DICK NIEMIERA		Height:	6:01		Weight:	165	165		College:		Notre Dame’43
John Richard Niemeria		Born:  Jan 24, 1921			Died:  Dec 27, 2003				Hometown:		Chicago, Ill.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Notre Dame	College
1940-41	Notre Dame (Frosh)	College
1941-42	Notre Dame	College
1942-43	Notre Dame	College
1943-46	U.S. Army	Military Service
1944-45	Wilmington	ABL	3	7	3				17	5.7
1945-46	Fort Wayne	ABL	16	43	32				118	7.4
1946-47	Fort Wayne	NBL	13	28	17	23	.739		73	5.6
1947-48	Fort Wayne	NBL	59	118	97	135	.719		333	5.6
1948-49	Fort Wayne	BAA	55	115	132	165	.800	96	362	6.6
1949-50	Fort Wayne–Anderson	NBA	60	110	104	139	.748	116	324	5.4
1950-51	Anderson	NPBL	35	106	125	155	.806		337	9.6
	Major League Totals		241	527	510				1564	6.5
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1944-45	Wilmington	ABL	2	7	2				16	8.0
1946-47	Fort Wayne	NBL	6	11	5	8	.625		27	4.5
1946-47	Fort Wayne	WBT	3	6	2	4	.500		14	4.7
1947-48	Fort Wayne	NBL	4	10	7	8	.875		27	6.8
1947-48	Fort Wayne	WBT	1	4	0	0	.000		8	8.0
1949-50	Anderson	NBA	8	11	6	8	.750		28	3.5
	Major League Totals		24	49	22				120	5.0

 

Felix Nicklas was born in Hungary and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was a multi-sport star at St. John’s Prep in Brooklyn. In 1913, Nicklas entered St.John’s University were he starred on the  varsity basketball and baseball for four years. In January of 1916, during his junior year, Nicklas was suspended  from St.John’s basketball squad because the school learned that he was also playing for the Brooklyn Crescent Athletic Club, one the top amateur sports organizations on the Eastern seaboard. The Crescents played most of their games against Ivy League and New York Metro colleges. but many of their players had formerly played professional basketball and there were wide spread suspicions that the players were being paid to play.  In the  end, Nicklas returned to St.John’s for his senior year and also continued to play on Crescent basketball, baseball and lacrosse teams through the mid-1920’s.  Nicklas was a man who found success in all walks of his life. During his long and very successful business career, Nicklas was an attorney, bank executive, builder and real estate developer.

 

FELIX NICKLAS		Height:	5:06		Weight:		165		College:		St.John’s(NY)’16
Felix Paul Nicklas		Born: Jan 14, 1895				Died: Nov 8, 1972			Hometown:		Brooklyn, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1913-14	St,John’s (NY)	College	17	46	8				100	5.9
	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1914-15	St,John’s (NY)	College	14	35	8				78	5.6
1915-16	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1915-16	St,John’s (NY)	College	6	20	38				78	13.0
1915-16	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1916-17	St,John’s (NY)	College	4	10	1				21	5.3
1916-17	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1917-18	Bridgeport–Norwalk	CBL	2	2	0				4	2.0
1917-18	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1918-29	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1918-19	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1919-20	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1920-21	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1921-22	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1922-23	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
1923-24	Brooklyn Crescent AC	AAU
	Major League Totals		2	2	0				4	2.0

HENRY  NICKEL		Height:	6:00		Weight:		170		College:		None
Henry Walker Nickel		Born:	Dec 25, 1884			Died:	Dec 18,	1947	Hometown:		Pittsburgh, Pa.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1901-02		Indep
1902-03	South Side	ACL	11	33	2				68	6.2
1903-04	South Side	ACL	17	50	0				100	5.9
1904-05	South Side	Indep
1905-06	South Side	Indep
1906-07	South Side	CBL	41	60	0				120	2.9
1907-08	South Side	CBL	49	86	0				172	3.5
1908-09	Homestead	CBL	24	33	3				69	2.9
1909-10	Homestead	CBL	32	45	0				90	2.8
1910-11	Homestead	CBL	12	12	0				24	2.0
1911-12	South Side	CBL	1	0	0				0	0.0
	Major League Totals		159	236	3				475	3.0

OREN NICHOLS		Height:	6:03		Weight:		185		College:		None
Oren Lavaughan Nichols		Born:   May 7, 1918			Died:  Dec 25, 2000				Hometown:		Anderson, In.
Nic Nichols			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Anderson Davis Dairy	Indep
1944-45	Anderson	Indep
1945-46	Indianapolis	NBL	5	4	3				11	2.2
1945-46	Anderson Chiefs	Indep	24	40	13	3`	0.619		93	3.9
1945-46	Anderson Forse All-Stars	Indep
1946-47	Marion Drapers	Indep
1947-48	Marion Drapers	Indep
1948-49	Marion Draper Dodgers	Indep
1950-51	Anderson	NPBL	4	4	3	4	.750		11	2.8
	Major League Totals		9	8	6				22	2.4