
1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster
Team Record: 32-36
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Rochester Royals 2-1
Coach: Murray Mendenhall (32-36)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 107,019, Avg. 3,148 in 34 home dates
1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 32 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Pistons scored 5,722 points and gave up 5,849. Fred Schaus scored a team-best 1,028 points for Fort Wayne, and Larry Foust contributed 13 or more per game, too. Larry Foust accounted for 681 rebounds. Fred Schaus dished out 184 assists for the squad.
Murray Mendenhall coached the team. The 1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division semifinals.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
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Curly Armstrong | G-F | November 1, 1918 | 5'11" | 170 | Indiana | |
Art Burris | F | April 7, 1924 | 6'5" | 220 | Tennessee | |
Bob Carpenter | F-C | November 6, 1917 | 6'5" | 200 | East Texas State | |
Larry Foust | C-F | June 24, 1928 | 6'9" | 215 | LaSalle | Painesville, OH USA |
John Hargis | G-F | August 20, 1920 | 6'0" | 180 | Texas | Nacogdoches, TX USA |
Bob Harris | F-C | March 16, 1927 | 6'7" | 185 | Oklahoma A&M | Linden, TN USA |
Ralph Johnson | G | December 6, 1921 | 5'11" | 170 | Huntington | |
Jack Kerris | F-C | January 30, 1925 | 6'6" | 215 | Loyola (IL) | |
Duane Klueh | G | January 6, 1926 | 6'3" | 175 | Indiana State | Bottineau, ND USA |
Dick Mehen | F-C-G | May 20, 1922 | 6'5" | 195 | Tennessee | Wheeling, WV USA |
Ken Murray | G-F | April 20, 1928 | 6'2" | 190 | St. Bonaventure | West Orange, NJ USA |
John Oldham | G | June 22, 1923 | 6'3" | 175 | Western Kentucky | Beaver Dam, KY USA |
Don Otten | C | April 18, 1921 | 6'10" | 240 | Bowling Green | Bellefontaine, OH USA |
Jim Riffey | F | December 14, 1923 | 6'4" | 200 | Tulane | |
Fred Schaus | F | June 30, 1925 | 6'4" | 205 | West Virginia | Newark, OH USA |