Played home games at North Side High School Gym in Fort Wayne, Indiana – Seating capacity -3,800
FORT WAYNE PISTONS | NBL | 25-19 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | 7-7 | ||||||||||
CARL BENNETT | 19-22 | |||||||||||||
CURLY ARMSTRONG | 1-0 | |||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | ||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Curly Armstrong | F-G | 28 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 44 | 127 | 134 | 195 | .687 | 388 | 8.8 | ||
Blackie Towery | F | 26 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 41 | 100 | 80 | 134 | .597 | 280 | 6.8 | ||
Jake Pelkington | C | 29 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 42 | 129 | 125 | 166 | .753 | 383 | 9.1 | ||
Chick Reiser | G | 32 | 5:11 | 165 | NYU’35 | 44 | 153 | 104 | 139 | .748 | 410 | 9.3 | ||
Bob Tough | G | 26 | 6:00 | 185 | St.John’s(NY)’42 | 44 | 124 | 55 | 81 | .679 | 303 | 6.9 | ||
Bob Kinney | C | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’42 | 44 | 102 | 42 | 84 | .500 | 246 | 5.6 | ||
Bobby McDermott | G | 32 | 5:11 | 185 | None | to Chicago | 14 | 59 | 41 | 60 | .683 | 159 | 11.4 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 26 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 36 | 50 | 23 | 50 | .460 | 123 | 3.4 | ||
Dick Niemeria | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 165 | Notre Dame’43 | 13 | 28 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 73 | 5.6 | ||
Jerry Bush | F | 32 | 6:03 | 205 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | to Anderson | 21 | 26 | 14 | 21 | .667 | 66 | 3.1 | |
Frank Gates | G | 26 | 6:00 | 165 | Sam Houston St.’41 | fr Anderson | 16 | 20 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 49 | 3.1 | |
Charlie Shipp | G | 33 | 6:01 | 200 | None | to Anderson | 14 | 12 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 35 | 2.5 | |
Jerry Steiner | G | 28 | 5:07 | 160 | Butler’40 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 29 | 1.8 | ||
Whitey Dienelt | G | 25 | 6:00 | 185 | Indiana | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 11 | 0.8 | ||
Ken Buehler | F | 27 | 6:02 | 180 | Wis-Milwaukee’41 | Injuried | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 11 | 1.4 | |
Ben Gardner | F | 25 | 6:03 | 190 | SamHouston St.’46 | fr Anderson VR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Lyle Neat | G | 30 | 6:00 | 180 | Butler’41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
4-4 | PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Curly Armstrong | F-G | 28 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 31 | .742 | 71 | 8.9 | ||
Blackie Towery | F | 26 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 37 | 4.6 | ||
Jake Pelkington | C | 29 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 8 | 18 | 19 | 25 | .760 | 55 | 6.9 | ||
Chick Reiser | G | 32 | 5:11 | 165 | NYU’35 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 29 | .690 | 72 | 9.0 | ||
Bob Tough | G | 26 | 6:00 | 185 | St.John’s(NY)’42 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 19 | .842 | 50 | 6.3 | ||
Bob Kinney | C | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’42 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 22 | .773 | 53 | 6.6 | ||
Milo Komenich | F-C | 26 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 36 | 4.5 | ||
Frank Gates | G | 26 | 6:00 | 165 | Sam Houston St.’41 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 29 | 4.1 | ||
Dick Niemeria | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 165 | Notre Dame’43 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 27 | 4.5 | ||
Jerry Steiner | G | 28 | 5:07 | 160 | Butler’40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 0.8 | ||
Whitey Dienelt | G | 25 | 6:00 | 185 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1.0 |