WOODY NORRIS		Height:	6:01		Weight:		175		College:		Butler’41
Elwood Adrian Norris		Born:  Jun 18, 1919			Died:   Apr 25, 2007				Hometown:		Washington, In.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	Washington Q&S	Indep
1938-39	Butler	College
1939-40	Butler	College
1940-41	Butler	College
1941-42	Indianapolis	NBL	7	20	3				43	6.1
1942-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Indianapolis	NBL	21	83	22	29	.759		188	9.0
1946-47	Indianapolis	NBL	38	42	18	36	.500		102	2.7
1947-48	Indianapolis	NBL	10	9	7	11	.636		25	2.5
	Major League Totals		76	154	50				358	4.7
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Indianapolis	NBL	2	2	5				9	4.5
1941-42	Indianapolis	WBT	1	2	0	0	.000		4	4.0
1945-46	ndianapolis	WBT	1	5	1	3	.333		11	11.0
1946-47	ndianapolis	NBL	3	1	0				2	0.7
1946-47	Indianapolis	WBT	3	1	2	2	1.000		4	1.3
	Major League Totals		10	11	8				30	3.0

George Norman gained most of his early experience playing basketball on independent teams in and around Brooklyn. He attended St. John’s University in Brooklyn for one year where he averaged 12 points a game, a huge number by the standards of the era.  He gained further acclaim as a member of the powerful Sheepshead Bay St. Gabriel’s. The 1913-14 squad won 34 and lost only 2 games and also launched the careers of Norman’s teammates Johnny Beckman and Chris Leonard. The following season, Norman joined the Stamford team in the Interstate League where he averaged just under seven points a game, the fourth-best average in the league.  Norman was a flashy and talented scorer which made him a favorite with fans. His reputation was clouded, however, by the perception that he cared at times more about scoring than winning. This produced a career-long pattern of mid-season shuffles as one team tired of his self-centered play, only to see another team, tantalized by his abilities, sign him up. Norman enjoyed his best overall performance during the 1922-23 Metropolitan League season.  Norman finished second to Benny Borgmann in the MBL scoring and helped the Brooklyn Pros tie for first place in the second-half of the season. Norman remained a talented scorer to the very end of his career. In the 1925-26 season, at age 36, Norman was still among the MBL top-ten scorers.

 

GEORGE NORMAN		Height:	5:09		Weight:		160		College:		St.John’s(NY)’10
George Robert Norman		Born: Sep 21, 1889			Died: Dec 24, 1963				Hometown:		Brooklyn, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1909-10	St.John’s (NY)	College	18	86	36				208	11.6
1910-11	Brooklyn St. Stephen’s	Indep
1911-12	Brooklyn St. Stephen’s	Indep
1911-12	Yonkers	HRL	7	8	0				16	2.3
1911-12	Brooklyn All Stars	Indep
1912-13	Brooklyn St. James Triangles	Indep
1913-14	Brooklyn Kirkman AA	Indep
1913-14	Brooklyn	TSBL	2	95	9				18	9.0
1913-14	Brooklyn	NYSL	3	4	3				11	3.7
1913-14	Sheepshead Bay St.St.Gabriel	Indep
1913-14	Brooklyn St. Vincent’s	Indep
1914-15	Hoboken Rosedal  Boat Club	Indep	17	46	116				208	12.2
1914-15	Brooklyn St.Gabriel’s	Indep
1915-16	Norwalk 6th Co.	Indep	6	9	31				49	8.2
1915-16	Stamford	IBL	33	72	75				219	6.6
1915-16	Reading	EBL	5	3	0	3	.000	1	6	1.2
11915-16	Newark St. Michael’s	ECBL	6	22	19				63	10.5
1916-17	Danbury–Newark Turners	IBL	39	62	109				233	6.0
1916-17	De Neri	EBL	20	34	120	198	.606	25	188	9.4
1917-18	Danbury–Jersey City	CSL	22	53	48				154	7.0
1917-18	Jasper	EBL	6	12	17			3	41	6.8
1917-18	Union Hill Troy Five	Indep
1918-19	Ansonia	indep
1919-20	Ansonia	IBL	8	15	23				53	6.6
1919-20	De Neri–Reading–Trenton	EBL	20	43	50	94	.532	16	136	6.8
1919-20	Newark Turners	Indep
1919-20	Brooklyn Whirlwinds	Indep
1919-20	Brooklyn St.Stephen’sSeniors	Indep
1919-20	Brooklyn Van & Schenck	Indep
1919-20	Brooklyn St. James Triangles	Indep
1919-20	Danbury	Indep
1920-21	Trenton	EBL	37	69	74	139	.532	26	212	5.7
1920-21	Stamford	CSL	5	16	3				35	7.0
1921-22	Trenton–Wilkes-Barre	EBL	21	30	41	81	.506	17	101	4.8
1921-22	Brooklyn Dodgers	MBL	20	31	60				122	6.1
1921-22	Holyoke	IL	6	16	19				51	8.5
1922-23	Brooklyn Dodgers–Brooklyn Pros	MBL	41	127	132				386	9.4
1922-23	Schenectady	NYSL	18	25	65				115	6.4
1923-24	Greenpoint–Paterson–Yonker	MBL	25	37	55	82	.671		129	5.2
1923-24	Utica–Amsterdam	NYSL	2	5	5				15	7.5
1923-24	Bridgeport Blue Ribbons	Indep
1924-25	Greenpoint–Kingston	MBL	34	43	92				178	5.2
1925-26	New York–Newark	MBL	25	52	80				184	7.4
1926-27	Ridgewood*Orange– Ridgewood*Newburgh	MBL	10	13	20				46	4.6
1926-27	Kingston	MBL	4	3	8				14	3.5
1927-28	Troy	MBL	2	4	5				13	6.5
	Major League Totals		420	804	1124				2732	6.5
	Minor League Totals		2	4	5				13	6.5
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1921-22	Holyoke	IL	3	3	8				14	4.7
1924-25	Kingston	MBL	3	1	8				10	3.3
	Major League Totals		6	4	16				24	4.0

