NORM BAKER

Norm Baker was voted Canada’s top basketball player of the first half of the 20th century. At age 19, Baker was a member of the Victoria Dominoes, the Senior National basketball Championship team in 1939. With Baker in a staring role, the Dominoes won two more national championships in 1942 and 1946. Baker turned professional in 1946, but was released after only four games for the Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America. Baker played for two years as a member of the Vancouver Hornets in the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League. Baker finished second in league scoring in 1946-47 season with 18.6 points per game average. In the 1947-48 season, he led the PCL in scoring with 20.8 points per game average. Baker also played two years for the New York Celtics and the Boston Whirlwinds, the traveling opponents of the Harlem Globetrotters. Following his basketball career, Baker worked as a police officer and coached basketball and lacrosse. Bakerwas inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979.

NORM BAKER		Height:	6:02		Weight:		180		College:		None
Norman Henry Baker		Born: Feb 17, 1923			Died: Apr 23, 1989				Hometown:		Victoria, B.C.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORDS
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Victoria Dominoes	Indp
1941-45		Military Service
1944-45	Pay Bay Gremlins	Indep
1946-47	Chicago	BAA	4	1	0	0	.000		0	0.0
1946-47	Vancouver	PCL	37						688	18.6
1947-48	Vancouver	PCL	51						1060	20.8
1948-49	Vancouver	Indep
1949-50	New York Celtics	Indep
1949-50	Boston Whirlwinds	Indep
1950-51	Boston Whirlwinds	Indep
	Major League Totals		4	1	0	0	.000		0	0.0
				POST SEASON RECORD
1946-17	Vancouver	PCL	10						160	16.0
1946-47	Portland	WBT	1	0	1	2	.500		1	1.0
1947-48	Vancouver-Bellingham	PCL	7						153	21.9
	Major League Totals		1	0	1	2	.500		1	1.0

ROY PFLUGRAD

ROY PFLUGRAD		Height:	6:02		Weight:	180			College:		Oregon State’39
Roy David Pflugrad		Born: Dec 18, 1916			Died: Jan 4, 2012				Hometown:		Corvalis, Or.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1936-37	Oregon State	College
1937-38	Oregon State	College
1938-39	Oregon State	College
1939-40	Portland Signal Oil	Indep
1940-41	Portland Signal Oil	Indep
1942-43	Portland Boilermakers	Indep
1943-44	Portland Pacific Packards	Indep
1946-47	Portland	PCL	42						217	5.2
1947-48	Portland	PCL	16						44	2.8
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Portland	PCL	10						35	3.5
1946-47	Portland	WBT	1	2	0	0	.000		4	4.0
	Major League Totals		1	2	0	0	.000		4	4.0

TOM SMITH

TOM SMITH		Height:	6:03		Weight:	190			College:		Eastern Washington’44
Lyle Thomas Smith		Born: Sep 9, 1923			Died: Nov 16, 2001				Hometown:		Yakima, Wa.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-43	Eastern Washington	College
1943-44	Eastern Washington	College
1946-47	Bellingham-Yakima	PCL	34						230	6.8
1946-47	Portland	PCL	55						438	8.0
			POST SEASON RECORD
1946-47	Portland	PCL	8						17	2.1
1946-47	Portland Indians	WBT	1	0	0	0	.000		0	0.0
	Major League Totals		9	0	0	0	.000		17	1.9

BOB HAMILTON

BOB HAMILTON		Height:	5:10		Weight:	160			College:		Oregon’46
Robert Irwin Hamilton		Born: Apr 22, 1922			Died: Dec 7, 1995				Hometown:		Marshalltown, Ia.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	T	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-43	Oregon (Frosh)	College
1943-44	Oregon	College
1944-45	Oregon	College
1945-46	Oregon	College
1946-47	Oklahoma City Conairs	ABL
1946-47	Portland	PCL	18						80	4.4
1949-50	Lethbridge Green Acres	Indep
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Portland	PCL	11						73	6.6
1946-47	Portland	WBT	1	1	0	0	.000		2	2.0
	Major League Totals		1	1	0	0	.000		2	2.0

PORKY ANDREWS

Porky Andrews was one of the first Canadians to play college basketball in the United States as a member of the University of Oregon Ducks from 1939 through 1942. After service in World War II, Andrews played professional basketball for one season (1946-47) with the Vancouver Hornets in the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League. He also played on two Canadian National Championship teams, the 1935 Victoria Blue Ribbons and the 1946 Victoria Dominoes. Andrews was the longtime coach at Victoria High School and guided them to provincial titles in 1959, 1962 and 1969.

PORKY ANDREWS		Height:	6:00		Weight:	180			College:		Oregon’42
George Lloyd Andrews		Born: Sep 18, 1918			Died:: May 26,1999				Hometown:		Victoria, BC
			REGULAR SEASON
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1934-35	Victoria Blue Ribbons	Indep
1935-36	Victoria	Indep
1936-37	Victoria	Indep
1937-38	Victoria	Indep
1938-39	Oregon (Frosh)	NCAA
1939-40	Oregon	NCAA
1940-41	Oregon	NCAA
1941-42	Oregon	NCAA
1942-44	Canadian Army	Military Service
1944-45	Seattle Alpine Dairy	Indep
1944-45	North Sannich Patricia Bay Gremlins	Indep
1945-46	Victoria Dominoes	Indep
1946-47	Vancouver	PCL	33						344	10.4
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Vancouver	PCL	11						102	9.3
1946-47	Portland Indians	WBT	1	2	5	5	1.000		9	9.0
	Major League Totals		1	2	5	5	1.000		9	9.0

