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BUDDY JEANNETTE

Buddy  Jeanette was a schoolboy star at New Kensington, Pennsylvania High School.  He was a three-year starter at Washington & Jefferson University before he turned pro in 1938.  Jeannette quickly adapted to the rougher pro game. He was particularly outstanding in the annual World Pro Basketball Tournament in Chicago. Jeannette was the only player to be named an all-star four times and to be twice named the tournament’s MVP.  In addition, he played on the 1941 WBT championship Detroit Eagles squad and on three consecutive (1944, 1945, 1946) WBT champion teams with the Fort Wayne Pistons. Jeannette also played on three consecutive National basketball League championship teams, in 1942-43 with Sheboygan and 1943-44, 1944-45 with Fort Wayne. Jeannette was a very intelligent player and fine tactician who often developed game strategies even on teams where is was not officially in a coaching position. Jeannette was a mediocre outside shooter, who scored most of his points by driving to the basket. He was an effective defender, dazzling ball-handler and passer. He was a surprisingly good rebounder for his size, capable of playing at the forward or guard position. In 1946-47, Jeannette led the Baltimore Bullets as player-coach to a 31-4 record in the American Basketball League. The Bullets joined the BAA the following season and won the 1947-48 championship. Jeannette coached Georgetown University in the early fifties and in the NBA and ABA in the sixties. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994.

 

BUDDY JEANNETTE Height: 5:11 Weight: 175 College: Washington & Jefferson’38
Harry Edward Jeannette Born: Sep 15, 1917 Died: Mar 11, 1998 Hometown: New  Kensington, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1934-35 Washington & Jefferson (Frosh) College 14 62 35 159 11.4
1935-36 Washington & Jefferson College 20 92 42 226 11.3
1936-37 Washington & Jefferson College 18 92 56 240 13.3
1937-38 Washington & Jefferson College 20 240 12.0
1938-39 Warren/Cleveland NBL 26 54 65 86 .684 173 6.7
1938-39 Elmira NYPA 12 45 36 126 10.5
1939-40 Detroit NBL 25 45 52 76 .684 142 5.7
1940-41 Detroit NBL 23 75 54 86 .628 204 8.9
1941-42 Detroit Eagles Indep
1941-42 Sarasota NYSL 2 12 13 37 18.5
1942-43 Rochester Seagrams Indep 18 66 44 176 9.8
1942-43 Sheboygan NBL 4 24 15 17 .824 62 15.5
1943-44 Fort Wayne NBL 22 68 48 65 .738 184 8.4
1944-45 Fort Wayne NBL 27 85 82 111 .739 252 9.3
1945-46 Fort Wayne NBL 34 99 105 136 .772 303 8.9
1946-47 Baltimore ABL 29 113 118 157 .752 344 11.9
1947-48 Baltimore BAA 46 150 191 252 .758 70 491 10.7
1948-49 Baltimore BAA 56 73 167 213 .784 124 313 5.6
1949-50 Baltimore BAA 37 42 109 133 .820 93

 

 193 5.2
Major League Totals 300 715 887 1175 .757 2317 7.7
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Elmira NYPA 5 10 9 29 5.8
1939-40 Detroit NBL 3 6 8 20 6.7
1940-41 Detroit NBL 3 8 5 21 7.0
1940-41 Detroit WBT 4 9 9 15 .600 27 6.8
1941-42 Detroit WBT 4 13 21 26 .808 47 11.8
1942-43 Sheboygan NBL 5 16 17 49 9.8
1942-43 Sheboygan WBT 1 4 8 8 1.000 16 16.0
1943-44 Fort Wayne NBL 5 12 10 34 6.8
1944 Fort Wayne WBT 2 6 4 5 .800 16 8.0
1944-45 Fort Wayne NBL 7 22 23 67 9.6
19444-45 Fort Wayne WBT 3 12 12 14 .857 36 12.0
1945-46 Fort Wayne NBL 4 7 5 6 .833 19 4.8
1945-46 Fort Wayne WBT 5 7 18 22 .818 32 6.4
1946-47 Baltimore ABL 3 12 13 37 12.3
1946-47  Baltimore WBT 1 3 13 13 1.000 19 19.0
1947-48 Baltimore BAA 11 30 37 42 .881 12 97 8.8
1948-49 Baltimore BAA 3 2 4 4 1.000 5 8 2.7
Major League Totals 61 157 194 508 8.3

 

 

PAUL JASPER

 

PAUL JASPER Height: 6:02 Weight: 190 College: Indaina’31
Paul George Jasper Born:  Dec 15, 1908 Died:  Oct 23, 2001 Hometown: Fort Wayne, In.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1930-31 Indiana College
1931-32 Indep
1932-33 Fort Wayne NPBL 2 0 0 0 o.o
Major League Totals 2 0 0 0 0.0

 

 

OTTO JASKOVIAK

OTTO JASKOVIAK Height: 5:07 Weight: 145 College: None
Adolph Julius Jaskoviak Jr. Born: Sep 21, 1876     Died: Nov, 20  1942 Hometown: Southbridge, Ma.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1899-00 Northbridge BBA Indep
1900-01 Marlboro MBL 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0

### JARRETT

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REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1910-11 Poughkeepsie HRL 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0

TONY JAROS

With the exception of one season,  Tony Jaros played his entire basketball career from high school to the pros in his hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jaros is considered one of the greatest high school athletes in the history of th city. Jaros was a three-sport star at Edison High School and then went on to the University of Minnesota were he starred in basketball and baseball. After service in World War II, Jaros signed in the fall of 1946 with Chicago of the Basketball Association of America. After just one season, Jaros returned to Minneapolis to join the Lakers, new members of the National Basketball League. He averaged 5.4 pointer per game in four seasons before retiring in 1951.  Jaros batted .302 in three seasons of minor league baseball. He  later owned a well-known bar in the Minneapolis neighborhood where he grew up.

