User:Mungo Kitsch/Guides/List of NBL (United States) player articles without statistics tables
The following is a list of the National Basketball League player articles that do not presently have tables representing their career statistics. Feel free to remove names upon addition of statistics.
My mission for creating this list is to see to it that all NBL player pages have a stats table attached, and that anyone who is looking up such articles can take for granted that they can see the player stats at a glance. I have the same goals in mind for the NBA, WNBA, and ABA. This list does not concern the NBA stats of men who played in the NBL, then later played in the NBA. Such NBA stats are covered at the equivalent NBA player list.
Players are listed according to their rookie season, and listed alphabetically within their section.
With the NBL being one of the first professional basketball leagues ever, it was therefore a league that existed while professional basketball was "just starting to figure things out". This is absolutely reflected in the statistics. The statistics that were recorded, and survive to this day, exclusively pertained to scoring points. No rebounds, no assists, no fouls, no turnovers, and it was way before steals and blocks started being tallied in the 1973-74 NBA season. The entirety of the NBL's stats recorded, from an individual player standpoint; were games played, field goals made, free throws made, free throws attempted (intermittently), and points. Not even field goals attempted. This is why I made a table template and legend unique to that of NBL players. While NBA stat tables do not conventionally detail field goals attempted, free throws made, or free throws attempted; I decided that NBL stat tables can, due to the need to have any stats at all in the tables if the tables are to exist.
For anyone who would suggest that putting NBL stats on player pages could be undue weight due to the stats being a fringe interest, and that parlaying the stats of a league that has not existed since the 1940s does not have translatable relevance to the present day; I respectfully disagree. I would like the stats to be there, verified, for anyone who would be interested in them. The NBL was an extremely important league in shaping how the NBA is today, even having MVP and Rookie of the Year awards. I believe it would be more unfair to keep the stats off of NBL player pages, especially the likes of Leroy Edwards or Bobby McDermott: great basketball players who never had a playing role in the NBA. I think that putting these stats on Wikipedia is a great way to showcase the output of individual players, while also revealing how statistical trends and trajectories are different from that of any given era of the NBA. Such comparison would especially apply to NBL players who then played in the NBA, and the side-by-side element would be very useful for analysis and research.
It is worth appreciating how long ago in which this era of professional basketball transpired. So long ago, that it is exceptionally rare for an NBL player to be living in the present day. The youngest members of this crowd are aged in their 90s, and who knows how long it will be before they are all gone. As for the few who do remain, including centenarian Johnny Macknowski, I think it is very important to remember and respect the history of these players while they are still with us, and to continue to do so when they are not.
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1930s
[edit]1937-38
[edit]- Ray Adams
- Willie Adams
- Clyde Anton
- Gerry Archibald
- Scott Armstrong
- Stan Arnzen
- Carl Austing
- Frank Baird
- Beanie Berens
- Don Betourne
- Chuck Bloedorn
- Herb Bonn
- Al Bonniwell
- Ed Campion
- Dan Carnevale
- Al Cervi
- George Chestnut
- Bobby Colburn
- Paul Coleman
- Robert Cope
- Leo Crowe
- Cookie Cunningham
- Bob DeWeese
- Beryl Drummond
- Denny Elliot
- Byron Evard
- Fred Fechtman
- Fred Grafft
- Ken Gunning
- Bill Haarlow
- Warren Hair
- Ray Hamann
- Johnny Hoekstra
- Bill Holland
- Ife Holmes
- Bill Hosket Sr.