BUD SCHIPPER

BUD SCHIPPER		Height:	6:05		Weight:		190		College:		Gallagher Business
Lawrence Everette Shipper		Born:	Feb 2, 1916		Died: Aug 14, 1987				Hometown:		Kankakee, Il.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Anderson Packers	Indep
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Anderson Packers	WBT	2	1	0	1	.000		2	1.0
	Major League Totals		2	1	0	1	.000		2	1.0

DICK MILLER

DICK MILLER		Height:	6:02		Weight:		200		College:		Lawrence(Wi)’47
Richard G. Miller		Born:	Dec 24, 1922						Hometown:		Chicago, Il.
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Oshkosh All-Stars	WBT	4	3	0	2	.000		6	1.5
	Major League Totals		4	3	0	2	.000		6	1.5

LES PUGH

LES PUGH		Height:	6:07		Weight:	190				College: Ohio State’47
Leslie Ellsworth Pugh		Born: Sep 18, 1921			Died: Feb 25, 1979					Hometown: Middletown, Oh.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1946-47	Ohio State	College
1946-47	Indianapolis Kautskys	Indep
1947-48	Dayton	AABL	12	39	23				101	8.4
1948-49	Providence	BAA	60	168	125	167	.749	59	461	7.7
1949-50	Baltimore	NBA	56	68	115	136	.846	16	251	4.5
	Major League Totals		116	236	240	303	.792	75	712	6.1
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Indianapolis Kautskys sKautskys	WBT	2	0	1	2	.500		1	0.5
1947-48	Dayton	AABL	4						14	3.5
	Major League Totals		2	0	1	2	.500		1	0.5

DICK HOLUB

Dick Holub played basketball for Long Island University. In his sophomore year, he was the Blackbirds’ leading scorer and helped led the team to a 25-2 record and to the 1941 National Invitation Tournament title. He was honored as a member of the 1942 Pic Magazine All-American Basketball Team. Holub served in the Army Air Corps in the South Pacific in World War II. He returned to LIU in 1946-47 and led the team in scoring with a then-record 397 points. Holub played one season with the New York Knicks (1947-48) in the Basketball Association of America, the precursor to the NBA. He continued playing professional basketball for three more seasons in the American basketball League, a top minor league with a limited geographical scope that allowed him also to teach and coach. Holub was the first men’s basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson,and had a 233-167 record there from 1949-66. Holub, who held a Doctorate of Education from Columbia University , was a longtime professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson. In 1981, he accepted a position at the University of Connecticut as academic adviser to the athletics department.

DICK HOLUB		Height:	6:06		Weight:	205			College:		Long Island’47
Richard W.enzelHolub		Born: Oct 29, 1921			Died: Jul 27, 2000				Hometown:		Flushing, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Long Island (Frosh)	College
1940-41	Long Island	College
1941-42	Long Island	College
1942-45	U.S. Army Air Corp.	Military Service
1946-47	Long Island	College
1946-47	Midland Dows	Indep
1947-48	New York	BAA	48	195	114	180	.633	37	504	10.5
1948-49	Paterson	ABL	41	285	265	407	.651		835	20.4
1949-50	Paterson	ABL	34	145	213	316	.674		503	14.8
1950-51	Bridgeport	ABL	33	115	115	185	.622		345	10.5
1951-55	Middletown	ABL	2	5	6	…	…		16	8.0
	Major League Totals		48	195	114	180	.633		504	10.5
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Midland Dows	WBT	2	3	0	0	0		6	3.0
1947-48	New York	BAA	3	9	8	14	.571	0	26	8.7
1948-49	Paterson	ABL	2	11	12	…	…		34	17.0
	Major League Totals		5	12	8	14	.571		32	6.4

TED BOKINA

Thaddeus “Ted” Bokina a stared at the Massachusetts State College (later the University of Massachusetts, Amherst) from 1939 through 1943. His height, 6 feet, seven inches, got him nicknamed “The Giant” during an era when most players barely topped 6-feet. He was the leading scoring on the team for three seasons. After earning a bachelor’s degree in 1943. he got a job as an agricultural statistician and began playing minor-league professional basketball with the Boston Goodwins at $25 a game in the New England Basketball League. Traded mid-season to Fitchburg, Bokina averaged 13.1 points a game and led his new team to the NEBL Championship. In 1946, he signed with the professional Dow Athletic Club of Midland, Michigan, a powerful Midwest independent team sponsored by Dow Chemical company. At the end of the season, Bokina played well in the World Professional Tournament in Chicago. When the Dow A.C. signed to join the National Basketball League for the 1947-48 season, Bokina seemed on the verge of stardom. After the final exhibition game prior to the start of the season, Bokina came down with pleurisy and never played another game.

TED BOKINA		Height:	6:07		Weight:	215			College:		Massachusetts’43
Thaddeus Victor Bokina		Born: Jan 13, 1922			Died: Dec 5, 2011				Hometown:		Hatfield, Ma.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939-40	Massachusetts	College
1940-41	Massachusetts	College
1941-42	Massachusetts	College
1942-43	Massachusetts	College
1945–46	Boston-Fitchburg	NEBL	25	136	44	8			316	12.6
1946-47	Midland Dows	Indep
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Fitchburg	NEBL	5	17	14	8			48	9.6
1946-47	Midland Dows	WBT	2	5	7	8	.875		17	8.5
	Major League Totals		2	5	7	8	.875		17	8.5