 

TONY JAROS Height: 6:03 Weight: 185 College: Minnesota’46
Anthony Joseph Jaros Born:  Feb 21, 1920 Died: Apr 22, 1995 Hometown: Minneapolis, Mn.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1941-42 Minnesota (Frosh) College
1941-42 Minnesota College
1942-43 Minnapolis Spring Sparklers AAU
1942-45 U.S. Army Military Service
1945-46 Minnesota College
1946-47 Chicago BAA 59 177 128 181 .707 28 482 8.2
1947-48 Minneapolis NBL 58 95 83 114 .728 273 4.7
1948-49 Minneapolis BAA 59 132 79 110 .718 58 343 5.8
1949-50 Minneapolis NBA 61 84 72 96 .750 60 240 3.9
1950-51 Minneapolis NBA 63 88 65 103 .631 72 241 3.8
Major League Totals 300 576 427 604 .707 1579 5.3
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1946-47 Chicago BAA 11 40 22 31 .710 8 102 9.3
1947-48 Minneapolis NBL 10 29 22 33 .667 80 8.0
1947-48 Minneapolis WBT 3 4 4 4 1.000 12 4.0
1948-49 Minneapolis BAA 10 20 18 23 .783 11 58 5.8
1949-50 Minneapolis NBA 2 0 1 2 .500 0 1 0.5
1950-51 Minneapolis NBA 7 6 8 11 .727 6 20 2.9
Major League Totals 43 99 75 104 .721 273 6.3

MIKE JARMON

 

MIKE JARMON Height: 5:10 Weight: 160 College: CCNY’39
Emanuel Jrmulnick Born:  Dec 26, 1918       Died:  Apr 6, 1996 Hometown: New York, NY
Manny Jarmon REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1937-38 CCNY College
1938-39 CCNY College
1939-40 Jersey ABL 20 18 6 42 2.1
1940-41 Brooklyn Dodgers Indep
1941-42 Pittsburgh YMHA Indep
1942-43 Pittsburgh YMHA Indep
1943-45 Military
Major League Totals 20 18 6 42 2.1

### JARMAN

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REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1898-99 Manheim Indep
1898-99 Philadelphia Wheelmen NBL 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0

LEFTY JANOWSKI

LEFTY JANOWSKI Height: 5:09 Weight: 150 College:
John W. Janowski Jr. Born:  Oct 13, 1897 Died:  Dec 17, 1979 Hometown: Nanticoke, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1920-21 Nanticoke PSL 3 3 2 2 8 2.7
1921-22 Nanticoke PSL 16 36 68
1922-23 Plymouth PSL    5       6     22      34      6.8
1923-24 Pittston PSL
1924-25 Indep
1925-26 Indep
1926-27 Indep
1927-28 Dunmore-Wilkes- Barre PSL 3 6 6 18 6.0
1928-29 Nanticoke PSL 16 20 30 70 4.4
1929-30 Nanticoke PSL
Major League Totals 3 3 2 8 2.7

JOHN JANISCH

John Janisch was a baseball and basketball star at Union Township High School in LaPorte County, Indiana. Janisch played varsity baseball at Purdue University for two seasons before dropping out of school in 1942. In January of of 1944, Janisch enrolled at Valparaiso University. Three days later, he appeared in his first collegiate basketball  game and scored 15 points to lead Valparaiso to a win over a surpised DePaul University team that featured 6’10” All-American, George  Mikan. Janisch’s two and half years at Valparaiso was one of the best runs in school history. The 1944-45 squad posted a 21-3 record. Janisch had a strong rookie pro season in the newly-formed Basketball Association of America, averaging 11 points a game for the Detroit Falcons, but he slipped the next two years and his pro career was over after just three seasons.

 

JOHN JANISCH Height: 6:03 Weight: 200 College: Valparaiso’45
John Albert Janisch Born:  Mar 15, 1920 Died:  Aug 29, 1992 Hometown: LePorte, In.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1943-44 Valparaiso College
1944-45 Valparaiso College
1945-46 Valparaiso College
1945-46 Valparaiso Kernel All Stars Indep
1945-46 Anderson Chiefs Indep 6 5 8 11 .727 18 3.0
1946-47 Detroit BAA 60 283 131 198 .662 49 697 11.6
1947-48 Boston–Providence BAA 10 14 9 16 .563 2 37 3.7
1947-48 Flint NBL 36 36 21 28 .750 93 2.6
Major League Totals 106 333 161 242 .665 827 7.8
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1945-46 Anderson Chiefs WBT 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Major League Totals 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

 

 

WALTER JAMIESON

WALTER JAMIESON Height: 5:09 Weight: 155 College: None
Walter J. Jamieson Born:  Feb 2, 1904 Died: May 23, 1993 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1922-23 Brooklyn Owls Indep
1923-24 Brooklyn Owls Indep
1924-25 Rockaway Veterans Indep
1925-26 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
1926-27 Brooklyn–Baltimore ABL 6 6 3 15 2.5
1926-27 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
1927-28 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
1928-29 Rockaway Pros Indep
1929-30 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
1931-32 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
1932-33 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
1929-30 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls Indep
Major League Totals 6 6 3 15 2.5