FORT WAYNE - 1945-1946

FORT WAYNE PISTONS  WBT 4-1 CARL BENNETT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM FTA  PCT. PTS AVG
Buddy Jeannette F-G 28 5:11 175 Washington & Jefferson’38 5 7 18 22 .818 32 6.4
Jerry Bush F 31 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’38 5 11 6 8 .750 28 5.6
Jake Pelkington C 28 6:06 200 Manhattan 5 11 17 19 .895 39 7.8
Bobby McDermott
G
32 5:11 185 None 5 29 15 21 .714 73 14.6
Chick Reiser G-F 31 5:11 165 NYU’35 5 10 12 14 .857 32 6.4
Ed Sadowski C 28 6:05 225 Seton Hall’40 5 15 6 9 .667 36 7.2
Bob Tough F-G 25 6:00 185 St.John’s(NY)’42 5 17 2 3 .667 36 7.2
Charlie Shipp G 32 6:01 200 None 5 6 2 3 .667 14 2.8
Bob Kinney C-F 25 6:06 215 Rice’42 3 4 2 2 1.000 10 3.3
Curly Armstrong G 27 5:11 170 Indiana’41 4 1 1 2 .500 3 0.8

Played home games at North Side High School Gym in Fort Wayne, Indiana – Seating capacity – 3,800

 

FORT WAYNE PISTONS  NBL 26-8 CARL BENNETT
      REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM FTA  PCT. PTS AVG
Buddy Jeannette F-G 27 5:11 175 Washington & Jefferson’38 34 99 105 136 .772 303 8.9
Jerry Bush F 31 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’38 34 61 31 43 .721 153 4.5
Ed Sadowski C 28 6:05 225 Seton Hall’40 34 122 82 120 .683 326 9.6
Chick Reiser G-F 31 5:11 165 NYU’35 34 90 53 80 .663 233 6.9
Bobby McDermott G 31 5:11 185 None 34 184 90 119 .756 458 13.5
Jake Pelkington C 28 6:06 200 Manhattan 33 94 76 104 .731 264 8.0
Charlie Shipp G 32 6:01 200 None 34 42 14 24 .583 98 2.9
Bob Synnott F-C-G 33 6:03 190 None 24 24 0 48 2.0
Bob Kinney C-F 25 6:06 215 Rice’42 13 16 2 34 2.6
Bob Tough F-G 25 6:00 185 St.John’s(NY)’42 Injured 5 12 5 29 5.8
Herm Schaefer G-F 26 6:00 185 Indiana’41 Military Service 15 10 3 23 1.5
Gus Doerner F 23 6:02 195 Evansville’42 11 8 5 21 1.9
Curly Armstrong G 27 5:11 170 Indiana’41 Military Service 6 3 1 7 1.2
1-3         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM FTA  PCT. PTS AVG
Buddy Jeannette F-G 27 5:11 175 Washington & Jefferson’38 4 7 5 6 .833 19 4.8
Jerry Bush F 31 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’38 4 3 7 12 .583 13 3.3
Ed Sadowski C 28 6:05 225 Seton Hall’40 4 20 17 23 .739 57 14.3
Chick Reiser G-F 31 5:11 165 NYU’35 4 15 4 8 .500 34 8.5
Bobby McDermott G 31 5:11 185 None 4 7 10 12 .833 24 6.0
Bob Tough F-G 25 6:00 185 St.John’s(NY)’42 4 9 4 8 .500 22 5.5
Jake Pelkington C 28 6:06 200 Manhattan 4 8 5 5 1.000 21 5.3
Bob Kinney C-F 25 6:06 215 Rice’42 3 5 1 2 .500 11 3.7
Curly Armstrong G 27 5:11 170 Indiana’41 3 5 1 2 .500 11 3.7
Charlie Shipp G 32 6:01 200 None 4 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
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