| WILLIAM LOVE | Height: | 5:10 | Weight: | 155 | College: | None | |||||
| William Joseph Love | Born:Jul 18,81 | Died: Jan 11, 1960 | Hometown: | Webster, Ma. | |||||||
| Brother of James Love | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1901-02 | Webster | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | |||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | ||||||
| MATT LOVE | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 160 | College: | None | |||||
| Mathew Sherlow Love | Born: Mar 8, 1885 | Died: Aug 30, 1953 | Hometown: | Paterson, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 90-1-02 | Paterson Entre Nous | AAU | |||||||||
| 1902-03 | Paterson Crescents | Indep | |||||||||
| 1902-03 | Ware | MCBL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Ware | WMBL | 10 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Paterson | HRL | |||||||||
| 1904-05 | WEST Hudson Entre Nous | Indep | |||||||||
| 1904-05 | Norwich | CSL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1904-05 | Paterson | Indep | |||||||||
| 1905-06 | Paterson Crescents | Indep | |||||||||
| 1906-07 | Paterson | Indep | |||||||||
| 1907-08 | Paterson | Indep | |||||||||
| 1908-09 | Paterson | Indep | |||||||||
| 1909-10 | Princeton | EBL | 13 | 36 | 1 | 73 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1909-10 | Paterson | HRL | 26 | 52 | 26 | 130 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1910-11 | Paterson | HRL | 36 | 71 | 18 | 160 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Paterson | HRL | 20 | 34 | 1 | 69 | 3.5 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Cohoes | NYSL | 12 | 27 | 6 | 60 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1912-13 | Paterson cRESCENTA | Indep | |||||||||
| 1913-14 | Paterson | NYSL | 17 | 26 | 3 | 55 | 3.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 135 | 262 | 55 | 579 | 4.3 | ||||||
| JAMES LOVE | Height: | 5:06 | Weight: | 140 | College: | None | |||||
| James Augustine Love | Born: | May 31, 1877 | Died: | Aug 8, | 1967 | Hometown: | Webster, Ma. | ||||
| Brother of William Love | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1898-99 | Marlboro BAA | MBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1899-00 | Webster | MBL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||||
| SAM LOUCKS | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 195 | College: | Otterbein(Oh)’37 | |||||
| George Lisle Loucks | Born: | Jul 9, 1915 | Died: | Aug 4, 1992 | Hometown: | Madison, Oh. | |||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1933-34 | Otterbein (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Otterbein | College | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Otterbein | College | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Otterbein | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Columbus | NBL | 9 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 4.1 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Dayton Delco Brake | AAU | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Dayton Delco Brake | AAU | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Dayton Delco Brake | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Dayton Delco Brake | AAU | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Dayton Delco Brake | AAU | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army Air Corps | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Dayton Moraine Products | AAU | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 9 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 4.1 | ||||||
In 1945, Darrell Lorance led Conway High School to the Missouri State High School Basketball Championship. Lorance was recruited by Hall of Fame coach Adolph Rupp to play at the University of Kentucky. After just one season, Lorance transferred to the University of Missouri and then turned professional the following season with the Springfield team in the short-lived Professional Basketball League of America. During the 1948-49 season, Lorance was the fifth leading scorer in the Southern Professional Basketball League.
| DARRELL LARRANCE | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 190 | College: | Kentucky’46 / Missouri’47 | |||||
| Darell Morris Lorance | Born: | Feb 28, 1928 | Died: Oct 20, 2013 | Hometown: | Conway, Mo. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1945-46 | Kentucky | College | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 29 | 2.6 | ||
| 1946-47 | Missouri | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Springfield | PBLA | 8 | 31 | 25 | 40 | .625 | 87 | 10.9 | ||
| 1947-48 | Conway Motors | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Birmingham | SPBL | 37 | 253 | 71 | 106 | .670 | 577 | 15.6 | ||
| 1949-50 | Minneapolis-Moline | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | Minneapolis-Moline | Indep | |||||||||
| 1951-52 | Minneapolis-Moline | Indep | |||||||||
| 1952-53 | Minneapolis-Moline | Indep | |||||||||
| 1953-54 | East Moline Independents | Indep | |||||||||
| 1954-55 | Davenport Brammer Rockrts | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 8 | 31 | 25 | 40 | .625 | 87 | 10.9 | ||||
Gene Lorendo had a long and varied career in sports that spanned over forty years from high school sports in a small Minnesota town to the pinnacle of big-time college football in Alabama. Lorendo was an outanding high school athlete in Gilbert, Minnesota. In the Spring of 1940, on route to an AAU tournament game, Lorendo survived a head on collision that killed two of his teammates. During the 1942-43 season, Lorendo played professional basketball for the Oshkosh All-Stars in the National Basketball League. Lorendo served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. In the Fall of 1946, he enrolled at the University of Georgia. Over the next three years, he lettered in varsity football, basketball and track. In 1949, Lorendo led the Southeastern Conference in pass receiving. While at Georgia, he played in three bowl games: Sugar, Gator and Orange. Lorendo was an assistant football coach at Auburn for 25 years under legendary Coach Shug Jordan. Lorendo coached the receivers for Auburn during the 1957 national championship year.
