FORT WAYNE - 1942-1943
Played home games at the North Side Gym in Fort Wayne , Indiana – Seating capacity – 3,800
| FORT WAYNE PISTONS | NBL | 17-6 | CARL BENNETT | ||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Jerry Bush | F | 28 | 6:03 | 205 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 23 | 39 | 32 | 110 | 4.8 | |
| Blackie Towery | C-F | 22 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 23 | 53 | 33 | 139 | 6.0 | |
| Jake Pelkington | C | 25 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 23 | 83 | 70 | 236 | 10.3 | |
| Curly Armstrong | F-G | 24 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 23 | 67 | 49 | 183 | 8.0 | |
| Bobby McDermott | G | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 23 | 132 | 52 | 316 | 13.7 | |
| Herm Schaefer | G | 23 | 6:00 | 185 | Indiana’41 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 84 | 4.0 | |
| Paul Birch | F | 32 | 6:01 | 195 | Duquesne’35 | 23 | 29 | 20 | 78 | 3.4 | |
| Dale Hamilton | F-G | 24 | 6:00 | 180 | Franklin(In)’39 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0.9 | |
| Gus Doerner | F | 20 | 6:02 | 195 | Evansville’42 | Injured | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2.3 |
| Jack Keller | F-G | 20 | 6:03 | 185 | None | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 | |
| 2-4 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Jerry Bush | F | 28 | 6:03 | 210 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | |
| Blackie Towery | C-F | 22 | 6:04 | 210 | Western Kentucky’41 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 4.2 | |
| Jake Pelkington | C | 25 | 6:06 | 200 | Manhattan | 6 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 6.5 | |
| Curly Armstrong | F-G | 24 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 59 | 9.8 | |
| Bobby McDermott | G | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 6 | 29 | 16 | 74 | 12.3 | |
| Herm Schaefer | G | 23 | 6:00 | 185 | Indiana’41 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | |
| Paul Birch | F | 32 | 6:01 | 195 | Duquesne’35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1.3 | |
| Dale Hamilton | F-G | 24 | 6:00 | 180 | Franklin(In)’39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Jack Keller | F-G | 20 | 6:03 | 185 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| FORT WAYNE PISTONS | WBT | 3-1 | CARL BENNETT | WBT | ||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FGA | Pct | PTS | AVG | ||||
| Jerry Bush | F-G | 28 | 6:03 | 205 | St.John’s(NY)’38 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 24 | 6.0 | ||||
| Curly Armstrong | F-G | 24 | 5:11 | 170 | Indiana’41 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 38 | 9.5 | ||||
| Jake Pelkington | C | 26 | 6:06 | 230 | Manhattan | 4 | 14 | 10 | 15 | .667 | 38 | 9.5 | ||||
| Blacky Towery | G-C | 22 | 6:05 | 205 | Western Kentucky’41 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 21 | 5.3 | ||||
| Bobby McDermott | G | 29 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 4 | 21 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 48 | 12.0 | ||||
| Gus Doerner | F | 20 | 6:02 | 195 | Evansville’42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Paul Birch | F | 32 | 6:01 | 195 | Duquesne’35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 20 | 5.0 | ||||
| Herm Schaeffer | G | 23 | 6:00 | 185 | Indiana’41 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 11 | 2.8 | ||||
| Dale Hamilton | F-G | 23 | 6:01 | 185 | Franklin(In)’39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||
| Jack Keller | F-G | 20 | 6:03 | 185 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||