| BOB WARDELL | Height: | 5:04 | Weight: | 140 | College: | None | |||||
| Robert Washington Wardell | Born: Apr 24, 1894 | Died: Sep 15, 1972 | Hometown: | Weehawken, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1916-17 | Paterson | IBL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||||
Archives
GADGET WARD
| GADGET WARD | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 150 | College: | Indiana/Central Normal | |||||
| Norris Dewitt Ward | Born: Jun 22, 1907 | Died: Jun 4, 1981 | Hometown: | LaPorte, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | LaPorte Midgets | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Michigan City Indians | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Indep | ||||||||||
| 1932-33 | Fort Wayne | NPBL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||||
BOBBY WANZER
Bobby Wanzer played basketball at Benjamin Franklin High School in New York City. His college career at Seton Hall University spanned from 1941 to 1947 separated by three years in the Marines during World War II. Wanzer played for the Rochester Royals for nine seasons, where he teamed in the backcourt with Hall of Famer, Bob Davies. The Royals were one of the most successful teams of the era and won the 1950-51 National Basketball Association. He was a five-time All-Star with the Royals and was named to the All-NBA second-team three consecutive times. During the 1951-52 season, Wanzer became the first player to ever make over 90% of his free throws. Wanzer coached the Royals for three and half seasons, the first two seasons as a player-coach. His overall record was 98-136. In 1962, Wanzer became the first coach at St.John Fisher College in Pittsfield, New York were he remained for 24 seasons and also served as the school’s athletic director. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987.
| BOBBY WANZER | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Colgate’44 / Seton Hall’47 | |||||
| Robert Francis Wanzer | Born: Jun 4, 1921 | Died: Jan 23, 2016 | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-43 | Seton Hall | College | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | US Marines | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Colgate | College | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Seton Hall | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Seton Hall | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Twin Cities | NYSL | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 13.5 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Rochester | NBL | 40 | 55 | 57 | 69 | .826 | 167 | 4.2 | ||
| 1948-49 | Rochester | NBA | 60 | 202 | 209 | 254 | .823 | 186 | 613 | 10.2 | |
| 1949-50 | Rochester | NBA | 68 | 256 | 290 | 359 | .808 | 217 | 802 | 11.8 | |
| 1950-51 | Rochester | NBA | 68 | 252 | 232 | 273 | .850 | 181 | 736 | 10.8 | |
| 1951-52 | Rochester | NBA | 66 | 328 | 377 | 417 | .904 | 262 | 1033 | 15.7 | |
| 1952-53 | Rochester | NBA | 70 | 318 | 384 | 473 | .812 | 252 | 1020 | 14.6 | |
| 1953-54 | Rochester | NBA | 72 | 322 | 314 | 428 | .734 | 254 | 958 | 13.3 | |
| 1954-55 | Rochester | NBA | 73 | 328 | 301 | 381 | .790 | 250 | 957 | 13.1 | |
| 1955-56 | Rochester | NBA | 72 | 245 | 259 | 360 | .719 | 225 | 749 | 10.4 | |
| 1956-57 | Rochester | NBA | 21 | 23 | 36 | 46 | .783 | 9 | 82 | 3.9 | |
| Major League Totals | 608 | 2323 | 2445 | 3045 | .803 | 7091 | 11.7 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1947-48 | Rochester | NBL | 11 | 21 | 24 | 28 | .857 | 66 | 6.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Rochester | NBA | 4 | 13 | 12 | 17 | .706 | 9 | 38 | 9.5 | |
| 1949-50 | Rochester | NBA | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | .846 | 4 | 27 | 13.5 | |
| 1950-51 | Rochester | NBA | 14 | 57 | 61 | 67 | .910 | 59 | 175 | 12.5 | |
| 1951-52 | Rochester | NBA | 6 | 33 | 47 | 49 | .959 | 19 | 113 | 18.8 | |
| 1952-53 | Rochester | NBA | 3 | 14 | 23 | 27 | .852 | 9 | 51 | 17.0 | |
| 1953-54 | Rochester | NBA | 6 | 30 | 36 | 44 | .818 | 26 | 96 | 16.0 | |
| 1954-55 | Rochester | NBA | 3 | 16 | 22 | 24 | .917 | 8 | 54 | 18.0er | |
| Major League Totals | 49 | 192 | 236 | 269 | .877 | 620 | 12.7 | ||||
FERMAN WAMPLER
| FERMAN WAMPLER | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 150 | College: | None | |||||
| Ferman | Charles Wampler | Born: Dec 31, 1905 | Aug 18, 1969 | Hometown: | Vincennes, In. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1925-26 | Vincennes Y Merchants | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Vincennes Y Merchants | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Chyrsler Basketeers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Flint Buick Flyers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Pontiac/Detroit | NPBL | 17 | 40 | 36 | 116 | 6.8 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 17 | 40 | 36 | 116 | 6.8 | ||||||
LEM WALTON
| LEM WALTON | Height: | Weight: | College: | ||||||||
| Lemuel Walton | Born: | Died: | Hometown: | Trenton, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1902-03 | Trenton Waldrons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1903-04 | Bristol | ABL | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2.5 | ||||
| 1904-05 | Trenton | Indep | |||||||||
| 1905-06 | Trenton–Beacon | PBL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1908-09 | Trenton Nationals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1908-09 | De Neri | PBL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | ||||
| 1909-10 | Princeton | EBL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||
| 1910-11 | Trenton | EBL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 15 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1.2 | ||||||
JACK WALTON
| JACK WALTON | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 190 | College: | None | |||||
| Jack D. | Walton | Born: | May 19, | 1926 | Died: | Dec 17, | 1952 | Hometown: | Markle, In. | ||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-45 | US Army Air Corp. | Military
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| 1945-46 | Fort Wayne | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-48 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Anderson | NBL | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 14 | 1.8 | ||
| 1948-49 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | Anderson | NPBL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 17 | 1.5 | ||||
IKE WALTON
| IKE WALTON | Height: | Weight: | College: | ||||||||
| Born: | Died: | Hometown: | |||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Paterson | ABL | 14 | 33 | 22 | 88 | 6.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 14 | 33 | 22 | 88 | 6.3 | ||||||
KEN WALTERS
| KEN WALTERS | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Ohio U’47. | |||||
| Kenneth William Walters | Born: Apr 29, 1922 | Died: Feb 13, 1992 | Hometown: | New Lexington, Oh. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Ohio (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Ohio | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Ohio | College | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Ohio | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Ohio | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Louisville | PBLA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Syracuse | NBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Zanesville | AAL | 15 | 78 | 47 | 203 | 13.5 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Hartford | ABL | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 24 | 3.4 | ||
| 1948-49 | Bristol | ECL | 3 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1949-50 | Hartford | ABL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1949-50 | New Britain | ECL | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | Hartford | ECL | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
HARRY WALTERS
| HARRY WALTERS | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 195 | College: | Cornell (NY)’34 | ||||
| Dr. Harold Bower Walters | Born: April 6, 1911 | ied: Jan 18, 2003 | Hometown: | Newark, NY | ||||||
| Tuffy Walters | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG |
| 1932-33 | Cornell (NY) | College | ||||||||
| 1933-34 | Cornell (NY) | College | ||||||||
| 1933-34 | Brooklyn Jewels | ABL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | |||
| 1933-34 | Wilkes Barre | PSL | 3 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 11.0 | |||
| 1934-35 | 35New York | ABL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1942-43 | Brooklyn | ABL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Major League Totals | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | |||||
HARMON WALTERS
| HARMON WALTERS | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 200 | College: | Rice’47 | |||||
| Harmon Richard Walters | Born: | Nov 14, 1921 | Died: Dec 5, 1998 | Hometown: | Houston, Tx. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Rice (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Rice | College | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Rice | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Rice | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Houston | PBLA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Houston Shur-Start Battery | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||