1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season

1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season
Head coachPaul Birch
ArenaDuquesne Gardens
Results
Record15–45 (.250)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioKDKA

The 1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season was the only season of the Pittsburgh Ironmen of the Basketball Association of America. They finished with a record of 15–45.[1]

Roster

1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
F 3 John Abramovic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-02-09 Salem International
F 4 Michael Bytzura 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-06-18 LIU Brooklyn
G/F 15 Joe Fabel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1913-09-04 Pittsburgh
G/F 15 Nat Frankel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1913-11-03 Brooklyn
C 9 Gorham Getchell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1920-08-14 Temple
F 6 Coulby Gunther 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-02-05 Boston College
C 17 Noble Jorgensen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1925-05-18 Iowa
F/C 7 Roger Jorgensen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-09-02 Ohio State
G 5 Tony Kappen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1919-04-13 Forest Hills HS (NY)
G 12 Press Maravich 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-08-20 Davis & Elkins
G Ed Melvin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1916-02-13 Duquesne
G 6 Red Mihalik 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1916-09-22 Ford City HS (PA)
F 7 Walt Miller 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-07-30 Duquesne
F/C 11 John Mills 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1919-09-07 Western Kentucky
G 8 Stan Noszka 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-09-09 Duquesne
F/C 14−18 Harry Zeller 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1919-07-10 Washington & Jefferson
Head coach

Paul Birch

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#
Western Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Chicago Stags 39 22 .639 –
2 x-St. Louis Bombers 38 23 .623 1
3 x-Cleveland Rebels 30 30 .500 8.5
4 Detroit Falcons 20 40 .333 18.5
5 15 45 .250 23.5

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 2 @ St. Louis L 51–56 Harry Zeller (10) 0–1
2 November 4 Washington L 56–71 John Abramovic (22) 0–2
3 November 7 @ Philadelphia L 75–81 Moe Becker (20) 0–3
4 November 9 @ Providence L 66–76 John Abramovic (16) 0–4
5 November 11 Providence W 84–71 John Abramovic (26) 1–4
6 November 16 @ New York L 62–64 (OT) John Abramovic (29) 1–5
7 November 18 Toronto W 54–48 John Abramovic (22) 2–5
8 November 20 @ Detroit W 54–53 Ed Melvin (13) 3–5
9 November 24 @ Cleveland L 60–62 John Abramovic (14) 3–6
10 November 25 New York L 46–62 Stan Noszka (10) 3–7
11 November 27 Cleveland W 62–60 Becker, Mills (11) 4–7
12 November 28 @ Boston L 55–59 Abramovic, Melvin, Mills (8) 4–8
13 November 30 @ Washington L 40–49 Michael Bytzura (9) 4–9
14 December 2 Boston L 44–46 Harry Zeller (11) 4–10
15 December 4 Chicago L 46–57 Abramovic, Bytzura (11) 4–11
16 December 5 @ St. Louis L 55–66 John Abramovic (15) 4–12
17 December 9 Detroit L 58–66 John Abramovic (17) 4–13
18 December 13 @ Toronto W 62–52 Coulby Gunther (17) 5–13
19 December 15 @ Chicago L 75–84 Coulby Gunther (17) 5–14
20 December 16 St. Louis L 55–66 Coulby Gunther (19) 5–15
21 December 22 Cleveland W 78–74 (OT) Gunther, Kappen, Noszka, Zeller (16) 6–15
22 December 23 Boston W 64–54 Stan Noszka (13) 7–15
23 December 26 @ Philadelphia L 46–53 Stan Noszka (13) 7–16
24 December 30 Philadelphia L 60–62 Coulby Gunther (20) 7–17
25 January 1 Cleveland L 48–61 Harry Zeller (10) 7–18
26 January 6 Washington L 49–63 Coulby Gunther (21) 7–19
27 January 8 Philadelphia W 67–63 Coulby Gunther (25) 8–19
28 January 12 @ St. Louis L 59–72 Coulby Gunther (20) 8–20
29 January 13 New York L 50–53 Stan Noszka (18) 8–21
30 January 15 Providence W 65–53 Stan Noszka (20) 9–21
31 January 20 Detroit W 62–57 Stan Noszka (25) 10–21
32 January 23 @ Boston L 43–48 Coulby Gunther (14) 10–22
33 January 25 @ Washington L 71–84 Harry Zeller (18) 10–23
34 January 27 Providence W 71–63 Coulby Gunther (26) 11–23
35 January 29 @ New York L 60–64 Gunther, Kappen (11) 11–24
36 January 30 @ Boston L 51–66 Coulby Gunther (16) 11–25
37 February 1 @ Providence L 73–89 Tony Kappen (19) 11–26
38 February 3 St. Louis W 68–63 John Abramovic (18) 12–26
39 February 5 Toronto L 55–58 Coulby Gunther (17) 12–27
40 February 6 @ Chicago L 85–109 Press Maravich (18) 12–28
41 February 8 @ Detroit L 58–64 Coulby Gunther (17) 12–29
42 February 10 Washington W 75–69 Coulby Gunther (24) 13–29
43 February 12 Chicago L 82–101 John Abramovic (20) 13–30
44 February 14 @ Toronto L 73–84 John Abramovic (18) 13–31
45 February 15 @ Providence L 72–82 Coulby Gunther (32) 13–32
46 February 17 Detroit W 63–59 Coulby Gunther (20) 14–32
47 February 20 @ Philadelphia L 66–78 John Abramovic (18) 14–33
48 February 21 @ New York L 49–77 Coulby Gunther (14) 14–34
49 February 22 @ Washington L 61–93 Press Maravich (15) 14–35
50 February 24 Philadelphia L 67–69 Coulby Gunther (17) 14–36
51 February 26 Cleveland L 53–74 Stan Noszka (16) 14–37
52 March 3 Chicago L 66–69 Stan Noszka (18) 14–38
53 March 5 Toronto L 60–63 Coulby Gunther (27) 14–39
54 March 6 @ Chicago L 71–72 Coulby Gunther (21) 14–40
55 March 11 @ Cleveland L 72–78 Coulby Gunther (30) 14–41
56 March 18 @ Toronto W 70–64 Coulby Gunther (22) 15–41
57 March 19 St. Louis L 54–79 John Abramovic (12) 15–42
58 March 22 @ Detroit L 65–85 Coulby Gunther (20) 15–43
59 March 24 New York L 51–65 Coulby Gunther (13) 15–44
60 March 26 Boston L 61–74 Coulby Gunther (16) 15–45

