- 1950-1951
PLayed home games at the Wigwam in Anderson, Indiana – Seating Capacity – 4,800
ANDERSON DUFFY PACKERS | NPBL | 22-22 | FRANK GATES | 14-12 | |||||||||||
LEO KLIER | 8-10 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Leo Klier | F-G | 6:02 | 185 | Notre Dame’46 | Injured | 31 | 105 | 89 | 118 | .754 | 299 | 9.6 | |||
Charlie Black | F | 29 | 6:05 | 205 | Kansas’47 | 37 | 126 | 76 | 138 | .551 | 328 | 8.9 | |||
Milo Komenich | F-C | 30 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 30 | 176 | 63 | 124 | .508 | 415 | 13.8 | |||
Jim Owens | G-F | 25 | 6:03 | 185 | Baylor’49 | 42 | 229 | 176 | 272 | .647 | 634 | 15.1 | |||
Dick Dickey | G-F | 23 | 6:02 | 185 | N.Carolina St’50 | 39 | 121 | 134 | 178 | .753 | 376 | 9.6 | |||
Dick Niemeria | G | 24 | 6:01 | 165 | Notre Dame’43 | 35 | 106 | 125 | 155 | .806 | 337 | 9.6 | |||
Jim Cathcart | F | 24 | 6:04 | 205 | Arkansas’50 | 43 | 141 | 91 | 149 | .611 | 373 | 8.7 | |||
Bob Kinney | C | 28 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’42 | 23 | 101 | 80 | 111 | .721 | 282 | 12.3 | |||
Chuck Mrazovich | F | 26 | 6:05 | 190 | W.Kentucky’50 | fr IndianapolisNBA | 16 | 82 | 67 | 105 | .638 | 231 | 14.4 | ||
Dillard Crocker | F | 25 | 6:04 | 205 | W.Michigan’48 | fr Denver | 11 | 48 | 55 | 79 | .696 | 151 | 13.7 | ||
Frank Allen | C | 24 | 6:05 | 245 | Oklahoma A&M’50 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 71 | 3.6 | |||
Al Madsen | G | 29 | 5:10 | 170 | Texas’49 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 29 | .621 | 58 | 5.3 | |||
Frank Gates | G | 30 | 6:00 | 165 | Sam Houston’41 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 27 | 3.4 | |||
George Latham | F | 23 | 6:03 | 185 | Louisana Tech’50 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 26 | 3.3 | |||
Ed Stanczak | F | 29 | 6:03 | 205 | None | fr Boston NBA | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 24 | 8.0 | ||
Oren Nichols | F | 27 | 6:03 | 185 | None | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 11 | 2.8 | |||
Grant Dunlap | F | 27 | 6:02 | 180 | Occidental/COP’47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3.0 | |||
Jack Walton | G-F | 24 | 6:02 | 195 | None | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 3 | 1.0 | |||
Warren Switzer | F | 25 | 6:03 | 185 | Rice’50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 |
Denver dropped out of the National Professional Basketball League on January 29, 1951.
Played home games at the Denver Auditorium Arena -SEating capacity – 5,000
Also played home games in Cheyene, Wyoming.
