1946β47 Toronto Huskies season | |
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Head coach |
Ed Sadowski (3β9) Lew Hayman (0β1) Dick Fitzgerald (2β1) Red Rolfe (17β27) |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Results | |
Record | 22–38 (.367) |
Place | Division: 6th ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Radio | CFRB |
The 1946β47 BAA season was the Toronto Huskies' inaugural and sole season of existence. The NBA's first game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on November 1, 1946. The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 68β66 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The teams were part of the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner to the NBA. [1] The Huskies finished last in their division and folded after one season. Throughout the season, the Huskies had four head coaches: Ed Sadowski 3β9, Lew Hayman 0β1, Dick Fitzgerald 2β1, and Red Rolfe 17β27.
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The attendance for the inaugural match was 7,090 with ticket prices ranging from 75 cents to two dollars and fifty cents. On that night, anyone taller than George Nostrand, the tallest Husky at 6'8", was given free admission. [2]
Attendance quickly dwindled and the Toronto Star published an estimate that team owners Eric Cradock (co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes football team) and Harold Shannon lost $100,000 in one season of operations. The managing director of the Huskies was Lew Hayman, who was also the coach and general manager of the Alouettes. Previously, he had been a star basketball player at Syracuse University. Other key figures included team president Charles Watson, co-founders Ben Newman and Salter Hayden and Annis Stukus.
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | x- Washington Capitols | 49 | 11 | .817 | β |
2 | x- Philadelphia Warriors | 35 | 25 | .583 | 14 |
3 | x- New York Knicks | 33 | 27 | .550 | 16 |
4 | Providence Steamrollers | 28 | 32 | .467 | 21 |
5 | Boston Celtics | 22 | 38 | .367 | 27 |
6 | Toronto Huskies | 22 | 38 | .367 | 27 |
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Team | BOS | CHI | CLE | DET | NYK | PHI | PIT | PRO | STL | TOR | WAS |
Boston | β | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 1β5 |
Chicago | 6β0 | β | 5β1 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 6β0 | 3β3 | 3β4 | 4β2 | 1β5 |
Cleveland | 4β2 | 1β5 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 1β5 | 6β0 | 1β5 |
Detroit | 3β3 | 3β3 | 2β4 | β | 1β5 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 3β3 | 1β5 |
New York | 2β4 | 3β3 | 2-4 | 5β1 | β | 2β4 | 6β0 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 2β4 |
Philadelphia | 5β1 | 1β5 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β2 | β | 5β1 | 4β2 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 1β5 |
Pittsburgh | 1β5 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 0β6 | 1β5 | β | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β3 | 1β5 |
Providence | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 3β3 | β | 2β4 | 3β3 | 0β6 |
St. Louis | 5β1 | 4β3 | 5β1 | 6β0 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 | 2β4 |
Toronto | 2β4 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 1β5 |
Washington | 5β1 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 6β0 | 4β2 | 5β1 | β |
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | High points | Record |
1 | November 1, 1946 | New York Knickerbockers | 68β66 | Toronto Huskies | Ed Sadowski (18) | 0β1 |
2 | November 3, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 60β71 | Cleveland Rebels | George Nostrand (17) | 0β2 |
3 | November 8, 1946 | Detroit Falcons | 71β73 | Toronto Huskies | Fitzgerald, Sadowski (16) | 1β2 |
4 | November 9, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 54β64 | Chicago Stags | Ed Sadowski (15) | 1β3 |
5 | November 15, 1946 | Providence Steamrollers | 68β85 | Toronto Huskies | Ed Sadowski (30) | 2β3 |
6 | November 16, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 49β53 | Boston Celtics | Ed Sadowski (14) | 2β4 |
