1950-51 Waterloo Hawks Roster

National Professional Basketball League (NPBL)
Team Record: 32-24
Finishing 1st in the NPBL's West Division
Coach: Jack Smiley (32-24)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa

1950-51 Waterloo Hawks Statistics
1950-51 Waterloo Hawks Results

The Waterloo Hawks of the National Professional Basketball League ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 32 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the NPBL's West Division.

The Hawks topped the circuit with 4,909 points. Waterloo allowed 4,620 points, most in the league. Don Boven tossed in a team-leading 781 points for the squad.

Jack Smiley coached the team.

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Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown
Don Boven	F-G-C	March 6, 1925	6'4"	210	Western Michigan	Kalamazoo, MI USA
Buddy Cate	F	May 23, 1926	6'5"	195	Western Kentucky	Ringgold, GA
Ed Dahler	F	January 31, 1926	6'5"	190	Duquesne	Rosemond, IL
Harold Haskins	F	October 29, 1924	6'3"	185	Hamline	Page, ND USA
Leo Kubiak	G	December 25, 1927	5'11"	160	Bowling Green	, OH
Elmore Morgenthaler	C	August 3, 1922	6'9"	230	New Mexico Mines	(ht) Amarillo, TX USA
Joe Nelson	F-G	March 16, 1927	6'3"	180	Brigham Young	Richfield, UT USA
Ralph O'Brien	G	April 8, 1928	5'9"	160	Butler	Henshaw, KY USA
Mac Otten	F-C	December 16, 1925	6'7"	220	Bowling Green	Bellefontaine, OH USA
Claude Overton	G	December 16, 1927	6'2"	195	East Central Oklahoma	(ht) McAlester, OK USA
Johnny Payak	G-F	November 20, 1926	6'4"	174	Bowling Green	Rossford, OH USA
Wayne See	G	November 3, 1923	6'3"	190	Northern Arizona	Clemenceau, AZ USA
Chuck Share	C	March 14, 1927	6'11"	235	Bowling Green
Jack Smiley	F-G	December 22, 1922	6'3"	190	Illinois	Sandwich, IL
Robert Vollers	F-G	May 15, 1928	6'3"	180	Iowa
Stanley Weber	C	July 28, 1925	6'6"	215	Bowling Green	Pettisville, OH USA
Murray Wier	G	December 12, 1926	5'9"	155	Iowa	Grand View, IA USA