 

John Norlander was three times named All-Conference and twice All-American at Hamline University in Minnesota. He led the Piper basketball team all four years in scoring and was captain of the 1942-43 team. He also lettered in baseball and tennis for a total of nine letters earned. While serving in the Navy during World War II, Norlander was a member of Norfolk’s national service championship basketball team. After the war, he was recruited by Navy buddy, Red Auerbach, to play in the newly formed  Professional Basketball League of America. Norlander played four and half seasons  with the Washington  Capitols, coached by Auerbach.  In 1956, Norlander  was named to the Helms Foundation NAIA Hall of Fame.  In 1957,  he toured Europe for the U.S. State Department teaching basketball. For 23 years Norlander did basketball clinic work for Converse Rubber Company throughout the United State and in Canada.

 

JOHNNY NORLANDER		Height:	6:03		Weight:		180		College:		Hamline’43 / Maryland State’44
John Arthur Norlander		Born:  Mar 5, 1921			Died:  Mar 6, 2002				Hometown:		Virginia, Mn.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Hamline	College
1940-41	Hamline	College
1941-42	Hamline	College
1942-43	Hamline	College
1943-44	Maryland-Eastern Shore	College
1943-46	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Baltimore	ABL	2	0	5				5	2.5
1945-46	Auerbach All-Stars	Indep
1946-47	Washington	BAA	60	223	180	276	.652	50	626	10.4
1947-48	Washington	BAA	48	167	135	182	.742	44	469	9.8
1948-49	Washington	BAA	60	164	116	171	.678	86	444	7.4
1949-50	Washington	NBA	40	99	53	85	.624	23	251	6.3
1950-51	Washington	NBA	9	6	9	14	.643	5	21	2.3
1950-51	York	EBL	21	104	55				263	12.5
	Major League Totals		219	659	498				1816	8.3
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Baltimore	ABL	6	9	4				22	3.7
1946-47	Washington	BAA	6	14	13	17	.765		41	6.8
1948-49	Washington	BAA	11	25	20	26	.769		70	6.4
1950-51	York	EBL	5	19	23				61	12.2
	Major League Totals		23	48	37				133	5.8

Irv Noren was a long-time major league baseball player and a short-time professional basketball player. Noren was a baseball and basketball star at Pasadena City College. In 1946, he played professional basketball for the Los Angeles Red Devils where one of his teammates was baseball immortal Jackie Robinson. In early 1947, Noren and two of his Red Devil teammates, Art Stoefen and Bob Cotton, were signed to play some late season games for the Chicago Gears of the National Basketball League. Noren appeared in three games and scored one point. His pro basketball career was over, but he was just getting started on a long and successful career in baseball. He was the Most Valuable Player of the Texas League in 1948. The following season, Noren hit .330 with 29 home runs and 130 RBIs and named the MVP of the Pacific Coast League. In 1950. Noren embarked on major league baseball career that lasted 11 years.  He was a member of the New York Yankees’ World Series championship teams in 1952, 1953 and 1956. After his playing days were over, Noren worked as a minor league baseball manager and major league coach. He was a coach of the Oakland Athletics when they won three consecutive World Series from 1972 to 1974.

