FORT WAYNE PISTONS - 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 | ||