- Stan Jackson
- Mally Johnson
- Ken Jordan
- Robert Kessler
- Joe Kruse
- Ed Kweller
- Buck Lamme
- Tim Lawry
- Sew Leeka
- Johnny Lenhart
- Bud Lindenberg
- Leroy Lins
- Frank Linskey
- Sam Loucks
- Bob Lytle
- Red Malackany
- Eddie Malanowicz
- Frank Maury
- Johnny McAdams
- Bob McConnell
- Vince McGowan
- Curt McMahon
- Dean Mealy
- Gene Mechling
- Miller
- Walt Miller
- Bud Moodler
- Dudey Moore
- Emmett Morrison
- Ray Morstadt
- Ed Mullen
- Russ Ochsenhirt
- Jack Ozburn
- Johnny Pawk
- Steve Pawk
- William Perigo
- Woody Pitzer
- Pete Preboske
- Cy Proffitt
- Bart Quinn
- Marty Reiter
- Ted Rigg
- Glenn Roberts
- Wyman Roberts
- Mal Rush
- Lou Rutter
- Leo Sack
- Junior Saffer
- Louie Sauer
- Glenn Schlechty
- Gene Scholz
- Bill Schrader
- Jack Shaffer
- Charley Shipp
- Slim Shoun
- Pres Slack
- Don Smith
- Bello Snyder
- Joe Sotak
- Joe Stack
- Howard Stammler
- Walt Stanky
- Clovis Stark
- Ed Stege
- Jack Stirling
- Jack Sullivan
- George Svendsen
- Everett Swank
- Earl Thomas
- Paul Tobin
- Augie Vander Meulen
- Norm Wagner
- Don Walsh
- Warren Whitlinger
- John Wiethe
- Harlan Wilson
- Eddie Wisbar
- Herm Witasek
- John Wooden
- Loren Wright
1938-39
[edit]- Sparky Adams
- Merle Alexander
- Carl Anderson
- Byron Bell
- Emmet Birk
- Jim Birr
- Boris
- Lou Boudreau
- Brown
- Jerry Bush
- Kieran Crowley
- Ed Dancker
- Pick Dehner
- Glynn Downey
- Dave Dupee
- Floyd Ebaugh
- Joe Fabel
- Ernie Fortney
- Steve Fowdy
- Nick Frascella
- Erwin Graf
- Walter Grauman
- Nick Hashu
- George Hesik
- Vern Huffman
- Art Hyatt
- James
- Joe Kinney
- Eddie Kolar
- Otto Kolar
- Les Kuplic
- Bill Laughlin
- Rube Lautenschlager
- Joe Leson
- Slim Lonsdorf
- William McElligott
- Mike McMichael
- Ted Migdal
- John Moir
- Tommy Nisbet
- Paul Nowak
- Vince Oliver
- Bob Parsons
- Squint Phares
- Bob Phillips
- Johnny Posewitz
- Scoop Posewitz
- Lowis Proctor
- Dave Quabius
- Gene Rosenthal
- Carl Roth
- Rex Rudicel
- Herm Schuessler
- Sicky
- John Sines
- Paul Sokody
- Edward Spotovich
- Reno Strand
- Ken Suesens
- Irving Terjesen
- Jack Thornton
- Chub Watson
- Bob Weigandt
- Bill Wendt
- Willett
- Dave Williams
- Nick Yost
- Jewell Young
- Stan Zadel
1939-40
[edit]- Gene Anderson
- Ernie Andres
- Lou Barle
- Buck Batterman
- Connie Mack Berry
- Tony Carp
- Chuck Chuckovits
- Marv Colen
- Gene Cramer
- Jim Currie
- Harold Dembo
- Wilbur Fox
- Nat Frankel
- Laddie Gale
- James Goff
- Dale Hamilton
- Al Hanisko
- Bob Hassmiller
- Ray Hayes
- Joel Hitt
- George Hogan
- Dar Hutchins
- Lou Jagnow
- Elmer Johnson
- Wibs Kautz
- Buzz Knoblauch
- Garland Lewis
