1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Roster
Team Record: 18-4
Finishing 1st in the NBL
Won Championship
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League ended the 1943-44 season with a record of 18 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NBL.
The Zollner Pistons netted 1,039 points, tops in the circuit. Fort Wayne yielded 906 points. Bobby McDermott tossed in a team-leading 306 points for the team, and Buddy Jeannette scored 8 or more per game also. The 1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons won the Championship.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
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Paul Birch | F-G-C | January 4, 1910 | 6'1" | 190 | Duquesne | Homestead, PA USA |
Jerry Bush | F-C | September 6, 1914 | 6'3" | 200 | St. John's (NY) | Brooklyn, NY USA |
Dale Hamilton | G-F | August 16, 1919 | 6'0" | 180 | Franklin (IN) | |
Buddy Jeannette | G | September 15, 1917 | 5'11" | 175 | Washington & Jefferson | New Kensington, PA 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 | |
Blackie Towery | F-C | June 20, 1920 | 6'4" | 210 | Western Kentucky | Caldwell, KY |