1949-50 Waterloo Hawks Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 19-43
Finishing 5th in the NBA's Western Division
Coach: Charley Shipp (8-27)
Coach: Jack Smiley (11-16)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
1949-50 Waterloo Hawks Statistics
1949-50 Waterloo Hawks Results

The Waterloo Hawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 19 wins and 43 losses, finishing fifth in the NBA's Western Division.

The Hawks scored 4,921 points and yielded 5,265. Dick Mehen tossed in a team-leading 892 points for Waterloo, while Leo Kubiak dished out 201 assists for the squad.

Charley Shipp and Jack Smiley coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Don BovenF-G-CMarch 6, 19256'4"210Western MichiganKalamazoo, MI USA
Harry BoykoffCJuly 24, 19226'9"225St. John's (NY)Brooklyn, NY USA
Paul CloydG-FJune 13, 19206'2"180WisconsinMadison, WI USA
Elmer GainerF-C6'6"195DePaul
Hoot GibsonF-CDecember 5, 19216'5"198CreightonDes Moines, IA
Dale HamiltonG-FAugust 16, 19196'0"180Franklin (IN)
Leo KubiakGDecember 25, 19275'11"160Bowling Green, OH
Dick MehenF-C-GMay 20, 19226'5"195TennesseeWheeling, WV USA
Ken MenkeGOctober 2, 19226'0"168Illinois
Al MiksisCJuly 7, 19246'7"210Western IllinoisChicago, IL USA
Gene OllrichGJune 30, 19225'11"160DrakeWhiting, IN USA
Johnny OrrFJune 10, 19276'3"190BeloitYale, KS USA
Stan PatrickF-GMay 5, 19226'2"185IllinoisChicago, IL
Johnny PayakG-FNovember 20, 19266'4"174Bowling GreenRossford, OH USA
Jack PhelanFNovember 6, 19256'5"195DePaulChicago, IL USA
John PritchardCJanuary 23, 19276'9"220Drake(ht) Minneapolis, MN USA
Wayne SeeGNovember 3, 19236'3"190Northern ArizonaClemenceau, AZ USA
Charley ShippG-FDecember 3, 19136'1"200CatholicIndianapolis, IN USA
Jack SmileyF-GDecember 22, 19226'3"190IllinoisSandwich, IL
Gene StumpF-GNovember 13, 19236'2"185DePaul
Bob ToughG-FAugust 28, 19206'0"185St. John's (NY)New York, NY



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