DENVER REFINERS | NPBL | 18-16 | JIM DARDEN | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ed Dahler | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | Duquesne’50 | to Waterloo | 34 | 137 | 139 | 191 | .728 | 413 | 12.1 |
Bobby Brown | F | 25 | 6:04 | 205 | Miami(Oh)’49 | 34 | 101 | 106 | 145 | .731 | 308 | 9.1 | |
Milt Schoon | C | 28 | 6:09 | 235 | Valpariso’46 | 31 | 119 | 125 | 184 | .679 | 363 | 11.7 | |
Floyd Volker | G | 28 | 6:04 | 190 | Wyoming’47 | 30 | 116 | 59 | 92 | .641 | 291 | 9.7 | |
Glen Selbo | G | 24 | 6:03 | 195 | Wisconsin;47 | 30 | 85 | 65 | 84 | .774 | 235 | 7.8 | |
Dillard Crocker | F-G | 25 | 6:05 | 205 | W.Michigan’48 | to Anderson | 29 | 97 | 98 | 133 | .737 | 292 | 10.1 |
Ward Gibson | C-F | 29 | 6:05 | 200 | Creighton’47 | 34 | 64 | 41 | 77 | .532 | 169 | 5.0 | |
Mack Suprunowicz | G | 23 | 6:00 | 170 | Michigan’50 | 27 | 59 | 37 | 50 | .740 | 155 | 5.7 | |
Leo Kubiak | G | 25 | 5:11 | 175 | Bowling Green’48 | fr Waterloo | 12 | 38 | 20 | 26 | .769 | 96 | 8.0 |
Keith Bloom | F-G | 23 | 6:03 | 185 | Wyoming’50 | 28 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1.615 | 91 | 3.3 | |
Jim Darden | G | 28 | 6:01 | 180 | Wyoming’43 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 36 | 12.0 | |
Paul Hickey | G-F | 22 | 6;03 | 185 | Denver’50 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 28 | 1.5 | |
Guy Mitchell | F | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | Pittsburgh St(Ks)’48 | fr Kansas City | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 16 | 5.3 |
Bill Herman | F | 26 | 6:03 | 170 | Mt.Union(Oh)’49 | to Kansas City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4 | 1.0 |
Ziggy Marcell | G | 31 | 6:00 | 170 | Southern | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0.3 |
Evansville joined the National Professional Basketball league on February 12, 1951.
Played home games at the Agoga Tabernacle in Evansville, Indiana – Seating capacity – 3,000
EVANSVILLE AGOGANS | NPBL | 0-6 | GENE LATHAM | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
John Bruce | F | 22 | 6:03 | 185 | Rhode Island State’50 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 32 | .594 | 75 | 12.5 | |
Bob Issacs | F | 23 | 6:03 | 180 | Arkansas State’48 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 26 | 4.3 | |
Bill Butterfield | C | 23 | 6:05 | 195 | Purdue’50 | 6 | 37 | 15 | 30 | .500 | 89 | 14.8 | |
Ollie Shoaff | G | 27 | 5:10 | 160 | S. Illinois’48 | 6 | 48 | 24 | 29 | .828 | 120 | 20.0 | |
Norm McCool | G | 23 | 5:11 | 180 | Purdue’46 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 38 | .526 | 96 | 16.0 | |
Joe Hafele | G | 22 | 5:09 | 160 | Evansville’50 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | .500 | 34 | 6.8 | |
Blackie Towery | F | 30 | 6:04 | 210 | W. Kentucky’41 | fr Kansas City | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 16 | 3.2 |
Bob Kohlmeyer | F-G | 22 | 6:01 | 185 | Evansville’50 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 9 | 9.0 | |
Ray Gaisser | F | 27 | 6:03 | 220 | None | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 2.0 | |
Gene Latham | F | 26 | 5:10 | 165 | Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Grand Rapids dropped out of the National Porfessional Basketball League on December 29, 1950.
Played home games at Grand Rapids Stadium in Grand rapids, Michigan – Seating capacity – 8,000
GRAND RAPIDS HORNETS | NPBL | 6-13 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | 1-4 | |||||||||||