- Karl Lillge
- Bill Lloyd
- Bob MacLeod
- Gordon McComb
- Ward Meyers
- Jim Montgomery
- Tex Mueller
- Jake Nagode
- Bobby Neu
- Mike Novak
- Tommy O'Brien
- Oscar Olson
- Bernard Opper
- Eddie Oram
- Eddie Parry
- Pete Pederson
- Willie Phillips
- Scoop Putnam
- Rube Reiswerg
- Riskind
- Eddie Sadowski
- Harry Sorensen
- Joe Spudic
- Ben Stephens
- Marvin Stout
- Sally Suddith
- Duane Swanson
- Hale Swanson
- Homer Thompson
- Irv Torgoff
- Howard Vocke
- George Wilson
- Slim Wintermute
- Tom Wukovits
1940s
[edit]1940-41
[edit]- Jake Ahearn
- Ralph Amsden
- Art Anderson
- Herb Ball
- Emil Benko
- Al Benson
- Fred Beretta
- Art Bowman
- Jim Brown
- Bob Calihan
- Bob Carpenter
- Bob Dille
- Paul DuCharme
- Dick Evans
- Teddy Falda
- Adam Filipczak
- Bill Hapac (expansion and translation)
- Pete Hecomovich
- Jim Higgins
- Marv Huffman
- Jack Jennings
- Splinter Johnson
- Bill Lane
- Bill McDonald
- Bill O'Brien
- Tom O'Toole
- Page
- Jake Pelkington
- Jack Piana
- Erv Prasse
- Paul Price
- Jule Rivlin
- Clem Ruh
- Ed Sadowski
- Rusty Saunders
- Steve Sitko
- Bill Sumerix
- Stan Szukala
- Chet Tollstam
- Ralph Vaughn
- John Wiggers
1941-42
[edit]- Al Alvarez
- Curly Armstrong
- Don Beery
- Bill Behr
- Thermon Blacklidge
- Bill Brownell
- Rudy Debnar
- Bob Dietz
- John Drish (expand)
- Bob Dro
- Gran Edwards
- Tommy Edwards
- Harry Eich
- Don Elser
- Bud Engdahl
- Gene Englund
- Charlie Epperson
- Eddie Erban
- Mark Ertel
- Elmer Gainer
- George Glamath
- Ken Griffith
- Pat Hintz
- Lee Huber
- Harold Hull
- Jack Keller
- Bill Komenich
- Paul Maki
- Bobby McDermott
- Morris
- George Morse
- George Nelmark
- Woody Norris
- John O'Brien
- Red Oberbruner
- Lou Possner
- Jim Rae
- George Ratkovicz
- Eddie Riska
- Ed Sachs
- Herm Schefer
- Bennie Schall
- Ted Strain
- Bill Thompson
- Carlisle Towery
- Paul Wallace
- Abe Yourist
- Babe Ziegenhorn
1942-43
[edit]- O'Neal Adams
- Bob Alwin
- Shannie Barnett
- Sonny Boswell
- Hillery Brown
- Ken Buehler
- Duke Cumberland
- Gus Doerner
- Bob Gerber
- Cortez Gray
- Roosie Hudson
- George Jablonski
- Al Johnson
- Casey Jones
- Bill Jones
- Bob Kramer
- Ray Krzoska
- Pete Lalich
- Gene Lorendo
- Joel Mason
- Fred Nimz
- Johnny Orr
- Tony Peyton
- Al Price
- Bernie Price
- Bob Regh
- Warren Schrage
- Dick Schulz
- Bob Schwartz
- Don Smith
- Ted Strong
- Zano Wast
1943-44
[edit]- Hal Cihlar
- Harold Dahl
- Ned Endress
- Gordon Flick
- Frank Garcia
- Ed Glancy
- Kleggie Harmsen
- Tony Kelly
- Vito Kubilus
- Leo Osiewalski
- Eric Plahn
- John Poncar
- Chick Reiser
- Bill Riebe
- Mel Riebe
- Frank Sachse
- Ed Scheiwe
