PLayed home games at the Hippodrome in Waterloo, Iowa – Seating capacity – 8,000
| WATERLOO HAWKS | NPBL | 32-24 | JACK SMILEY | ||||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
| Don Boven | F | 25 | 6:04 | 210 | W.Michigan’49 | 56 | 269 | 245 | 345 | .710 | 783 | 14.0 | |
| Wayne See | F | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | Ariz State(Flagstaff)’49 | 56 | 252 | 82 | 133 | .617 | 586 | 10.5 | |
| Stan Weber | C | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | Bowling Green’50 | 54 | 190 | 102 | 185 | .551 | 482 | 8.9 | |
| Johnny Payak | G | 24 | 6:04 | 170 | Bowling Green’49 | 56 | 234 | 251 | 326 | .770 | 719 | 12.8 | |
| Murray Wier | G | 24 | 5:10 | 155 | Iowa’48 | 51 | 186 | 117 | 194 | .603 | 489 | 9.6 | |
| Ralph O’Brien | G | 22 | 5:09 | 160 | Butler’50 | fr Grand Rapids | 30 | 183 | 56 | 73 | .767 | 422 | 14.1 |
| Jack Smiley | F | 28 | 6:03 | 185 | Illinois’47 | 56 | 99 | 100 | 141 | .709 | 298 | 5.3 | |
| Leo Kubiak | G | 24 | 5:11 | 175 | Bowling Green’48 | to Denver | 26 | 85 | 63 | 82 | .768 | 233 | 9.0 |
| Chuck Share | C | 23 | 6:11 | 235 | Bowling Green’50 | Injured | 19 | 62 | 86 | 128 | .672 | 210 | 11.1 |
| Buddy Cate | F | 24 | 6:06 | 195 | W. Kentucky’50 | fr Grand Rapids | 26 | 58 | 49 | 70 | .700 | 165 | 6.3 |
| Joe Nelson | F | 23 | 6:03 | 180 | BYU’50 | fr St.Paul | 32 | 48 | 43 | 52 | .827 | 139 | 4.3 |
| Elmore Morgenthaler | C | 25 | 6:09 | 235 | Boston College’46 | fr Grand Rapids | 16 | 47 | 35 | 56 | .625 | 129 | 8.1 |
| Mac Otten | C-F | 25 | 6:07 | 225 | Bowling Green’48 | 24 | 47 | 39 | 67 | .582 | 133 | 5.5 | |
| Ed Dahler | F | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | Duquesne’50 | fr Denver | 12 | 18 | 28 | 43 | .000 | 64 | 5.3 |
| Bob Vollers | F-G | 22 | 6:03 | 180 | Iowa’50 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 43 | 2.5 | |
| Claude Overton | F | 23 | 6:03 | 185 | East Central Oklahoma’50 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 14 | 1.6 | |
| Hal Haskins | F-C | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | Hamline’50 | fr St.Paul | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 0.7 |