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BUD MENDENHALL

Murray “Bud” Mendenhall led Fort Wayne Central High School to the 1943 Indiana State basketball championship. In 1944, he enrolled at Rice University where he was a member of the 1945 Southwest Conference championship team. After two years in the Navy, he enrolled at Indiana University where he played basketball for one season. In 1948 Mendenhall signed to play professional basketball for the Anderson Packers, a team coached by his father, Murray Mendenhall, Sr. After just one season of pro basketball, Mendenhall retired and went into high school coaching were he had a long and successful career. In 1996, Mendenhall, following in his father’s footsteps, was Elected to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

 

BUD MENDENHALL Height: 5:10 Weight: 155 College: Rice’45/Indiana’48
Murray Joseph Mendenhall Jr. Born: Oct 22, 1925  Died:  Jan 7,  2014 Hometown:  Fort Wayne, In.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1948-49 Anderson NBL 60 64 40 70 .571 168 2.8
Major League Totals 60 64 40 70 .571 168 2.8
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1948-49 Anderson NBL 7 3 3 7 .429 9 1.3
Major League Totals 7 3 3 7 .429 9 1.3

PAUL MELVIN

 

PAUL MELVIN Height: 5:11 Weight: 160 College: Pittsburgh’24 / St.Thomas”25
Paul Francis Melvin Born: Jun 27, 1902 Died: Sep 10, 1959 Hometown: Pittston, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1920-21 Pittston PSL 2 2 0 4 2.0
1921-22 Scranton EBL 2 4 2 10 5.0
1921-22 Pittston PSL 2 1 1 3 1.5
1922-23 Pittsburgh College
1923-24 Pittsburgh College
1924-25 St.Thomas(Pa) College
1927-28 Pittston PSL 1 0 0 0 0.0
1930-31 Plymouth PSL 8 10 6 26 3.3
Major League Totals 4 6 2 14 3.5

 

AL MELLICK

AL MELLICK Height: 5:06 Weight: 140 College: None
Alfred Sweeney Mellick Born: May 11, 1874       Died: Nov 18,  1957 Hometown: Trenton, NJ
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1895-96 Trenton Indep
1896-97 Trenton Indep
1897-98 Trenton Indep
1898-99 Trenton NBL 8 6 1 13 1.6
1899-00 Bristol NBL 19 3 4 10 0.5
1900-01 Burlington–Trenton–Camden NBL 9 4 0 8 0.9
1901-02 Bristol NBL 7 3 0 6 0.9
1902-03 Bristol-Burlington NBL 17 8 2 18 1.1
1903-04 Trenton ABL 2 1 0 2 1.0
1904-05 Trenton Indep
Major League Totals 60 24 7 55 0.9

SAM MELE

Sam  Mele attended New York University  where he starred on both the basketball and baseball teams. He had a one-game professional basketball career , but remained active in professional baseball for over twenty  seasons as a player , coach and manager. During his playing days (1947–56), Mele saw duty with six major league clubs and finished  with a .267 average  and 80 home runs in 1,046 game.  He was hired as manager of the Minnesota Twins in June of 196. In seven seasons he posted a 524-436 record and led  Twins to the 1965 American League championship.

 

SAM MELE Height: 6:01 Weight: 185 College: NYU’43
Sebath Anthony Mele Born: Jan 21, 1922 Died: May 1, 2017 Hometown: Astoria, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG 8
1940-41 N.Y.U.(Frosh) College
1941-42 N.Y.U. College
1942-43 N.Y.U. College
1943-46 U.S. Marines Military Service
1945-46 Trenton ABL 1 4 6 14 14.0
Major League Totals 1 4 6 14 14.0

FRANK MEKULES

FRANK MEKULES Height: 6:04 Weight: 220 College: Michigan State’41
Frank Anthony Mekules Born:  Nov 6, 1918  Died: Sept 5 1958 Hometown: Detroit, MI.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1941-42 Detroit AAA Indep
1942-46 Military Service
1946-47 Detroit NBL 3 3 0 1 .000 6 2.0
1947-48 House of David Indep
1948-49 House of David Indep
1949-50 House of David Indep
1950-51 House of David Indep
Major League Totals 3 3 0 1 .000 6 2.0
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1941-42 Detroit AAA WBT 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0
Major League Totals 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0

TEDDY MEISEL

 

TEDDY MEISEL Height: 5:10 Weight: College: CCNY’28
Theodore Nathan Meisel Born: Apr 1907 Died: Oct 17, 1955 Hometown: New York, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1923-24 CCNY (Frosh) College
1925-26 CCNY College
1926-27 CCNY College
1927-28 CCNY College
1928-29 New York ABL 11 5 0 10 0.9
Major League Totals 11 5 0 10 0.9

ART MEIER

 

Height: 5:06 Weight: 145 College: None
Born:  Feb 15,18, 1898 Died:   Feb 2, 1978 Hometown: Columbus, Oh.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
olumbus NPBL 4 6 1 13 3.3
Chillicone A.C. Indep
Major League Totals 4 6 1 13 3.3

 

DICK MEHEN

 

 

DICK MEHEN Height: 6:05 Weight: 195 College: Tennessee’47
Richard Peter Mehen Born: May 20, 1922      Died:  Dec 14, 1986 Hometown: Wheeling, WV
(Brother of Bernie Mehen) REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1940-41 Tennessee (Frosh) College
1941-42 Tennessee College
1942-43 Tennessee College
1943-46 U.S. Army Air Corp. Military Service
1946-47 Tennessee College
1947-48 Toledo NBL 57 151 85 125 .680 387 6.8
1948-49 Waterloo NBL 62 315 211 304 .694 841 13.6
1949-50 Waterloo NBA 62 347 198 281 .705 191 892 14.4
1950-51 Baltimore–Boston–Ft.Wayne NBA 66 192 90 123 .732 188 474 7.2
1951-52 Milwaukee NBA 66 293 117 167 .701 171 703 10.7
1952-53 Toledo Mercuries Indep
Major League Totals 313 1298 701 1000 .701 3297 10.5
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1950-51 Fort Wayne NBA 3 12 2 4 .500 9 26 8.7
Major League Totals 3 12 2 4 .500 9 26 8.7

 

 

 

BERNIE MEHEN

 

BERNIE MEHEN Height: 6:04 Weight: 185 College: Tennessee’42
Bernard Joseph Mehen Born: Sep 19, 1918 Died:  May 11, 2007 Hometown: Wheeling, WV
(Brother of Dick Mehen) REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Tennessee (Frosh) College
1939-40 Tennessee College
1940-41 Tennessee College
1941-42 Tennessee College
1942-45 U.S. Navy Military Service
1945-46 Toledo Whites Indep
1946-47 Youngstown–Toledo NBL 40 150 69 98 .704 369 9.2
1947-48 Toledo NBL 55 118 46 72 .639 282 5.1
Major League Totals 95 268 115 170 .676 651 6.9
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1945-46 Toledo WBT 1 5 1 3 .333 11 11.0
1946-47 Toledo NBL 5 11 11 14 .786 33 6.6
1947-48 Toledo WBT 3 5 3 3 1.000 13 4.3
Major League Totals 9 21 15 20 .750 57 6.3

 

WILLARD MEEKER

WILLARD MEEKER Height: 5:11 Weight: 160 College: None
Willard Taylor Meeker Born:   Aug 23, 1900 Died:  Nov 12, 1962 Hometown: Norwalk, Ct.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1920-21 Norwalk CBL 1 0 0 0 0.0
1921-22 Norwalk Red Men Indep
1924-25 Norwalk Red Men Indep
Major League Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0