- Wee Willie Smith
- Bob Sullivan
- Willard Swihart
- Ray Terzynski
- Clint Wager
1944-45
[edit]- Bill Ash
- Tom Becker
- Irv Brenner
- Mike Bytzura
- Ralph Churchfield
- Freddie Crum
- Bill Durkin
- Hank Evans
- Ted Fritsch
- Homer Fuller
- Jim Glass
- George Haines
- Huck Hartman
- Howie Hoffman
- Bobby Holm
- Paul Kessy
- Sid Levine
- Al Lucas
- Johnny Malokas
- John Mills
- Al Moschetti
- John Novotny
- Frank Otway
- Pete Pasko
- Stan Patrick
- Joe Proksa
- Swede Roos
- Ted Scarry
- Al Schrecker
- Chuck Shanklin
- Joseph Stampf
- John Stevenson
- Chet Strumillo
- John Styler
- Bob Synnott
- Hal Tidrick
- Dick Triptow
- Joe Urso
- Matt Vaniel
- Frank Vukosic
- Don Warnke
- Herm Weiss
1945-46
[edit]- Bob Armstrong
- Carl Baer
- Bob Baker
- Frankie Baumholtz
- Moe Becker
- Ray Bellingham
- Bruce Boehler
- Bob Brown
- Marshall Brown
- Charlie Butler
- Chuck Connors
- Bob Davies
- Bob Feerick
- George Fields
- Bob Fitzgerald
- Chet Francis
- Herm Fuetsch
- Jack Garfinkel
- Pop Goodwin
- Otto Graham
- Al Grenert
- Don Harvey
- Bob Henshaw
- Red Holzman
- Roy Hurley
- Larry Kenney
- Bob Kinney
- Dick Klein
- John Kotz
- Nick Lalich
- Dick Lange
- Andrew Levane
- Ed Lewinski
- John Mahnken
- Press Maravich
- Paul McCall
- Howie McCarty
- Leo Mogus
- Al Negratti
- Oren Nichols
- Stan Noszka
- Buddy O'Grady
- Bud O'Rourke
- Jack Oberst
- Jim Olsen
- Fred Rehm
- Bob Rensberger
- Del Rice
- Tommy Rich
- Arnie Risen
- Mickey Rottner
- Malcolm Rung
- Wilbur Schumacher
- Joe Scott
- Steve Sharkey
- Bob Shaw
- Chips Sobek
- Jerry Steiner
- Dave Strack
- Bob Tough
- Bernie Voorheis
- Jake Weber
- Paul Widowitz
- John Wright
1946-47
[edit]- Paul Anthony
- Frank Beaty
- Johnny Bianco
- Bob Bolyard
- John Bosak
- Price Brookfield
- Fred Campbell
- John Chaney
- Bill Closs
- Jim Cominsky
- Ed Costain
- Bob Cotton
- Bill Coven
- Walt Czarnecki
- Jamie Dawson
- Whitey Dienelt
- Jack Dugger
- Bob Dykstra
- Ken Exel
- Bill Farrow
- Dick Furey
- Lowell Galloway
- Ben Gardner
- Frank Gates
- Pop Gates
- Bob Gauchat
- Johnny Gee
- Jim Gibbs
- Frankie Gilhooley
- Nick Grunzweig
- Luther Harris
- Chuck Hawley
- Curt Henderson
- Paul Herman
- Mort Hill
- Charlie Joachim
- Arnie Johnson
- Paul Juntunen
- Dolly King
- Wilbert King
- Leo Klier
- Milo Komenich
- Dave Latter
- Fred Lewis
- Sam Lieberman
- Del Loranger
- Jack Maddox
- Bill McCahan
- Chick Meehan
- Bernie Mehen
- Frank Mekules
- Tom Meyer
- Red Mihalik
- Jack Mills
- Ed Moeller
- John Moiseichik
- Dale Morey
- Max Morris
- Pete Mount
- Lyle Neat
- Richie Niemiera
- Irv Noren
- Bob Nugent
- Connie O'Connor
