester Seagrams | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Detroit Eagles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Pawtucket | NEBL | 6 | 28 | 11 | 67 | 11.2 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Fall River | NEBL | 5 | 27 | 9 | 63 | 12.6 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Fitchburg | NEBL | 3 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 13.3 | ||||
Ed Plate captained both the basketball and baseball team at Newtown High School in Queens, New York. While still in high school, Plate barnstormed on weekends in New England on a team headlined by George Yerkes, a well-known Queens pro basketball player. It was the beginning of a career that would span 24 seasons. In the rough and tumble day’s of basketball’s center jump after every basket and two-handed dribbling, Ed Plate was as rugged as they come. At 6:04 and 220 pounds, Plate was an imposing figure in an era where most players where considerably less than six feet tall. Plate was best known for his twelve seasons with the Long Island Imperials and Pro-Imps.
| ED PLATE | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 220 | College: | None | |||||
| Edward Chester Plate | Born: Dec 23, 1907 | Died: Oct, 1977 | Hometown: | Queens, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1924-25 | Woodside Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Woodside Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Astoriia KofC | QBL | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Long Island Pro Triangles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Masprth St. Stanisalaus Catholic Club | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Long Astoria Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Long Island | MBL | 12 | 22 | 7 | 51 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Long Island | MBL | 15 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 1.7 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Astoria Long Island Pros | Indep
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| 1933-34 | Astoria Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | AStoriaLong Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | AStoria Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | AStoria Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Astoria Arrows | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Longs Island City Bears | LIPL | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Queens James J. Parelli | LIPL | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Queens Our Lady of Lourdes Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Long Island | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Long Island | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Jackson Heights Blessed Sacrament | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Long Island | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Flushing Bayer Bombers | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 27 | 33 | 10 | 76 | 2.8 | ||||||