1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-32
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 0-4 Lost division round-robin
Coach: Paul Birch (40-32)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 113,889, Avg. 4,218 in 27 home dates

1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Statistics
1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

The Pistons scored 5,593 points and yielded 5,476. Larry Foust scored a team-best 1,090 points for Fort Wayne and contributed 967 rebounds. Andy Phillip dished out 449 assists for the squad.

Paul Birch coached the team. The 1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division round-robin.

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Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown
Leo Barnhorst	F-G	May 17, 1924	6'4"	190	Notre Dame	Beech Grove, IN USA
Frank Brian	G	May 1, 1923	6'1"	180	Louisiana State	Zachary, LA USA
Larry Foust	C-F	June 24, 1928	6'9"	215	LaSalle	Painesville, OH USA
Mel Hutchins	F-C	November 22, 1928	6'6"	200	Brigham Young	Sacramento, CA USA
Don Meineke	F-C	October 30, 1930	6'7"	208	Dayton	Dayton, OH USA
Jack Molinas	F	April 16, 1932	6'6"	200	Columbia	New York, NY USA
Ken Murray	G-F	April 20, 1928	6'2"	190	St. Bonaventure	West Orange, NJ USA
Andy Phillip	G-F	March 7, 1922	6'2"	195	Illinois	Granite City, IL USA
Fred Scolari	G	March 1, 1922	5'10"	175	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA USA
Chuck Share	C	March 14, 1927	6'11"	235	Bowling Green
Zeke Sinicola	G	January 25, 1929	5'10"	165	Niagara	New York, NY USA
George Yardley	F-G	November 3, 1928	6'5"	190	Stanford	Hollywood, CA USA
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	December 7, 1925	6'2"	170	St. John's (NY)	Brooklyn, NY USA