FORT WAYNE - 1946-1947

 

FORT WAYNE PISTONS	WBT	2-1				CARL BENNETT
PLAYER	POS	AGE	HGT	WGT	COLLEGE		GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	PTS	AVG
Blackie Towery	F-G-C	26	6:04	210	Western Kentucky’41		3	6	6	134	.045	18	6.0
Curly Armstrong	F-G-C	28	5:11	170	Indiana’41		3	13	5	195	.026	31	10.3
Bob Kinney	C	26	6:06	215	Rice’42		3	8	4	84	.048	20	6.7
Bob Tough	G	26	6:00	185	St.John’s(NY)’42		3	6	4	21	.190	16	5.3
Ralph Hamilton	G-F	25	6:01	190	Indiana’47		3	19	4	81	.049	42	14.0
Jake Pelkington	C	29	6:06	200	Manhattan		3	7	8	10	.800	22	7.3
Dick Niemeria	F-G	26	6:01	165	Notre Dame’43		3	6	2	4	.500	14	4.7
Chick Reiser	G-F	32	5:11	165	NYU’35		3	3	6	7	.857	12	4.0
Jack Smiley	G	24	6:03	190	Illinois’47		3	3	5	7	.714	11	3.7
Ken Menke	G-F	24	6:00	170	Illinois’47		3	1	4	5	.800	6	2.0
Frank Gates	F-G	26	6:00	165	Sam Houston St.’41		2	1	0	2	.000	2	1.0
Milo Komenich	F-C	26	6:07	220	Wyoming’42		3	0	0	1	.000	0	0.0

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