GEORGE GLAMACK | 3-6 | ||||||||||||||
BLACKIE TOWERY | 2-3 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Price Brookfield | F | 31 | 6:04 | 205 | West Texas State’42 | 19 | 63 | 23 | 32 | .719 | 149 | 7.8 | |||
Buddy Cate | F | 24 | 6:06 | 195 | W. Kentucky’50 | fr Sheboygan/toWaterloo | 14 | 50 | 41 | 52 | .788 | 141 | 10.1 | ||
Elmore Morgenthaler | C | 25 | 6:09 | 235 | Boston College’46 | to Waterloo | 19 | 96 | 110 | 161 | .683 | 302 | 15.9 | ||
Ralph O’Brien | G | 22 | 5:09 | 160 | Butler’50 | to Waterloo | 18 | 117 | 40 | 57 | .702 | 274 | 15.2 | ||
Leon Blevins | G | 22 | 6:02 | 160 | Arizona’50 | fr Indianaplois NBA | 13 | 43 | 22 | 29 | .759 | 108 | 8.3 | ||
Al Miksis | F-C | 26 | 6:07 | 215 | Western Illinois’49 | 18 | 34 | 23 | 42 | .548 | 91 | 5.1 | |||
George Glamack | C-F | 32 | 6:06 | 235 | N.Carolina St’41 | 13 | 27 | 31 | 56 | .554 | 85 | 6.5 | |||
Easy Parham | F | 29 | 6:03 | 200 | Texas Wesleyan’48 | fr Philadelphia NBA | 9 | 29 | 21 | 43 | .488 | 79 | 8.8 | ||
Blackie Towery | F | 30 | 6:04 | 210 | W. Kentucky’41 | to Kansas City | 10 | 20 | 21 | 26 | .808 | 61 | 6.1 | ||
Fritz Nagy | G | 26 | 6:02 | 185 | Akron’47 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 32 | .656 | 59 | 3.5 | |||
Jimmy Doyle | G | 21 | 5:11 | 165 | Butler’50 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 36 | .528 | 53 | 2.8 | |||
Bobby McDermott | G | 36 | 5:11 | 185 | None | Suspended | 5 | 16 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 39 | 7.8 | ||
Russ DeVette | F | 27 | 6:03 | 180 | Hope’47 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | .000 | 12 | 4.0 | |||
Cas Ostrowski | G | 25 | 6:01 | 165 | Scranton’43 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .000 | 11 | 5.5 |
Kansas City dropped out of the National Professional Basketball League on January 23, 1951.
Played home games at Pla-Mor Arena in Kansas City, Missouri – Seating capacity – 7,000
KANSAS CITY HI-SPOTS | NPBL | 4-19 | PAUL CLOYD | 2-10 | |||||||||||
GENE KURASH | 2-5 | ||||||||||||||
BOB TOUGH | 0-4 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Paul Cloyd | F-C | 27 | 6:02 | 185 | Wisconsin | 23 | 76 | 91 | 125 | .728 | 243 | 10.6 | |||
Joe Graboski | F-C | 20 | 6:08 | 230 | None | to Louisville | 15 | 76 | 55 | 80 | .688 | 207 | 13.8 | ||
Jerry Fowler | C-F | 23 | 6:08 | 230 | Missouri’50 | 22 | 75 | 82 | 117 | .701 | 232 | 10.5 | |||
Walton Kirk | G | 26 | 6:03 | 175 | Illinois’47 | 16 | 43 | 67 | 102 | .657 | 153 | 9.6 | |||
Bob Tough | G | 28 | 6:00 | 180 | St.John’s(NY)’42 | 22 | 92 | 56 | 79 | .709 | 240 | 10.9 | |||
Al Henningsen | F | 22 | 6:05 | 205 | Marysville’50 | 18 | 55 | 36 | 58 | .621 | 146 | 8.1 | |||
Ralph Hamilton | G | 29 | 6:00 | 185 | Indiana’47 | 15 | 44 | 22 | 32 | .688 | 110 | 7.3 | |||
Alex Athas | G | 26 | 6:02 | 180 | Tulane’48 | 15 | 27 | 53 | 80 | .663 | 107 | 7.1 | |||
Rallo Johnson | F | 25 | 6:06 | 210 | Utah State’50 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 65 | .631 | 87 | 6.2 | |||
Hal Hutcheson | F-C | 30 | 6:05 | 190 | Marysville St’41 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 39 | 19.5 | |||
Don McMillen | F | 23 | 6:04 | 195 | Missouri’49 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | .769 | 26 | 5.2 | |||
Jake Carter | F | 26 | 6:05 | 195 | East Texas State’48 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | .000 | 25 | 5.0 | |||
Lee Nichols | F-G | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 13 | 4.3 | |||||||