 

 

IRV		Height:	6:00		Weight:	180			College:		Pasadena CC’46
Irving Arnold Norris		Born: Nov 29, 1924			Died: Nov 15, 2019				Hometown:		Pasadena , Ca.
Played Major League Baseball			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Pasadena CC	College
1942-45	U.S. Army	Military Service
1945-46	Pasadena CC	College
1946-47	Los Angeles Red Devils	Indep	8						40	5.0
1946-47	Chicago	NBL	3	0	1	2	.500		1	0.3
1947-48	Los Angeles Red Devils	Indep
	Major League Totals		3	0	1	2	.500		1	0.3

 

Charlie Noonan graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1895 where he had starred on the football and basketball teams. He captained the Fitchburg YMCA team that won the Central Massachusetts championship in 1897. He was captain of the Fitchburg Company D basketball team for two seasons and served in the Spanish American War with the Co, D Sixth Infantry Division. During the 1899-00 season, he starred for the Fitchburg team that captured the Massachusetts State Basketball League championship. Despite its success, the team dropped out of the league after just one season, but Noonan remained active in pro basketball for another four seasons.

 

CHARLIE NOONAN		Height:	5:10		Weight:		170		College:		None
Charles Henry Bernard Noonan		Born:	Jan 11, 1876		Died:  Nov 4, 1932				Hometown:		Fitchburg, Ma.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1898-99	Military Service
1898-99	Milford	MBL	2	1	0				2	1.0
1899-00	Fitchburg	MBL	30	62	20				144	4.8
1900-01	Worcester Fr.Mathews	MBL	35	68	0				136	3.9
1901-02	Worcester Fr.Mathews	MCBL	19	48	0				96	5.1
1901-02	Maynard	MBL	6	5	0				10	1.7
1902-03	Maynard	NEBL	7	18	0				36	5.1
1902-03	Worcester–Westfield	MCBL	43	74	3				151	3.5
1903-04	Westfield	WMBL	28	39	7				85	3.0
1903-04	Haverhill	NEBL	5	5	0				10	2.0
1903-04	Putnam	CSL	8	8	0				16	2.0
	Major League Totals		175	320	30				670	3.8

 

Jack Noll was a native of the tiny upstate New York hamlet of Frankfort. At a shade over 5′ 10″ and never weighing more than 180 pounds, Noll carved out for himself  a niche as one of the most successful centers ever to play the game. Noll had an uncanny ability to outplay bigger and burlier opponents. Noll was an outstanding all-around athlete, who was always in superb condition, an advantage in the days when conditioning was not a top priority. Notable for his skills on both offense and defense, Noll played on two championship teams, 1912-13 Troy (New York State League ) and 1917-18 Pittston (Pennsylvania State League). He also led the NYSL in scoring during the 1919-20 season. In the early years of pro basketball, at the turn of the century, the center was usually not perceptibly bigger than any of his teammates, but by the late teens this had changed. PSL centers were big men such as  6’5″ Dick Leary and Horse Haggerty who  was six inches taller and at least fifty pounds heavier than Noll. Despite this, Noll remained competitive at the tough center position until his retirement in 1922 at age 35. He succeeded because of his defensive skills, superior agility and intelligent approach to the game.

 

 

JACK NOLL		Height:	5:10		Weight:		175		College:		None
John Christopher Noll		Born:   May 3, 1886			Died: Feb, 1971				Hometown:		St.Johnsville, NY
Brother of Fred Noll			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1908-09	Poughkeepsie Monarchs	Indep
1908-09	Frankfort Independents	Indep
1909-10	Frankfort-Canajoharie	MVL
1909-10	Johnstown	CBL	3	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1909-10	Hudson	HRL	14	32	2				66	4.7
1910-11	Hudson	HRL	11	14	7				35	3.2
1910-11	Johnstown	CBL	18	43	0	0	.000		86	4.8
1911-12	Newburgh	HRL	1	2	0				4	4.0
1911-12	Schenectady–Cohoes	NYSL	24	32	13				77	3.2
1912-13	Troy	NYSL	45	97	35				229	5.1
1913-14	Cohoes	NYSL	61	145	96				386	6.3
1914-15	Cohoes	NYSL	23	42	29				113	4.9
1914-15	Oswego Indians	Indep
1915-16	Mohawk	NYSL	40	94	106				294	7.4
1915-16	Scranton	PSL	34	72	5			15	149	4.4
1916-17	Scranton–Hazleton	PSL	29	40	57			14	137	4.7
1916-17	Mohawk	NYSL	23	48	58				154	6.7
1917-18	Pittston	PSL	37	64	84			4	212	5.7
1917-18	Jersey City	IBL	1	2	0	0	.000		4	4.0
1918-19	Basloe Globetrotters	Indep
1919-20	Holyoke	IL	7	14	2				30	4.3
1919-20	Mohawk	NYSL	47	121	147				389	8.3
1920-21	Mohawk	NYSL	37	56	108				220	5.9
1921-22	Troy–Utica–Glens Falls–Gloversville	NYSL	24	31	56				118	4.9
1921-22	Holyoke	IL	1	2	2				6	6.0
	Major League Totals		480	951	807				2709	5.6
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1912-13	Troy	WS	4	5	2				12	3.0
1917-18	Pittston	PSL	4	2	8				12	3.0
	Major League Totals		8	7	10				24	3.0