1942-43 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Statistics

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 17-6
Finishing 1st in the NBL
Lost Championship
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

1942-43 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Roster
1942-43 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League ended the 1942-43 season with a record of 17 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NBL.

Fort Wayne scored 1,175 points, most in the league. The team conceded 1,067 points. Bobby McDermott tossed in a team-leading 316 points for the Zollner Pistons, and Jake Pelkington contributed 8 or more per game also. The 1942-43 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons lost in the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	PF	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	23	132			80	52	65	316
Jake Pelkington	C-F	23	83			100	70	65	236
Curly Armstrong	G-F	23	67			64	49	61	183
Blackie Towery	F-C	23	53			53	33	71	139
Jerry Bush	F-C	23	39			50	32	53	110
Herm Schaefer	G-F	21	36			0	12	0	84
Paul Birch	F-G-C	23	29			0	20	0	78
Dale Hamilton	G-F	18	8			0	1	0	17
Wilfred Doerner	F	4	4			0	1	0	9
Jack Keller	F-G	9	1			0	1	0	3
Totals		190	452	0	0	347	271	315	1175

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	PF	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	23	65.0	2.8	13.7
Jake Pelkington	C-F	23	70.0	2.8	10.3
Curly Armstrong	G-F	23	76.6	2.7	8.0
Blackie Towery	F-C	23	62.3	3.1	6.0
Jerry Bush	F-C	23	64.0	2.3	4.8
Herm Schaefer	G-F	21		0.0	4.0
Paul Birch	F-G-C	23		0.0	3.4
Dale Hamilton	G-F	18		0.0	0.9
Wilfred Doerner	F	4		0.0	2.3
Jack Keller	F-G	9		0.0	0.3
Averages		190	78.1	1.7	6.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTM	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	6	29			16	74
Curly Armstrong	G-F	6	20			19	59
Jake Pelkington	C-F	6	12			15	39
Jerry Bush	F-C	6	14			6	34
Blackie Towery	F-C	6	9			7	25
Herm Schaefer	G-F	5	6			3	15
Paul Birch	F-G-C	6	3			2	8
Dale Hamilton	G-F	1	0			0	0
Jack Keller	F-G	1	0			0	0
Totals		43	93	0	0	68	254

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	6	12.3
Curly Armstrong	G-F	6	9.8
Jake Pelkington	C-F	6	6.5
Jerry Bush	F-C	6	5.7
Blackie Towery	F-C	6	4.2
Herm Schaefer	G-F	5	3.0
Paul Birch	F-G-C	6	1.3
Dale Hamilton	G-F	1	0.0
Jack Keller	F-G	1	0.0
Averages		190	5.9