1961-62 Cleveland Pipers Roster
Team Record: 45-36
Finishing 1st in the ABL's East Division
Won Championship
Coach: John McLendon (26-25)
Coach: Bill Sharman (19-11)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1961-62 Cleveland Pipers Results
The Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 45 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the ABL's East Division.
The Pipers topped the league with 8,856 points. Cleveland surrendered 8,613 points, most in the circuit. Johnny Cox tossed in a team-leading 1,482 points for the squad, and Ben Warley contributed 717 boards. John Barnhill doled out 153 assists for the team.
John McLendon and Bill Sharman coached the team. The 1961-62 Cleveland Pipers won the Championship.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
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Jack Adams | F | September 27, 1934 | 6'4" | 185 | Eastern Kentucky | |
Dick Barnett | G-F | October 2, 1936 | 6'4" | 190 | Tennessee State | Gary, IN USA |
John Barnhill | G | March 20, 1938 | 6'1" | 170 | Tennessee State | Evansville, IN USA |
Richard Brott | C | September 19, 1935 | 6'8" | 210 | Denver | |
Johnny Cox | G | November 1, 1936 | 6'4" | 180 | Kentucky | Neon, KY USA |
Jimmy Darrow | G | September 25, 1937 | 5'10" | 170 | Bowling Green | Akron, OH USA |
Archie Dees | F-C | February 22, 1936 | 6'8" | 205 | Indiana | Ethel, MS USA |
Connie Dierking | C-F | October 2, 1936 | 6'9" | 222 | Cincinnati | Brooklyn, NY USA |
Clarence Francis | C | September 4, 1932 | 6'8" | 195 | Rio Grande | Hammondsville, OH USA |
James Guydon | G | October 16, 1938 | 6'1" | 180 | Drake | |
Max Jameson | F | February 3, 1935 | 6'4" | 215 | Kentucky State | |
Rossie Johnson | September 14, 1938 | 6'4" | 190 | Tennessee A&I | ||
Bob Keller | August 17, 1937 | 6'6" | 210 | North Carolina A&T | ||
Lowery Kirk | F | March 28, 1938 | 6'5" | 195 | Memphis State | |
Hal Lear | G | January 31, 1935 | 5'11" | 163 | Temple | Philadelphia, PA USA |
Grady McCollum | F-C | 6'4" | 195 | Western Illinois | ||
David Romanoff | C-F | December 2, 1933 | 6'7" | 210 | College of Pacific | |
Larry Siegfried | F | May 22, 1939 | 6'1" | 190 | Ohio State | Shelby, OH USA |
Roland Taylor | G | January 30, 1937 | 6'0" | 175 | Illinois | |
Ben Warley | F-G | February 4, 1936 | 6'5" | 200 | Tennessee State | Washington, DC USA |