
1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster
Team Record: 40-32
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 0-4 Lost division round-robin
Coach: Paul Birch (40-32)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 113,889, Avg. 4,218 in 27 home dates
1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Pistons scored 5,593 points and yielded 5,476. Larry Foust scored a team-best 1,090 points for Fort Wayne and contributed 967 rebounds. Andy Phillip dished out 449 assists for the squad.
Paul Birch coached the team. The 1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons lost in the division round-robin.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
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Leo Barnhorst | F-G | May 17, 1924 | 6'4" | 190 | Notre Dame | Beech Grove, IN USA |
Frank Brian | G | May 1, 1923 | 6'1" | 180 | Louisiana State | Zachary, LA USA |
Larry Foust | C-F | June 24, 1928 | 6'9" | 215 | LaSalle | Painesville, OH USA |
Mel Hutchins | F-C | November 22, 1928 | 6'6" | 200 | Brigham Young | Sacramento, CA USA |
Don Meineke | F-C | October 30, 1930 | 6'7" | 208 | Dayton | Dayton, OH USA |
Jack Molinas | F | April 16, 1932 | 6'6" | 200 | Columbia | New York, NY USA |
Ken Murray | G-F | April 20, 1928 | 6'2" | 190 | St. Bonaventure | West Orange, NJ USA |
Andy Phillip | G-F | March 7, 1922 | 6'2" | 195 | Illinois | Granite City, IL USA |
Fred Scolari | G | March 1, 1922 | 5'10" | 175 | San Francisco | San Francisco, CA USA |
Chuck Share | C | March 14, 1927 | 6'11" | 235 | Bowling Green | |
Zeke Sinicola | G | January 25, 1929 | 5'10" | 165 | Niagara | New York, NY USA |
George Yardley | F-G | November 3, 1928 | 6'5" | 190 | Stanford | Hollywood, CA USA |
Max Zaslofsky | G-F | December 7, 1925 | 6'2" | 170 | St. John's (NY) | Brooklyn, NY USA |