7 | November 18, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 48β54 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | Ed Sadowski (21) | 2β5 |
8 | November 19, 1946 | Cleveland Rebels | 74β72 | Toronto Huskies | Ed Sadowski (25) | 2β6 |
9 | November 22, 1946 | Boston Celtics | 82β83 | Toronto Huskies | Dick Fitzgerald (15) | 3β6 |
10 | November 23, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 50β74 | Washington Capitols | Mike McCarron (14) | 3β7 |
11 | November 26, 1946 | Washington Capitols | 78β68 | Toronto Huskies | Ed Sadowski (23) | 3β8 |
12 | November 29, 1946 | Cleveland Rebels | 87β72 | Toronto Huskies | Ed Sadowski (20) | 3β9 |
13 | November 30, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 65β79 | Providence Steamrollers | Mike McCarron (20) | 3β10 |
14 | December 5, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 65β61 | Chicago Stags | Charlie Hoefer (14) | 4β10 |
15 | December 7, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 68β59 | Providence Steamrollers | Ray Wertis (13) | 5β10 |
16 | December 10, 1946 | Philadelphia Warriors | 85β73 | Toronto Huskies | Mike McCarron (24) | 5β11 |
17 | December 13, 1946 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | 62β52 | Toronto Huskies | Mike McCarron (13) | 5β12 |
18 | December 15, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 50β46 | St. Louis Bombers | Mike McCarron (14) | 6β12 |
19 | December 17, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 62β78 | Cleveland Rebels | Kleggie Hermsen (13) | 6β13 |
20 | December 20, 1946 | New York Knickerbockers | 70β74 | Toronto Huskies | Kleggie Hermsen (24) | 7β13 |
21 | December 27, 1946 | Chicago Stags | 88β80 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (21) | 7β14 |
22 | December 29, 1946 | Toronto Huskies | 52β48 | Detroit Falcons | Mike McCarron (13) | 8β14 |
23 | December 31, 1946 | Chicago Stags | 76β87 | Toronto Huskies | Kleggie Hermsen (20) | 9β14 |
24 | January 3, 1947 | Boston Celtics | 58β53 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (15) | 9β15 |
25 | January 6, 1947 | Detroit Falcons | 61β76 | Toronto Huskies | Kleggie Hermsen (23) | 10β15 |
26 | January 8, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 76β63 | New York Knickerbockers | Dick Schulz (20) | 11β15 |
27 | January 9, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 55β74 | Philadelphia Warriors | Kleggie Hermsen (11) | 11β16 |
28 | January 11, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 66β81 | Washington Capitols | Hurley, Nostrand (16) | 11β17 |
29 | January 14, 1947 | Philadelphia Warriors | 104β74 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (13) | 11β18 |
30 | January 17, 1947 | Detroit Falcons | 74β64 | Toronto Huskies | Kleggie Hermsen (14) | 11β19 |
31 | January 21, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | 71β72 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (26) | 12β19 |
32 | January 24, 1947 | Providence Steamrollers | 96β93 | Toronto Huskies | Red Wallace (23) | 12β20 |
33 | January 27, 1947 | Cleveland Rebels | 88β82 | Toronto Huskies | Red Wallace (16) | 12β21 |
34 | January 28, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 70β80 | Cleveland Rebels | Red Wallace (20) | 12β22 |
35 | January 31, 1947 | Washington Capitols | 74β83 | Toronto Huskies | Red Wallace (38) | 13β22 |
36 | February 2, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 75β90 | Chicago Stags | Mike McCarron (27) | 13β23 |
37 | February 5, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 58β55 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | Red Wallace (16) | 14β23 |
38 | February 6, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 61β79 | Philadelphia Warriors | Leo Mogus (16) | 14β24 |
39 | February 8, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 46β69 | New York Knickerbockers | Leo Mogus (13) | 14β25 |
40 | February 14, 1947 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | 73β84 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (27) | 15β25 |
41 | February 16, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 64β80 | St. Louis Bombers | Leo Mogus (16) | 15β26 |
