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1947-48 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Statistics
Team Record: 40-20
Finishing 3rd in the NBL's East Division
Lost conference semifinals
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
1947-48 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Results
The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 40 wins and 20 losses, finishing third in the NBL's East Division.
Fort Wayne scored 3,591 points and surrendered 3,413. Jake Pelkington tossed in a team-leading 504 points for the Zollner Pistons. The 1947-48 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons lost in the conference semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Jake Pelkington | C-F | 54 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 214 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 504 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 53 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 206 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 435 | ||
Blackie Towery | F-C | 59 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 187 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 407 | ||
Bob Kinney | C-F | 58 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 147 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 390 | ||
Ralph Hamilton | G-F | 49 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 135 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 387 | ||
Richie Niemiera | G-F | 59 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 135 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 333 | ||
Bob Tough | G-F | 60 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 71 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 306 | ||
Jack Smiley | F-G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 135 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 300 | ||
Dick Triptow | G-F | 48 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 119 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | ||
Walt Kirk | G-F | 45 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 90 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 168 | ||
Ken Menke | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 123 | ||
Milo Komenich | F-C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
Totals | 596 | 0 | 0 | 1287 | 0 | 0 | 1503 | 1017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1308 | 3591 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Jake Pelkington | C-F | 54 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.3 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 53 | 0.0 | 67.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 8.2 | ||
Blackie Towery | F-C | 59 | 0.0 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6.9 | ||
Bob Kinney | C-F | 58 | 0.0 | 62.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | ||
Ralph Hamilton | G-F | 49 | 0.0 | 74.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 7.9 | ||
Richie Niemiera | G-F | 59 | 0.0 | 71.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.6 | ||
Bob Tough | G-F | 60 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.1 | ||
Jack Smiley | F-G | 60 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 | ||
Dick Triptow | G-F | 48 | 0.0 | 63.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||
Walt Kirk | G-F | 45 | 0.0 | 48.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | ||
Ken Menke | G | 44 | 0.0 | 78.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | ||
Milo Komenich | F-C | 7 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | ||
Averages | 596 | 0.0 | 67.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 6.0 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Bob Kinney | C-F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
Jake Pelkington | C-F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
Richie Niemiera | G-F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
Bob Tough | G-F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
Jack Smiley | F-G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
Blackie Towery | F-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
Dick Triptow | G-F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
Walt Kirk | G-F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Ralph Hamilton | G-F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Ken Menke | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Totals | 38 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Bob Kinney | C-F | 4 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | ||
Curly Armstrong | G-F | 4 | 0.0 | 68.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | ||
Jake Pelkington | C-F | 4 | 0.0 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | ||
Richie Niemiera | G-F | 4 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||
Bob Tough | G-F | 4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | ||
Jack Smiley | F-G | 4 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | ||
Blackie Towery | F-C | 4 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||
Dick Triptow | G-F | 4 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | ||
Walt Kirk | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | ||
Ralph Hamilton | G-F | 2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
Ken Menke | G | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |||
Averages | 596 | 0.0 | 57.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 |