Blackie Towery | F | 30 | 6:04 | 210 | W.Kentucky’41 | fr GR/to Evansville | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 11 | 3.7 | ||
Charley Parsley | G | 24 | 6:02 | 175 | W.Kentucky’48 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 10 | 2.0 | |||
Clayton Bristow | F | 25 | 6:03 | 180 | Morningside(Ia)’50 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .000 | 9 | 9.0 | |||
### Dickey | G | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 8 | 8.0 | |||||||
Gene Peterson | F | 23 | 6:07 | 210 | Kansas’50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 8.0 | |||
Bill Herman | F | 26 | 6:03 | 170 | Mt.Union(Oh)’49 | fr Denver | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 8 | 4.0 | ||
Gene Berce | G | 24 | 5:11 | 175 | Marquette’48 | fr St.Paul | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 7.0 | ||
Guy Mitchell | F | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | Pittsburgh St(Ks)’48 | fr Denver | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 1.7 | ||
Gene Anderson | F | 23 | 6:06 | 215 | Kansas Wesleyan’50 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 2.0 | |||
Stan Patrick | G | 28 | 6:03 | 215 | Illinois”44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |||
### Leerah | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||
Hal England | G | 23 | 6:02 | 175 | Kansas’50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Dick Gates | G | 20 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
### McNamara | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
Red Dehnert | G | 26 | 6:03 | 175 | Columbia’43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
KINGSTON COLONIALS | 26-14 | POP MORGANWECK | |||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
Kid Franckle | G-F | 22 | 5:07 | 145 | None | 39 | 77 | 52 | 206 | 5.3 | |
Sam Curlett | F-G | 23 | 5:11 | 155 | Bank Business | 32 | 68 | 44 | 180 | 5.6 | |
Maurice Tome | C-G-F | 19 | 6:02 | 180 | None | 36 | 54 | 23 | 131 | 3.6 | |
John Pennino | G-C | 30 | 6:01 | 175 | None | 39 | 28 | 44 | 100 | 2.6 | |
Heine Henschel | G | 26 | 5:11 | 180 | None | Injuried | 37 | 52 | 35 | 139 | 3.8 |
Joe Fogarty | F | 25 | 5:09 | 165 | None | 3 | 24 | 8 | 56 | 18.7 | |
Pop Morganweck | G-F | 35 | 5:08 | None | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1.2 | ||
Bobby Mayham | G | 26 | 5:10 | 160 | None | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | |
Elwood Gowdy | F | 25 | 5:08 | 160 | None | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | |
Jesse Messer | F | 21 | 5:11 | 165 | None | to Schenectady |
Louisville dropped out of the National Professional Baskertball League on February 13, 1951.
Plkayed home games at Male High School Gym in Louisville, Kentucky – Seating capacity – 4,600
LOUISVILLE ALUMINITES | NPBL | 18-17 | ALEX DOWNING | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Odie Spears | F | 26 | 6:05 | 205 | W.Kentucky’48 | 35 | 159 | 121 | 162 | .747 | 439 | 12.5 | |
Don Ray | F | 31 | 6:06 | 195 | W.Kentucky’48 | 34 | 115 | 101 | 137 | .737 | 331 | 9.7 | |
Clint Wager | C | 31 | 6:06 | 235 | St.Mary’s(Mn)’45 | 35 | 120 | 81 | 116 | .698 | 321 | 9.2 | |
Dee Gibson | G | 22 | 5:11 | 175 | W.Kentucky’48 | 35 | 93 | 142 | 219 | .648 | 328 | 9.4 | |
Kenny Rollins | G | 22 | 6:00 | 170 | Kentucky’48 | 35 | 107 | 80 | 93 | .860 | 294 | 8.4 | |
Paul Hicks | G | 26 | 6:03 | 195 | E.Kentucky’50 | 34 | 88 | 26 | 38 | .684 | 202 | 5.9 | |
