TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS - 1948-1949

Played home games at the Wheaton Fieldhouse in Moline, Illinois – Seating capacity – 6,000

 

TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS		NBL	36-28			BOBBY McDERMOTT	25-20
						ROGER POTTER	11-8
								REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER	POS	AGE	HGT	WGT	COLLEGE		GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	PTS	AVG
Ward Gibson	F	27	6:05	210	Creighton’47	fr Denver	20	77	47	73	.644	201	10.1
Don Ray	F-C	27	6:06	200	W. Kentucky’48	Injured	46	123	80	117	.684	326	7.1
Don Otten	C	27	7:00	245	Bowling Green’46		64	301	297	424	.700	899	14.0
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	26	6:01	175	Penn State’43		64	247	147	226	.650	641	10.0
Billy Hassett	G	27	6:00	180	Notre Dame’46		64	125	106	156	.679	356	5.6
Bobby McDermott	G	34	5:11	185	None	to Hammond	45	170	84	113	.743	424	9.4
Luther Harris	F	25	6:03	195	None		63	118	102	152	.671	338	5.4
George Ratkovicz	C-F	24	6:07	225	None		64	109	106	175	.606	324	5.1
Dee Gibson	G-F	25	5:11	175	W. Kentucky’48		64	94	113	177	.638	301	4.7
Murray Wier	G	22	5:09	155	Iowa’48		60	80	79	113	.699	239	4.0
Joe Camic	F-C	26	6:05	210	Duquesne’47	to Hammond	31	32	27	47	.574	91	2.9
Bobby Lowther	F-C	25	6:05	190	LSU’48	fr Waterloo	15	8	2	4	.500	18	1.2
Shag Hawkins	F	27	6:04	225	Auburn’42		2	2	1	1	1.000	5	2.5
Ed Lewinski	F	28	6:03	190	LSU’43		3	1	0	0	.000	2	0.7
				3-3			PLAYOFFS
PLAYER	POS	AGE	HGT	WGT	COLLEGE		GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	PTS	AVG
Ward Gibson	F	27	6:05	210	Creighton’47		6	9	6	9	.667	24	4.0
Don Ray	F-C	27	6:06	200	W. Kentucky’48		6	16	17	21	.810	49	8.2
Don Otten	C	27	7:00	245	Bowling Green’46		6	24	43	55	.782	91	15.2
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	26	6:01	175	Penn State’43		6	20	13	24	.542	53	8.8
Billy Hassett	G	27	6:00	180	Notre Dame’46		5	11	17	21	.810	39	7.8
Dee Gibson	G-F	25	5:11	175	W. Kentucky’48		6	19	19	30	.633	57	9.5
George Ratkovicz	C-F	24	6:07	225	None		6	11	16	22	.727	38	6.3
Murray Wier	G	22	5:09	155	Iowa’48		6	13	9	13	.692	35	5.8
Luther Harris	F	25	6:03	195	None		6	3	2	5	.400	8	1.3
Bobby Lowther	F-C	25	6:05	190	LSU’48		4	1	2	2	1.000	4	1.0