| GENE LORENDO | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 215 | College: Duluth STC’40/Eveleth JC’42/Iowa STC’43/Georgia’49 | ||||||
| Eugene Lionel Lorendo | Born: Dec 7, 1921 | Died: Apr 15, 2001 | Hometown: | Gilbert, Mn. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1939-40 | Duluth State Teachers | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Gilbert Co-op Angels | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Eveleth JC | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Eveleth JC | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Gilbert Moren Tydol Flyers | AAU | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Iowa State Teachers | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Oshkosh | NBL | 9 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1.9 | ||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Coast Guard | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Georgia | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Georgia | College | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Georgia | College | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 9 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1.9 | ||||||
Joe Lord was a high school basketball star in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Lord played four years varsity basketball at Villanova University, interrupted by three years of service in the Army Air Corp during World War II. In his senior year, Lord was captain and leading scorer of the Wildcats. Lord played just four major-league games with the Rochester Royals. He enjoyed success in the minor-league Eastern Basketball league where he was the EBL’s highest scoring guard in both 1949 and 1950.
| JOE LORD | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Villanova’47 | |||||
| Joseph Thomas Lord Jr. | Born: Dec 28, 1922 | Died: Dec, 1986 | Hometown: | Norristown, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Villanova (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Villanova | College | 23 | 125 | 53 | 303 | 13.2 | ||||
| 1942-43 | Villanova | College | 24 | 178 | 82 | 438 | 18.3 | ||||
| 1943-45 | U.S. Army Air Corps | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Villanova | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Villanova | College | 24 | 438 | 18.3 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | Rochester | NBL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1947-48 | Reading | EBL | 26 | 130 | 71 | 331 | 12.7 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Reading | EBL | 29 | 195 | 79 | 469 | 16.2 | ||||
| 1949-50 | Reading | EBL | 24 | 177 | 92 | 446 | 18.6 | ||||
| 1950-51 | Reading-Pottsville | EBL | 16 | 47 | 45 | 139 | 8.7 | ||||
| 1951-52 | Lancaster | EBL | 20 | 58 | 40 | 156 | 7.8 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 1.5 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1947-48 | Reading | EBL | 6 | 41 | 18 | 100 | 16.7 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Reading | EBL | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4.7 | ||||
| 1951-52 | Lancaster | EBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| DEL LORANGER | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Western Michigan’43 | |||||
| Delbert Loranger | Born: Mar 17, 1920 | Died: Mar 24, 2003 | Hometown: | Dearborn, MI. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1939-40 | Western Michigan (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Western Michigan | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Western Michigan | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Western Michigan | College | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Midland Dows | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Detroit Mansfields | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Detroit | NBL | 27 | 94 | 45 | 71 | .634 | 233 | 8.6 | ||
| 1947-48 | Kansas City | PBLA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 0.7 | ||
| 1947-48 | Indianapolis | NBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Detroit Vagabonds Kings | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Detroit | NBL | 16 | 20 | 24 | 35 | .686 | 64 | 4.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Detroit Jerry Lynch All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 47 | 114 | 71 | 110 | .645 | 299 | 6.4 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1944-45 | Midland Dows | WBT | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 13 | 6.5 | ||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 13 | 6.5 | ||||
| BILLY LOOS | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 155 | College: | None | |||||
| William Brunner Loos | Born: | Dec 25, 1884 | Died: Nov 30, 1954 | Hometown: | Germantown, Pa. | ||||||
| Brother of Ivan Loos | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1902-03 | Philadelphia St.John’s | PBL | 11 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 2.4 | ||||
| 1902-03 | Conshohocken | NBL | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1.3 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Manayunk | PBL | 11 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.9 | ||||
| 1903-04 | Northampton | WMBL | 42 | 39 | 13 | 91 | 2.2 | ||||
| 1904-05 | Manayunk | PBL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | ||||
| 1904-05 | Lowell | NEBL | 42 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1905-06 | Manayunk | PBL | 32 | 29 | 0 | 58 | 1.8 | ||||
| 1906-07 | Manayunk | PBL | 14 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1.4 | ||||
| 1907-08 | Germantown | PBL | 28 | 32 | 0 | 64 | 2.3 | ||||
| 1908-09 | Germnatown | PBL | 11 | 18 | 7 | 43 | 3.9 | ||||
| 1909-10 | Germantown | EBL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 196 | 163 | 20 | 346 | 1.8 | ||||||
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is a small town (population of 40,000 in the 1930′ and 1940’s) 50 miles north of Milwaukee. Sheboygan was a hotbed independent professional basketball throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s. Charles “Slim” Lonsdorf played organized basketball in Sheboygan from the mid-1920’s until the mid-1940’s. Lonsdorf started out playing for the Kohler Company team where he was employed Lonsdorff followed up wwith stints on other local teams such as the Bullhorns, the Enzo-Jetsand the Art Amigs. In 1938, Sheboygan acquired a franchise in the National basketball League. Lonsdorf appeared in 17 major league games for the Redskins before returning to independent ball.
| SLIM LONSDORF | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 175 | College: | None | |||||
| Charles J0seph Lonsdorf | Born: Mar 22, 1905 | Died: Dec 10, 1987 | Hometown: | Athens, Wi. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1926-27 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Sheboygan | Indep | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Sheboygan Ballhorns | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Sheboygan Ballhorns | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Sheboygan Art Imigs | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Sheboygan Art Imigs | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Sheboygan Enzo Jels | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Sheboygan | NBL | 17 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.2 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Sheboygan Kohlers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Sheboygan Ballhorns | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Sheboygan Vince’s | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Sheboygan Richter’s | AAU | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Sheboygan Richter’s | AAU | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Sheboygan Richter’s | AAU | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 17 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.2 | ||||||