Joe Bradley | G | 25 | 6:03 | 175 | Oklahoma A&M’50 | 34 | 74 | 38 | 84 | .452 | 186 | 5.5 | |
Walt Kersulis | F | 22 | 6:04 | 195 | Wash(Mo)/Illinois’50 | 33 | 67 | 45 | 76 | .592 | 179 | 5.4 | |
Stan Miasek | C-F | 26 | 6:05 | 215 | None | fr St.Paul | 12 | 62 | 52 | 87 | .598 | 176 | 14.7 |
Joe Graboski | F-C | 29 | 6:08 | 230 | None | fr Kansas City | 12 | 35 | 21 | 37 | .568 | 91 | 7.6 |
Bill Roberts | C | 25 | 6:09 | 215 | Wyoming’46 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 23 | .348 | 72 | 3.8 | |
Mike Novak | C | 6:09 | 225 | Loyola(Ill)’39 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 24 | .417 | 36 | 2.6 | ||
Bill Tom | F-C | 24 | 6:08 | 230 | Rice’49 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 25 | 6.3 | |
Jim Stone | F | 26 | 6:03 | 185 | Austin Peay’50 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 8 | 2.7 |
45-46 | |||||||||||||||
PITTSBURGH RAIDERS | 0-1 | MANNY HYATT | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FGA | Pct | PTS | AVG | |||
Matt Vaniel | F | 26 | 6:03 | 160 | None | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 9 | 9.0 | |||
Manny Hyatt | F | 29 | 6:00 | 165 | Pittsburgh/Wash & Jefferson | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 14 | 14.0 | |||
Paul Anthony | C | 22 | 6:04 | 195 | Washington & Jefferson’44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 4.0 | |||
Joe Fabel | G | 32 | 6:01 | 190 | Pittsburgh’34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 11 | 11.0 | |||
Joe Urso | G | 29 | 5:10 | 180 | Duquesne’39 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 10 | 10.0 | |||
Freddie Crum | F | 34 | 6:00 | 170 | None | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 8.0 | |||
Red Mihalik | G | 29 | 6:00 | 180 | None | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |||
Ralph Churchfield | C | 27 | 6:05 | 220 | Washington & Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at the Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium in Sheboygan, Wisconsin – Seating capacity – 3,500
SHEBOYGAN RED SKINS | NPBL | 29-16 | KENNY SUESENS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Max Morris | F | 25 | 6:02 | 195 | Illinois/Northwestern’46 | 43 | 180 | 165 | 263 | .627 | 525 | 12.2 | |
Jack Burmaster | F-G | 24 | 6:03 | 190 | Illinois’48 | 42 | 189 | 89 | 121 | .736 | 467 | 11.1 | |
Bob Brannum | C | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | Kentucky/Michigan State’48 | 37 | 242 | 220 | 332 | .663 | 704 | 19.0 | |
John Givens | G | 24 | 6:00 | 170 | W.Kentucky’50 | 44 | 188 | 193 | 277 | .697 | 569 | 12.9 | |
Bobby Cook | G | 27 | 5:10 | 155 | Wisconsin’48 | 45 | 226 | 115 | 164 | .701 | 567 | 12.6 | |
Nate DeLong | C | 24 | 6:06 | 215 | River Falls’50 | 45 | 152 | 158 | 254 | .622 | 462 | 10.3 | |
George Bush | G | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Toledo’50 | 43 | 94 | 73 | 103 | .709 | 261 | 6.1 | |
John Pilch | F | 24 | 6:04 | 185 | Wyoming’50 | 45 | 91 | 76 | 127 | .598 | 258 | 5.7 | |
Wally Osterkorn | F | 22 | 6:05 | 205 | Illinois’50 | fr St.Paul | 19 | 78 | 80 | 115 | .696 | 236 | 12.4 |
Clarence Brannum | F | 25 | 6:05 | 215 | Kansas State’50 | 31 | 74 | 27 | 53 | .509 | 175 | 5.6 | |
Arnie Flinn | G | 22 | 6:02 | 175 | Wyoming’50 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 16 | 1.6 | |
Buddy Cate | F | 24 | 6:06 | 195 | W.Kentucky’50 | to Grand Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 2.0 |
St.Paul dropped out of the National Professional Basketball league on December 20, 1951.
