DAYTON - 1948-1949

On December 17, 1948,  the New York Rens were awarded the defunct Detroit franchise.

Played home games in Dayton, Ohio.  Also played some home games at Tiffany High School in Springfield, Ohio.

 

DAYTON RENS  NBL  14-26 POP GATES
      REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM FTA  PCT. PTS AVG
George Crowe F-C 27 6:02 210 Indiana Central’43 40 164 109 159 .686 437 10.9
Jim Usry F-C 26 6:03 210 Lincoln(Pa)’46 36 129 71 134 .530 329 9.1
Hank DeZonie C-F 26 6:06 215 Clark(Ga)’42 Illness 18 90 44 59 .746 224 12.4
Pop Gates G-F 31 6:02 205 Clark(Ga)’39 40 161 126 220 .573 448 11.2
Sonny Wood G 25 5:11 195 None 40 105 56 98 .571 266 6.7
Tom Sealy G 27 6:02 190 None 40 100 60 92 .652 260 6.5
Willie Smith C 37 6:06 230 None 32 45 37 49 .755 127 4.0
Johnny Isaacs G 33 6:03 190 None 8 18 22 34 .647 58 7.3
Rookie Brown F-C 23 6:04 190 None 10 19 10 20 .500 48 4.8
Longie Powell F-C 6:05 None 6 11 8 13 .615 30 5.0
Leroy Pryor F-G 25 6:03 180 DePaul’46 10 6 0 3 .000 12 1.2
Dolly King F 31 6:04 220 LIU’40 1 3 5 7 .000 11 11.0
Len Ford C-F 22 6:04 230 Morgan St/Michigan’48 6 2 2 8 .250 6 1.0
Vic Krafft G 29 6:03 195 Woodrew Wilson JC 3 3 0 1 .000 6 2.0
Bill Farrow C 30 6:04 200 Kentucky State’40 3 1 3 3 1.000 5 1.7
Eddie Wollen F None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
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