BROOKLYN - 1926-1927
On December 3, 1926, the Brooklyn Arcadians franchise was terminated and all players were released. The franchise was awarded to the Original Celtics who assumed the 0-5 record of the Arcadians. The Celtics posted a 13-3 record during the remainder of the first-half of the ABL season.
Both the Arcadians and the Celtics played home games at Arcadia Hall in Brooklyn – Seating capacity – 2,000
| BROOKLYN CELTICS | ABL | 13-8 | 19-2 | JOHNNY WHITTY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Davey Banks | F | 25 | 5:07 | 155 | None | 36 | 76 | 94 | 246 | 6.8 | |
| Nat Holman | F-G | 30 | 5:11 | 160 | Savage | 34 | 82 | 135 | 299 | 8.8 | |
| Joe Lapchick | C | 26 | 6:05 | 175 | None | 32 | 35 | 131 | 201 | 6.3 | |
| Dutch Dehnert | G-C | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 37 | 46 | 78 | 170 | 4.6 | |
| Pete Barry | G-F | 30 | 5:10 | 170 | None | 35 | 59 | 59 | 177 | 5.1 | |
| Johnny Beckman | F | 31 | 5:09 | 160 | None | to Baltimore | 16 | 37 | 42 | 116 | 7.3 |
| Chris Leonard | F-G-C | 36 | 6:03 | 190 | Manhattan’12 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 1.9 | |
| 3-0 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Davey Banks | F | 25 | 5:07 | 155 | None | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4.3 | |
| Nat Holman | F-G | 30 | 5:11 | 160 | Savage | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 9.3 | |
| Joe Lapchick | C | 26 | 6:05 | 175 | None | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 6.3 | |
| Dutch Dehnert | G-C | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 4.3 | |
| Pete Barry | G-F | 30 | 5:10 | 170 | None | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5.7 | |
| Chris Leonard | F-G-C | 36 | 6:03 | 190 | Manhattan’12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| BROOKLYN ARCADIANS | 0-5 | GARRY SCHMEELK | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Dick Smyth | F | 32 | 6:00 | 165 | None | to Washington | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 3.8 |
| Garry Schmeelk | F | 35 | 6:00 | 220 | St.John’s(NY)’12 | to Chicago | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 4.8 |
| Joe Wallace | C | 25 | 6:04 | 200 | Dickinson | to Baltimore | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 6.2 |
| Buddy Bushman | G | 27 | 6:00 | 170 | None | to Baltimore | 5 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 5.4 |
| Walter Jamieson | G | 22 | 5:09 | 155 | None | to Baltimore | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2.6 |
| Willie McWalters | F | 6:00 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | ||||
| Willie McDonald | F | 24 | None | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | |||
Played home games at Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, New York – Seating capacity – 1,500
| BROOKLYN VISITATION | NBL | 18-7 | JOHN DONLON | ||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Red Conaty | F | 22 | 6:02 | 160 | St.Francis(NY) | 25 | 64 | 45 | 173 | 6.9 | |
| Joe Brennan | F | 26 | 6:00 | 175 | None | to Paterson MBL | 24 | 53 | 70 | 176 | 7.3 |
| Bob Grody | C | 26 | 6:02 | 225 | Cincinnati | 24 | 22 | 39 | 83 | 3.5 | |
| Willie Scrill | G-F | 19 | 5:10 | 175 | None | 18 | 27 | 16 | 70 | 3.9 | |
| Rody Cooney | G | 24 | 5:08 | 140 | None | 24 | 53 | 55 | 161 | 6.7 | |
| Bob Griebe | G-F-C | 31 | 6:02 | 190 | None | to Paterson MBL | 23 | 31 | 48 | 110 | 4.8 |
Played home games at Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, New York – Seating capacity – 1,500
| BROOKLYN VISITATION | MBL | 8-2 | 4-4 | JOHN DONLON | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Red Conaty | F | 22 | 6:02 | 160 | St.Francis(NY) | 10 | 38 | 12 | 88 | 8.8 | |
| Eddie Burke | F | 32 | 5:09 | None | 7 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 4.0 | ||
| Bob Grody | C | 26 | 6:02 | 215 | None | 10 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 3.1 | |
| Willie Scrill | G-F | 19 | 5:10 | 175 | None | 10 | 22 | 16 | 60 | 6.0 | |
| Rody Cooney | G | 25 | 5:08 | 140 | None | Injured | 10 | 21 | 24 | 66 | 6.6 |
| Jammy Moskowitz | G | 22 | 5:10 | 180 | Savage Institute’24 | to Baltimore ABL | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Buster Dunne | C-G-F | 18 | 6:02 | 180 | None | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | |
| ### Bowden | F-G | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | |||||
| ### Whalen | G-F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 3-0 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Red Conaty | F | 22 | 6:02 | 160 | St.Francis(NY) | 3 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 9.7 | |
| Frank Stuchbury | G | 24 | 5:09 | 145 | None | fr West Brooklyn | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 8.0 |
| Bob Grody | C | 26 | 6:02 | 215 | None | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| Willie Scrill | G-F | 19 | 5:10 | 175 | None | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 6.7 | |
| Rody Cooney | G | 24 | 5:08 | 140 | None | Injured | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4.5 |
| Frank Roxbury | F | 20 | 5;08 | 165 | None | fr West Brooklyn | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2.7 |
WEst Brooklyn played home games at Assumption Hall – Seating capacity 1,000 and at Prospect Hall – Seating capacity – 1,500
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| WEST BROOKLYN ASSUMPTION TRIANGLES | MBL | 7-3 | 3-2 | ### ROVENTINI | |||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG | ||
| Willie McDonald | F-C-G | 24 | None | 9 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 2.3 | |||||
| Bill Bergin | F-G | 27 | 6:00 | 195 | None | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 4.0 | |||
| Hank O’Day | C | 30 | 6:02 | 165 | None | 8 | 8 | 24 | 40 | 5.0 | |||
| Frank Stuchbury | G | 24 | 5:09 | 145 | None | to Brooklyn | 10 | 29 | 46 | 104 | 10.4 | ||
| Frank Roxbury | F | 20 | 5:08 | 165 | None | to Brooklyn | 10 | 18 | 26 | 62 | 6.2 | ||
| Charles Sievert | G-F | 26 | 5:05 | 130 | None | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2.4 | |||
| Eddie Stuchbury | F | 28 | 5:08 | 170 | None | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |||
| Joe Mitchell | G | 5:07 | 150 | None | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||