Played home games at the St.Paul Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota – Seating capacity – 9,000
St.PAUL LIGHTS | NPBL | 12-8 | HOWIE SCHULTZ | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Wally Osterkorn | F | 22 | 6:05 | 205 | Illinois’50 | to Sheboygan | 20 | 88 | 95 | 155 | .613 | 271 | 13.6 |
Hal Haskins | F-C | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | Hamline’50 | to Waterloo | 19 | 54 | 61 | 74 | .824 | 169 | 8.9 |
Stan Miasek | C | 26 | 6:05 | 215 | None | to Louisville | 20 | 80 | 66 | 109 | .606 | 226 | 11.3 |
Gene Berce | G-F | 24 | 5:11 | 175 | Marquette’48 | to Kansas City | 19 | 57 | 41 | 66 | .621 | 155 | 8.2 |
Bill Erickson | G | 22 | 6:01 | 185 | Illinois’50 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 54 | .667 | 92 | 4.6 | |
Joe Nelson | F-G | 23 | 6:03 | 180 | BYU’50 | to Waterloo | 20 | 63 | 51 | 67 | .761 | 177 | 8.9 |
Howie Schultz | C-F | 28 | 6:08 | 220 | Hamline’45 | 20 | 58 | 60 | 76 | .789 | 176 | 8.8 | |
Jack Shelton | F-C | 22 | 6:07 | 210 | Oklahoma A&M’50 | 19 | 34 | 41 | 64 | .641 | 109 | 5.7 | |
Rollie Seltz | G | 26 | 5:10 | 170 | Hamline’46 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 39 | .564 | 74 | 3.7 | |
Kenny Mauer | G | 23 | 6:02 | 175 | St.Thomas(Mn)’49 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 24 | .667 | 66 | 3.5 |
PLayed home games at the Hippodrome in Waterloo, Iowa – Seating capacity – 8,000
WATERLOO HAWKS | NPBL | 32-24 | JACK SMILEY | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Don Boven | F | 25 | 6:04 | 210 | W.Michigan’49 | 56 | 269 | 245 | 345 | .710 | 783 | 14.0 | |
Wayne See | F | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | Ariz State(Flagstaff)’49 | 56 | 252 | 82 | 133 | .617 | 586 | 10.5 | |
Stan Weber | C | 25 | 6:06 | 215 | Bowling Green’50 | 54 | 190 | 102 | 185 | .551 | 482 | 8.9 | |
Johnny Payak | G | 24 | 6:04 | 170 | Bowling Green’49 | 56 | 234 | 251 | 326 | .770 | 719 | 12.8 | |
Murray Wier | G | 24 | 5:10 | 155 | Iowa’48 | 51 | 186 | 117 | 194 | .603 | 489 | 9.6 | |
Ralph O’Brien | G | 22 | 5:09 | 160 | Butler’50 | fr Grand Rapids | 30 | 183 | 56 | 73 | .767 | 422 | 14.1 |
Jack Smiley | F | 28 | 6:03 | 185 | Illinois’47 | 56 | 99 | 100 | 141 | .709 | 298 | 5.3 | |
Leo Kubiak | G | 24 | 5:11 | 175 | Bowling Green’48 | to Denver | 26 | 85 | 63 | 82 | .768 | 233 | 9.0 |
Chuck Share | C | 23 | 6:11 | 235 | Bowling Green’50 | Injured | 19 | 62 | 86 | 128 | .672 | 210 | 11.1 |
Buddy Cate | F | 24 | 6:06 | 195 | W. Kentucky’50 | fr Grand Rapids | 26 | 58 | 49 | 70 | .700 | 165 | 6.3 |
Joe Nelson | F | 23 | 6:03 | 180 | BYU’50 | fr St.Paul | 32 | 48 | 43 | 52 | .827 | 139 | 4.3 |
Elmore Morgenthaler | C | 25 | 6:09 | 235 | Boston College’46 | fr Grand Rapids | 16 | 47 | 35 | 56 | .625 | 129 | 8.1 |
Mac Otten | C-F | 25 | 6:07 | 225 | Bowling Green’48 | 24 | 47 | 39 | 67 | .582 | 133 | 5.5 | |
Ed Dahler | F | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | Duquesne’50 | fr Denver | 12 | 18 | 28 | 43 | .000 | 64 | 5.3 |
Bob Vollers | F-G | 22 | 6:03 | 180 | Iowa’50 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 11 | .636 | 43 | 2.5 | |
Claude Overton | F | 23 | 6:03 | 185 | East Central Oklahoma’50 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | .667 | 14 | 1.6 | |
Hal Haskins | F-C | 26 | 6:03 | 190 | Hamline’50 | fr St.Paul | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 0.7 |