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
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