Transactions

Trades

December 12, 1946
 To Pittsburgh Ironmen
Tony Kappen[2] 		To Boston Celtics
Moe Becker

Dispersal Draft

During the first ever end of season meeting for the Basketball Association of America's board of governors held on May 21, 1947, the Ironmen confirmed that they would continue playing in the league for another season, but only if "a representative team can be secured".[3] As such, the Ironmen were able to participate in the inaugural 1947 BAA draft thinking they could get exactly that. During their only draft they ever did, the Ironmen would select Clifton McNeely from Texas Wesleyan College (now Texas Wesleyan University) as the league's first ever #1 pick (though he would never play for the BAA/NBA whatsoever), as well as draft Fritz Nagy from the Municipal University of Akron (now University of Akron), Bob Alamo from the University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara University), George Brown from a currently unknown team/location, Dick Ives from the University of Iowa, Herman Knoche from Washington & Jefferson College, and Jack Walton from DePauw University. However, when Pittsburgh failed to get what they needed from the Basketball Association of America (BAA), they would fold from the BAA entirely on July 27, 1947.[4] After the Ironmen joined the Toronto Huskies in disbanding their franchises altogether on that July 27 date, the remaining eight teams left in the BAA (the surviving seven teams from the league's first successful season alongside the original Baltimore Bullets franchise that came from the original American Basketball League by a dispute with that league) entered into what became its first ever dispersal draft on August 2 that year, with each team taking players that were originally from the previously disbanded Cleveland Rebels and Detroit Falcons franchises alongside the Ironmen and Huskies franchises. The following teams acquired these players from the Ironmen during the dispersal draft period.

References

  1. ^ "Pittsburgh Ironmen Franchise Index".
  2. ^ "1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  3. ^ https://www.apbr.org/baaminutes.html
  4. ^ Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810890695., pg. 422
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