- Don Otten
- Joe Patanelli
- Charles Perry
- Jim Quinlan
- Howie Rader
- Len Rader
- Billy Reed
- Jerry Rizzo
- Pat Rooney
- Les Rothman
- Frank Sabo
- Bill Sattler
- Herb Scheffler
- Johnny Schick
- Bill Schroeder
- Wilbur Schu
- Howie Schultz
- Rollie Seltz
- Paul Seymour
- Bob Shaddock
- Frank Shannon
- Vic Siegel
- Bob Sims
- Emil Sotnyk
- Ed Stanczak
- Dick Starzyk
- Art Stoefen
- Mel Thurston
- Milt Ticco
- Vaughn Waddell
- Stan Waxman
- Dean White
- Russ Wilkins
- Jim Zeravich
1947-48
[edit]- John Abramovic
- Warren Ajax
- Charles B. Black
- Ed Bogdanski
- Wally Borrevik
- Harry Boykoff
- Frank Brian
- Bill Calhoun
- Joe Camic
- Keith Carey
- Don Carlson
- Frank Carswell
- Paul Cloyd
- Ted Cook
- Fran Curran
- Les Deaton
- Bill DeVenzio
- Andy Duncan
- Bill Durkee
- Jack Dwan
- Johnny Ezersky
- Jack Forestieri
- Fred Gantt
- Hal Gensichen
- John Gibbs
- Jackie Goldsmith
- Don Grate
- Wyndol Gray
- Ralph Hamilton
- Cecil Hankins
- John Hargis
- Jim Homer
- Bob Hubbard
- John Janisch
- Tony Jaros
- Boag Johnson
- Johnny Jorgensen
- Jimmy Joyce
- Leroy King
- Walt Kirk
- Bob Kitterman
- Hal Korovin
- Walt Lautenbach
- Joe Lord
- John Mandic
- Dick Mehen
- Ken Menke
- Fritz Nagy
- Paul Napolitano
- Bob O'Shaughnessy
- Garland O'Shields
- Ray Patterson
- Jim Pollard
- Roy Pugh
- Ray Ramsey (cleanup; separate NBA from NBL stats)
- Ocie Richie
- Jack Rocker
- Abel Rodrigues
- Ted Scalissi
- Milt Schoon
- Johnny Sebastian
- Glen Selbo
- Bob Skarda
- Danny Smick
- Jack Smiley
- Jim Springer
- Mike Todorovich
- Virgil Vaughn
- Floyd Volker
- Danny Wagner
- Ken Walters
- Bobby Wanzer
- Matt Zunic
1948-49
[edit]- Leonard Alterman
- Art Bakeraitis
- Gene Berce
- Ralph Bishop
- Bob Brannum
- Bill Brown
- Rookie Brown
- Jack Burmaster
- Ken Campbell
- Jake Carter
- Doyle Cofer
- Bobby Cook
- Jack Cotton
- Dillard Crocker
- George Crowe
- Jimmy Darden
- Aubrey Davis
- Hal Devoll
- Hank DeZonie
- Bob Doll
- Ray Ellefson
- Len Ford
- Billy Gabor
- Dee Gibson
- Hoot Gibson
- Boody Gilbertson
- Art Grove
- Ace Gruenig
- Al Guokas
- Alex Hannum
- Earl Hawkins
- Marshall Hawkins
- Herb Hutchinson
- John Isaacs
- Noble Jorgensen
- Tony Kaseta
- Vic Krafft
- Leo Kubiak
- Gene Lalley
- Bobby Lowther
- Carl Loyd
- Murray Mendenhall Jr.
- Ed Mills
- Guy Mitchell
- Ward Myers
- Hank O'Keeffe
- Ed Peterson
- Longie Powell
- Red Pryor
- Don Ray
- Ben Schadler
- Dolph Schayes
- Tom Sealy
- Ollie Shoaff
- Dick Shrider
- Jack Spencer
- Jim Usry
- Jack Walton
- Dave Wareham
- Jack Watkins
- Murray Wier
- Kayo Wnorowski
- Eddie Wollen
- Sonny Wood
- Paul Yesawich