1945-46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Roster
National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 26-8
Finishing 1st in the NBL's East Division
Lost conference finals
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
1945-46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons StatisticsTeam Record: 26-8
Finishing 1st in the NBL's East Division
Lost conference finals
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
1945-46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League ended the 1945-46 season with a record of 26 wins and 8 losses, finishing first in the NBL's East Division.
The Zollner Pistons led the circuit with 1,997 points. Fort Wayne surrendered 1,733 points. Bobby McDermott tossed in a team-leading 458 points for the squad, and Ed Sadowski scored 9 or more per game, too. The 1945-46 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons lost in the conference finals.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curly Armstrong | G-F | November 1, 1918 | 5'11" | 170 | Indiana | |
| Jerry Bush | F-C | September 6, 1914 | 6'3" | 200 | St. John's (NY) | Brooklyn, NY USA |
| Wilfred Doerner | F | February 27, 1922 | 6'2" | 190 | Evansville | Mackey, IN USA |
| Buddy Jeannette | G | September 15, 1917 | 5'11" | 175 | Washington & Jefferson | New Kensington, PA USA |
| Bob Kinney | C-F | September 16, 1920 | 6'6" | 215 | Rice | Fort Scott, KS USA |
| Bobby McDermott | G | January 7, 1914 | 5'11" | 180 | none | Whitestone, NY USA |
| Jake Pelkington | C-F | January 3, 1916 | 6'6" | 220 | Manhattan | |
| Chick Reiser | G-F | December 17, 1914 | 5'11" | 165 | NYU | |
| Ed Sadowski | C | July 11, 1915 | 6'5" | 240 | Seton Hall | Bloomfield, NJ USA |
| Herm Schaefer | G-F | December 20, 1919 | 6'0" | 175 | Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN USA |
| Charley Shipp | G-F | December 3, 1913 | 6'1" | 200 | Catholic | Indianapolis, IN USA |
| Robert Synnott | F-C | September 27, 1912 | 6'3" | 190 | none | |
| Bob Tough | G-F | August 28, 1920 | 6'0" | 185 | St. John's (NY) | New York, NY |
