
1944-45 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Roster
Team Record: 25-5
Finishing 1st in the NBL's East Division
Won Championship
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
1944-45 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League ended the 1944-45 season with a record of 25 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NBL's East Division.
Fort Wayne netted 1,708 points, tops in the circuit. The team conceded 1,507 points. Bobby McDermott tossed in a team-leading 603 points for the Zollner Pistons, while Buddy Jeannette scored 9 or more per game also. The 1944-45 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 |
James Glass | C | 6'8" | 210 | Toledo | ||
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 | |
Ed Sadowski | C | July 11, 1915 | 6'5" | 240 | Seton Hall | Bloomfield, NJ 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 | |
Blackie Towery | F-C | June 20, 1920 | 6'4" | 210 | Western Kentucky | Caldwell, KY |