1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season

1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season
Head coach Albert Soar (2–17)
Nat Hickey (4–25)
Arena Rhode Island Auditorium
Results
Record 6–42 (.125)
Place Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season was the second season of the Providence Steamrollers.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Walt Dropo –  United States Connecticut
– – Bob Hubbard F/C  United States Springfield

Roster

Providence Steamrollers 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 6 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 Long Island
G 3 Calverley, Ernie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1924-01-30 Rhode Island
C Downey, Bill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1923-11-11 Marquette
G/F 10 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island
F 16 Fitzgerald, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-11-18 Seton Hall
F/C 11 Goodwin, Pop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1920-12-22
G/F Gray, Wyndol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-03-20 Harvard
G/F 11 Hickey, Nat 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1902-01-30
F/C 9 Hubbard, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-12-27 Springfield
G/F Janisch, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-03-15 Valparaiso
F 13 Kelly, Jerry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1918-06-14 Marshall
G 4 Martin, Dino 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-05-25 Georgetown
F 15 Maughan, Ariel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-26 Utah State
F 10 Mearns, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-04-18 Rhode Island
F/C 9/14 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming
F 7/9 Robbins, Lee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-02-11 Colorado
G 5 Sailors, Ken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-14 Wyoming
G/F 12 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island
G Thurston, Mel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1919-01-16 Canisius
F/C Toomay, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-08-09 Pacific
G 8 Wertis, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1922-01-01 St. John's
Head coach

Nat Hickey

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

# Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Philadelphia Warriors 27 21 .563 –
2 x-New York Knicks 26 22 .542 1
3 x-Boston Celtics 20 28 .417 7
4 Providence Steamrollers 6 42 .125 21

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI NYK PHI PRO STL WAS
Baltimore — 5–1 5–3 5–1 2–4 6–0 3–5 2–6
Boston 1–5 — 3–3 1–7 4–4 6–2 2–4 3–3
Chicago 3–5 3–3 — 6–0 4–2 4–2 3–5 5–3
New York 1–5 7–1 0–6 — 4–4 7–1 4–2 3–3
Philadelphia 4–2 4–4 2-4 1–7 — 8–0 3–3 2–4
Providence 0–6 2–6 2–4 1–7 0–8 — 0–6 1–5
St. Louis 5–3 4–2 5–3 2–4 3–3 6–0 — 4–4
Washington 6–2 3–3 3–5 3–3 4–2 5–1 4–4 —

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 13 @ Philadelphia 64–79 Ernie Calverley (13) 0–1
2 November 15 Philadelphia 78–80 Earl Shannon (19) 0–2
3 November 18 New York 69–87 Ernie Calverley (24) 0–3
4 November 20 @ St. Louis 67–73 Calverley, Goodwin (19) 0–4
5 November 22 Boston 62–65 Ernie Calverley (14) 0–5
6 November 27 Baltimore 61–76 Calverley, Martin (12) 0–6
7 November 29 Washington 85–78 Ernie Calverley (21) 1–6
8 December 2 St. Louis 66–86 Ariel Maughan (15) 1–7
9 December 5 @ Boston 69–73 Ernie Calverley (23) 1–8
10 December 6 New York 85–114 Ken Sailors (22) 1–9
11 December 9 @ Philadelphia 74–78 Ken Sailors (22) 1–10
12 December 13 Washington 72–88 Ernie Calverley (18) 1–11
13 December 17 @ Boston 66–67 Ernie Calverley (23) 1–12
14 December 20 Philadelphia 74–80 Ken Sailors (20) 1–13
15 December 23 New York 66–58 Ernie Calverley (17) 2–13
16 December 25 @ New York 75–89 Ken Sailors (19) 2–14
17 December 26 @ Philadelphia 61–89 Earl Shannon (13) 2–15
18 December 27 Boston 63–74 George Nostrand (16) 2–16
19 December 30 Chicago 73–85 Dino Martin (19) 2–17
20 January 3 Chicago 76–79 George Nostrand (28) 2–18
21 January 6 @ Baltimore 64–82 Ernie Calverley (18) 2–19
22 January 10 Boston 70–57 Johnny Ezersky (20) 3–19
23 January 15 Baltimore 78–98 Ken Sailors (20) 3–20
24 January 18 @ St. Louis 61–70 Johnny Ezersky (14) 3–21
25 January 22 @ Chicago 56–50 George Nostrand (16) 4–21
26 January 24 @ Washington 60–69 Bob Hubbard (17) 4–22
27 January 27 St. Louis 61–94 George Nostrand (13) 4–23
28 January 28 @ New York 73–75 George Nostrand (27) 4–24
29 January 30 @ Boston 79–69 Ken Sailors (17) 5–24
30 January 31 Baltimore 62–68 Nostrand, Sailors (16) 5–25
31 February 3 New York 62–78 Lee Robbins (17) 5–26
32 February 4 @ New York 69–108 Johnny Ezersky (18) 5–27
33 February 5 @ Baltimore 74–100 Ken Sailors (21) 5–28
34 February 7 @ Washington 64–86 Johnny Ezersky (16) 5–29
35 February 10 Washington 60–79 George Nostrand (14) 5–30
36 February 11 @ New York 63–86 Bob Hubbard (14) 5–31
37 February 13 @ Boston 73–79 Ernie Calverley (20) 5–32
38 February 15 @ Chicago 85–79 Mel Thurston (21) 6–32
39 February 19 @ St. Louis 69–78 Jack Toomay (14) 6–33
40 February 21 Chicago 73–92 Ernie Calverley (20) 6–34
41 February 28 Philadelphia 82–83 Ken Sailors (19) 6–35
42 March 7 @ Chicago 81–89 Ken Sailors (19) 6–36
43 March 9 St. Louis 69–75 Ernie Calverley (20) 6–37
44 March 13 Boston 64–86 Ken Sailors (16) 6–38
45 March 16 Philadelphia 78–100 Jack Toomay (15) 6–39
46 March 17 @ Washington 67–82 Jack Toomay (18) 6–40
47 March 18 @ Philadelphia 57–88 Jack Toomay (17) 6–41
48 March 20 @ Baltimore 58–75 Jack Toomay (21) 6–42

References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PRO/1948.html
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