42 | February 18, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | 57β65 | Toronto Huskies | Red Wallace (16) | 16β26 |
43 | February 19, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 59β69 | Washington Capitols | Mike McCarron (13) | 16β27 |
44 | February 21, 1947 | Boston Celtics | 61β67 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (21) | 17β27 |
45 | February 23, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 52β61 | Detroit Falcons | Red Wallace (15) | 17β28 |
46 | February 25, 1947 | Providence Steamrollers | 60β83 | Toronto Huskies | Nat Militzok (16) | 18β28 |
47 | February 28, 1947 | Philadelphia Warriors | 69β77 | Toronto Huskies | Mike McCarron (20) | 19β28 |
48 | March 1, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 48β63 | New York Knickerbockers | Leo Mogus (12) | 19β29 |
49 | March 3, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 66β76 | Philadelphia Warriors | Red Wallace (21) | 19β30 |
50 | March 5, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 63β60 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | Leo Mogus (22) | 20β30 |
51 | March 7, 1947 | Washington Capitols | 86β70 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (18) | 20β31 |
52 | March 8, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 65β67 | Boston Celtics | Leo Mogus (22) | 20β32 |
53 | March 11, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | 71β79 | Toronto Huskies | Leo Mogus (21) | 21β32 |
54 | March 12, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 57β69 | Boston Celtics | Leo Mogus (21) | 21β33 |
55 | March 13, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 64β71 | Providence Steamrollers | Nat Militzok (16) | 21β34 |
56 | March 18, 1947 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | 70β64 | Toronto Huskies | Nat Militzok (14) | 21β35 |
57 | March 21, 1947 | Chicago Stags | 99β83 | Toronto Huskies | Mike McCarron (29) | 21β36 |
58 | March 23, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 40β60 | St. Louis Bombers | Mike McCarron (14) | 21β37 |
59 | March 28, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | 61β71 | Toronto Huskies | Mike McCarron (22) | 22β37 |
60 | March 29, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | 63β66 | Detroit Falcons | Mike McCarron (18) | 22β38 |
Note: GP= Games played; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; FTA = Free Throws Attempted; AST = Assists; PTS = Points
Player | GP | FG | FT | FTA | AST | PTS |
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Mike McCarron | 60 | 236 | 177 | 288 | 59 | 649 |
Leo Mogus | 41 | 186 | 172 | 237 | 56 | 544 |
Red Wallace | 37 | 170 | 85 | 148 | 38 | 425 |
Dick Fitzgerald | 60 | 118 | 41 | 60 | 40 | 277 |
Kleggie Hermsen | 21 | 95 | 64 | 97 | 15 | 254 |
Dick Schulz | 41 | 87 | 74 | 107 | 39 | 248 |
Roy Hurley | 46 | 100 | 39 | 64 | 34 | 239 |
Bob Mullens | 28 | 98 | 42 | 68 | 36 | 238 |
Ed Sadowski | 10 | 73 | 45 | 66 | 8 | 191 |
Harry Miller | 53 | 58 | 36 | 82 | 42 | 152 |
Charlie Hoefer | 23 | 54 | 32 | 46 | 9 | 140 |
Frank Fucarino | 28 | 53 | 34 | 60 | 7 | 140 |
Bob Fitzgerald | 31 | 47 | 45 | 70 | 26 | 139 |
George Nostrand | 13 | 46 | 24 | 61 | 10 | 116 |
Nat Militzok | 21 | 38 | 24 | 39 | 14 | 100 |
Ray Wertis | 18 | 38 | 23 | 37 | 18 | 99 |
Ralph Siewert | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
Ed Kasid | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Gino Sovran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Hank Biasatti | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
December 4, 1946 |
To
Toronto Huskies Kleggie Hermsen [5] |
To
Cleveland Rebels George Nostrand |
December 16, 1946 |
To
Toronto Huskies Leo Mogus [5] Dick Schulz Cash |
To
Cleveland Rebels Ed Sadowski Ray Wertis |
January 2, 1947 |
To
Toronto Huskies Red Wallace [5] |
To
Boston Celtics Charlie Hoefer |
January 21, 1947 |
To
Toronto Huskies Bob Mullens [5] |
To
New York Knicks Bob Fitzgerald |
Player | Date bought | Previous team |
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Nat Militzok [6] | February, 1947 | New York Knicks |