Joe Fabel was a three-sport star at East Pittsburgh High School and  then attended the University of Pittsburgh for one year. Fabel was a longtime fixture in Eastern Pennsylvania independent pro basketball. After World War II service as a bomber pilot, Fabel played one season in the Basketball Association of America for the Pittsburgh Ironmen.

 

JOE FABEL		Height:	6:01		Weight:		190		College:		Pittsburgh’37
Joseph A. Fabel		Born: May 15, 1917			Died:   Jan 31, 1967				Hometown:		Pittsburgh, Pa.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1936-37	Pittsburgh	College
1937-38	Wilmerding Westinghouse Airbrakes	Indep
1938-39	Pittsburgh	NBL	1	3	0				6	6.0
1938-39	Pittsburgh Hyatt Big Five	Indep
1939-40	McKeesport Big-Five	Indep
1939-40	Cardon Big Five	Indep
1939-40	Wilmerding Westinghouse Airbrakes	Indep
1940-41	McKeesport Big-Five	Indep
19040-41	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indep
1940-41	Cumberland Collegians	Indep
1941-42	Hagerstown Conoco Oilers	Indep
1941-42	Cumberland Collegians	Indep
1942-45	U.S. Army Air Corp.	Military Service
1945-46	Utica Blues	Indep
1945-46	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indep
1946-47	Pittsburgh	BAA	30	25	13	26	.500	2	63	2.1
1947-48	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indep
1948-49	Pittsburgh-McKeesport	AAL	23						178	7.7
	Major League Totals		31	28	13				69	2.2
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Hagerstown Oilers	WBT	1	1	0	2	.000		2	2.0
1945-46	Pittsburgh Raiders	WBT	1	5	1	1	1.000		11	11.0
1946-47	Pittsburgh Pirates	WBT	1	0	1	4	.250		1	1.0
1948-49	McKeesport	AAL	2						29	14.5
	Major League Totals		3	6	2	7	.286	0	14	4.7

 

John Ezersky was a star  baseball  and basketball player at Power Memorial High School in New York City. After three years in the army during World War II, Ezersky signed in 1946 with the New York Gothams of the American Basketball League and led the team in scoring. During the following  season, after a two month  stint with the Tri-City Blackhawks in the National basketball League, Ezersky signed with  Providence Steamrollers of the Basketball Association of America where  he averaged 10.1 points in 25 games. The next two seasons, Ezersky split time between the Baltimore Bullets and the Boston Celtics. Ezersky rejoined the ABL in 1950 , where he averaged 16 points per game over the next two seasons, but never received a call-back to the NBA. After retiring from pro basketball, Ezersky drove a cab for almost fifty years, first in in New York City and later in San Francisco.

 

JOHN EZERSKY		Height:	6:03		Weight:		175		College:		None
John J0seph Ezersky		Born:  Mar 21, 1922			Died:	Feb 20	2012		Hometown:		New York, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-45	Military Service
1945-46	New York	ABL	2	4	0				8	4.0
1945-46	Long Island Bombers	Indep
1945-46	New York Laurels	Indep
1946-47	Brooklyn	ABL	34	147	100				394	11.6
1947-48	Brooklyn	ABL	9	50	49	76	.645		149	16.6
1947-48	Tri-Cities	NBL	5	9	5	8	.625		23	4.6
1947-48	Providence	BAA	25	95	63	104	.606	16	253	10.1
1947-48	Twin Cities	NYSL	6						92	15.3
1948-49	Providence–Boston–Baltimore	BAA	56	128	109	160	.681	67	365	6.5
1949-50	Hartford	ABL	6	33	28	39	.718	3	94	15.7
1949-50	Baltimore–Boston	NBA	54	143	127	183	.694	86	413	7.6
1950-51	Wilkes-Barre	ABL	39	242	234	352	.665	68	718	18.4
1951-52	Wilkes-Barre-Scranton	ABL	30	133	118				384	12.8
	Major League Totals		142	379	304				1062	7.5
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	New York	ABL	1	3	3				9	9.0
1946-47	Brooklyn	ABL	3	23	10				56	18.7
1951-52	Scranton	ABL	10	33	24				90	9.0
	Major League Totals		1	3	3				9	9.0

Ken Exel was a standout athlete at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. He went to play at the University of Minnesota and was captain of the team in his senior year. Exel was an aggressive player with good defensive skills throughout his career.

 

KEN EXEL		Height:	6:01		Weight:	175			College:		Minnesota’43
Kenneth Arnold Exel		Born: Sep 12, 1920			Died:   Jul 6, 2006				Hometown:		Minneapolis, Mn.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Minnesota (Frosh)	College
1040-41	Minnesota	College
1941-42	Minnesota	College
1942-43	Minnesota	College
1943-46	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1944-45	Hartford Nutmegs	Indep
1946-47	Oshkosh–Syracuse	NBL	27	18	16	35	.457		52	1.9
1947-48	Minneapolis	NBL	5	1	2	6	.333		4	0.8
	Major League Totals		32	19	18	41	.439		56	1.8
					POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-43	Minneapolis	WBT	2	4	3	5	1.000		11	5.5
1944-45	Hartford Nutmegs	WBT	1	1	1	1	1.000		3	3.0
1946-47	Syracuse	NBL	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1946-47	Syracuse	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
	Major League Totals		5	5	4	6	.667		14	2.8

 

BEL EVANS		Height:	5:08		Weight:		150		College:		None
William Belmont Evans		Born:  Feb 22, 1892			Died: Dec 20, 1989				Hometown:		Newark, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1913-14	Union Hill (NJ) Troys	Indep
1914-15	Newark National Turners	Indep
1915-16	Orange Commonwealth	Indep
1915-16	Union Hill (NJ) Troys	Indep
1915-16	North Hudson	IBL	5	1	1				3	0.6
1915-16	Orange	ECBL	2	5	3				13	6.5
1916-17	Hoboken Winstons	Indep
1919-20	Orange A.C.	Indep
1920-21	Orange AC	Indep
1920-21	Newark Prudential Big Five	Indep
1921-22	Newark Prudential Big Five	Indep
1921-22	Newark Bay View Wheelmen	Indep
1921-22	Orange Big Five	Indep
1922-23	Newark Prudential Big Five	Indep
1923-24	Orange A.C. Professionals
1926-27	Newark Prudential Big Five	Indep
	Major League Totals		5	1	1				3	0.6