1945–46 Rochester Royals season

1945–46 Rochester Royals season
NBL champions
Head coachEddie Malanowicz
OwnersJack Harrison
Les Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record24–10 (.706)
PlaceDivision: 2 (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBL Champions
(Defeated Red Skins 3–0)
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWHAM

The 1945–46 Rochester Royals season was the franchise's first season in the National Basketball League.[1] This would also be considered the franchise's first official season as the Rochester Royals after previously being a mostly independent franchise that went by the name of the Rochester Seagrams all the way back in 1923 and then used the names of the Rochester Eber Seagrams and Rochester Pros in their last few seasons before utilizing the Rochester Royals name as a professional franchise.[2] This season was notable for the fact that the Royals would have the biggest victory in NBL history with a 70–27 blowout win on January 5, 1946, over the Youngstown Bears, who were a new NBL team (who only scored eleven total field-goals and five free-throws that night) that would play in that league for one more season before folding operations altogether.[3][4] They would also win their only NBL championship during that season. The Royals would later win an NBA Finals championship five years later in 1951 after they later moved out into the National Basketball Association, with the franchise now currently going by the Sacramento Kings.

Roster

1945–46 Rochester Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G/F Al Cervi 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1917-02-12 East HS (NY)
F/C Chuck Connors 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-04-10 Seton Hall
G/F Bob Davies 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-01-15 Seton Hall
F/C Bob Fitzgerald 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-03-14 Fordham
G Jack Garfinkel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1918-06-13 St. John's
F/C George Glamack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1919-06-07 North Carolina
G/F Otto Graham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-12-06 Northwestern
G Red Holzman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-08-10 CCNY
G/F Andrew Levane 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-04-11 St. John's
C John Mahnken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown
F/C Al Negratti 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1921-06-12 Seton Hall
G Buddy O'Grady 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown
F Delbert Rice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-10-27 Portsmouth (OH)
F Tommy Rich 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-04-26 Cornell
G Bernard Voorheis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1922-05-23 Cornell
Head coach

Eddie Malanowicz

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

Roster

Season standings

Eastern Division

Pos. Eastern Division Wins Losses Win %
1 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 26 8 .765
2 Rochester Royals 24 10 .706
3 Youngstown Bears 13 20 .394
4 Cleveland Allmen Transfers 4 29 .121

Western Division

Pos. Western Division Wins Losses Win %
1 Sheboygan Red Skins 21 13 .618
2 Oshkosh All-Stars 19 15 .559
3 Chicago American Gears 17 17 .500
4 Indianapolis Kautskys 10 22 .313

Statistics

Regular season

Rk Player Position Games played Field goals
Per Game 		Free Throws
Per Game 		Free Throws
Attempted Per Game 		Points Per
Game
1 George Glamack C-F 34 4.4 3.4 5.4 12.3
2 Red Holzman G 34 4.2 2.3 3.4 10.7
3 Al Cervi G-F 28 4.0 2.7 3.9 10.7
4 Bob Davies G-F 27 3.2 2.6 3.8 9.0
5 Otto Graham F-G 32 1.8 1.5 2.3 5.2
6 John Mahnken C 16 3.1 1.4 2.4 7.7
7 Andrew Levane F-G 22 2.4 0.4 0.9 5.1
8 Al Negratti F-C 16 1.2 0.6 3.0
9 Tommy Rich F 17 1.1 0.5 2.6
10 Jack Garfinkel G 18 0.8 0.3 1.9
11 Bob Fitzgerald F-C 10 0.9 1.5 3.3
12 Chuck Connors F-C 14 0.8 0.4 2.0
13 Delbert Rice F 11 0.7 0.5 2.0
14 Buddy O'Grady G 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Bernard Voorheis G 8 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

Rk Player Position Games played Field goals
Per Game 		Free Throws
Per Game 		Free Throws
Attempted Per Game 		Points Per
Game
1 George Glamack C-F 7 4.9 2.9 3.9 12.6
2 Bob Davies G-F 7 4.0 4.3 5.9 12.3
3 Red Holzman G 7 4.3 3.0 4.4 11.6
4 Al Cervi G-F 7 3.3 3.4 4.3 10.0
5 John Mahnken C 7 2.7 1.1 1.3 6.6
6 Al Negratti F-C 7 1.3 1.0 2.0 3.6
7 Bob Fitzgerald F-C 6 0.3 1.0 1.7 1.7
8 Otto Graham F-G 5 0.6 0.0 1.2
9 Jack Garfinkel G 6 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
10 Andrew Levane F-G 3 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.7
11 Bernard Voorheis G 1 0.0 0.0 0.0[5]

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ NBA Team Roots
  2. ^ "NBA Team Roots".
  3. ^ "Rochester Royals".
  4. ^ "Youngstown Bears".
  5. ^ 1945-46 Rochester Royals Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
  6. ^ 1945-46 NBL Season Summary | Basketball-Reference.com
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