DAYTON - 1948-1949
On December 17, 1948, the New York Rens were awarded the defunct Detroit franchise.
Played home games in Dayton, Ohio. Also played some home games at Tiffany High School in Springfield, Ohio.
DAYTON RENS | NBL | 14-26 | POP GATES | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
George Crowe | F-C | 27 | 6:02 | 210 | Indiana Central’43 | 40 | 164 | 109 | 159 | .686 | 437 | 10.9 | |
Jim Usry | F-C | 26 | 6:03 | 210 | Lincoln(Pa)’46 | 36 | 129 | 71 | 134 | .530 | 329 | 9.1 | |
Hank DeZonie | C-F | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Clark(Ga)’42 | Illness | 18 | 90 | 44 | 59 | .746 | 224 | 12.4 |
Pop Gates | G-F | 31 | 6:02 | 205 | Clark(Ga)’39 | 40 | 161 | 126 | 220 | .573 | 448 | 11.2 | |
Sonny Wood | G | 25 | 5:11 | 195 | None | 40 | 105 | 56 | 98 | .571 | 266 | 6.7 | |
Tom Sealy | G | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | None | 40 | 100 | 60 | 92 | .652 | 260 | 6.5 | |
Willie Smith | C | 37 | 6:06 | 230 | None | 32 | 45 | 37 | 49 | .755 | 127 | 4.0 | |
Johnny Isaacs | G | 33 | 6:03 | 190 | None | 8 | 18 | 22 | 34 | .647 | 58 | 7.3 | |
Rookie Brown | F-C | 23 | 6:04 | 190 | None | 10 | 19 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 48 | 4.8 | |
Longie Powell | F-C | 6:05 | None | 6 | 11 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 30 | 5.0 | |||
Leroy Pryor | F-G | 25 | 6:03 | 180 | DePaul’46 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12 | 1.2 | |
Dolly King | F | 31 | 6:04 | 220 | LIU’40 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .000 | 11 | 11.0 | |
Len Ford | C-F | 22 | 6:04 | 230 | Morgan St/Michigan’48 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 6 | 1.0 | |
Vic Krafft | G | 29 | 6:03 | 195 | Woodrew Wilson JC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 2.0 | |
Bill Farrow | C | 30 | 6:04 | 200 | Kentucky State’40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 1.7 | |
Eddie Wollen | F | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |