STATISTICS & HISTORY
In the 1920’s, the Queens borough of New York City was a hotbed of professional basketball. Stan Povey was not the best pro player in Queens, but he was certainly among the most popular. He was a savy tactician and a fierce competitor. One newspaper described him as the most rugged warrior in the game. While these attributes explained his popularity to some degree, it was his “every man” quality that endeared him to fans. His nickname was Rolly Poly Povey. His stomach was described as massive. He was five feet eight inches tall and his weight fluctuated between 185 and 195 pounds. After retiring from professional basketball in 1932, Povey turned his attention to tennis. He became an accomplished player, who throughout the 1930’s was a fixture in Metropolitan New York area tournaments.
| STAN POVEY | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 195 | College: | None | |||||
| Stanley William Povey | Born: Jan 11, 1902 | Died: Aug, 1978 | Hometown: | QUeens, NY | |||||||
| Rolly Polly Povey | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1923-24 | New York Wanderers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1923-24 | College Point | Indep | |||||||||
| 1924-25 | Brooklyn Edisons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1924-25 | College Point | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Paterson | MBL | 20 | 21 | 25 | 67 | 3.4 | ||||
| 1925-26 | Brooklyn Edisons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Long Island City
Pros |
Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | College Point | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Greenpoint–Yonkers | MBL | 6 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1926-27 | New York Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Long Island City Pros | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Brooklyn Edisons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | New York Good Counsel | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Hudson | MBL | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 2.6 | ||||
| 1927-28 | Long Island City Pros | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | New York Lou Gehrig All Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Hoboken Saints | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Long Island Pro- Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Long Island Pro -Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Hempstead Monitor Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Maspeth Lithuanians | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Long Island Pro- Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Long Island | MBL | 11 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 3.1 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Long Island | MBL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Long Island Pro- Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 49 | 51 | 59 | 161 | 3.3 | ||||||