1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season

1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season
Head coachDutch Dehnert (fired)
Roy Clifford
ArenaCleveland Arena
Results
Record30–30 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost BAA Quarterfinals
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWJW

The 1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season was the first and only season of the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Their record was 30-30,[1] which was good enough to make it to the first ever BAA/NBA Playoffs ever held, though they would be eliminated in the first round by the New York Knickerbockers. Head coach Dutch Dehnert was fired by the team on February 12, 1947, and replaced by Roy Clifford.[2] Despite them being a competitive, albeit average, team in the BAA, the Rebels were the first of the four inaugural BAA teams to fold operations following the conclusion of this season due to the team's owner stating high losses for the team's operations.

Roster

1946–47 Cleveland Rebels roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G 5 Frankie Baumholtz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-10-07 Ohio
F 10 Bob Faught 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1921-09-02 Notre Dame
F 6 Hank Lefkowitz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-08-31 Case Western Reserve
F/C 11 George Nostrand 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming
G/F 3 Mel Riebe 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1916-07-12 Euclid HS (OH)
C 7 Ed Sadowski 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1917-07-11 Seton Hall
G 4 Kenny Sailors 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-14 Wyoming
F 8 Ben Scharnus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1917-12-11 Seton Hall
G 9 Nick Shaback 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1918-09-10 James Monroe HS (NY)
G 14 Ray Wertis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1922-01-01 St. John's
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

1946–47 game log
Total: 30–30
November
Game Date Team Score High points Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 3 Toronto W 71–60 Frankie Baumholtz (25) 1–0
2 November 10 Washington W 92–68 Frankie Baumholtz (19) 2–0
3 November 16 @ St. Louis L 74–83 (OT) Leo Mogus (16) 2–1
4 November 17 Chicago L 76–78 Mel Riebe (31) 2–2
5 November 19 @ Toronto W 74–72 Leo Mogus (33) 3–2
6 November 23 @ New York L 76–82 (OT) Mel Riebe (27) 3–3
7 November 24 Pittsburgh W 62–60 Mel Riebe (20) 4–3
8 November 26 @ Detroit L 46–66 Mel Riebe (13) 4–4
9 November 27 @ Pittsburgh L 60–62 Nick Shaback (14) 4–5
10 November 29 @ Toronto W 87–72 Leo Mogus (20) 5–5
December
Game Date Team Score High points Location
Attendance		 Record
11 December 1 Detroit W 49–47 Dick Schulz (12) 6–5
12 December 7 @ Chicago L 78–86 Mel Riebe (20) 6–6
13 December 8 Philadelphia W 72–66 Frankie Baumholtz (23) 7–6
14 December 10 St. Louis L 61–62 (OT) Leo Mogus (22) 7–7
15 December 11 @ Chicago L 79–88 Frankie Baumholtz (23) 7–8
16 December 14 @ Washington L 52–72 Frankie Baumholtz (14) 7–9
17 December 15 New York W 70–52 Frankie Baumholtz (18) 8–9
18 December 17 Toronto W 78–62 Baumholtz, Sadowski (18) 9–9
19 December 18 @ New York W 56–53 Kenny Sailors (19) 10–9
20 December 19 @ Philadelphia L 44–58 Frankie Baumholtz (11) 10–10
21 December 22 Pittsburgh L 74–78 (OT) Frankie Baumholtz (19) 10–11
22 December 29 Chicago L 79–87 (OT) Frankie Baumholtz (27) 10–12
23 December 31 St. Louis L 59–68 Frankie Baumholtz (21) 10–13
January
Game Date Team Score High points Location
Attendance		 Record
24 January 1 @ Pittsburgh W 61–48 George Nostrand (16) 11–13
25 January 4 @ Washington L 64–78 Mel Riebe (13) 11–14
26 January 6 @ Boston W 64–53 Frankie Baumholtz (14) 12–14
27 January 9 @ Providence L 68–91 Frankie Baumholtz (20) 12–15
28 January 14 Providence L 74–78 Ed Sadowski (21) 12–16
29 January 16 @ St. Louis W 63–59 Frankie Baumholtz (24) 13–16
30 January 19 New York W 79–72 Frankie Baumholtz (22) 14–16
31 January 22 @ Detroit W 61–47 Frankie Baumholtz (19) 15–16
32 January 23 @ Philadelphia L 78–83 Mel Riebe (17) 15–17
33 January 27 @ Toronto W 88–82 Frankie Baumholtz (24) 16–17
34 January 28 Toronto W 80–70 Bob Faught (17) 17–17
February
Game Date Team Score High points Location
Attendance		 Record
35 February 1 @ St. Louis L 48–70 Ed Sadowski (18) 17–18
36 February 2 Washington L 81–107 Baumholtz, Sailors (18) 17–19
37 February 9 Detroit L 69–74 Frankie Baumholtz (21) 17–20
38 February 11 Providence W 85–76 Ed Sadowski (22) 18–20
39 February 13 @ Philadelphia L 48–61 Ed Sadowski (17) 18–21
40 February 15 @ New York W 90–84 Frankie Baumholtz (24) 19–21
41 February 16 Philadelphia W 75–71 Frankie Baumholtz (20) 20–21
42 February 18 Boston W 84–73 Frankie Baumholtz (20) 21–21
43 February 22 @ Providence L 77–85 Ed Sadowski (19) 21–22
44 February 23 Washington L 83–91 Kenny Sailors (15) 21–23
45 February 25 St. Louis L 76–96 Riebe, Sadowski (19) 21–24
46 February 26 @ Pittsburgh W 74–53 Kenny Sailors (17) 22–24
47 February 28 @ Boston L 62–69 Kenny Sailors (16) 22–25
March
Game Date Team Score High points Location
Attendance		 Record
48 March 2 Philadelphia W 72–69 Ed Sadowski (18) 23–25
49 March 4 Providence W 82–76 Kenny Sailors (26) 24–25
50 March 9 Chicago L 78–107 Ed Sadowski (27) 24–26
51 March 11 Pittsburgh W 78–72 George Nostrand (18) 25–26
52 March 12 @ Detroit W 89–81 Ed Sadowski (35) 26–26
53 March 16 New York L 69–81 Ed Sadowski (25) 26–27
54 March 18 @ Boston W 67–58 Ed Sadowski (27) 27–27
55 March 20 @ Providence L 73–76 Ed Sadowski (29) 27–28
56 March 22 @ Chicago W 67–58 Ed Sadowski (20) 28–28
57 March 23 Detroit W 69–63 Sadowski, Sailors (24) 29–28
58 March 25 Boston W 72–64 Kenny Sailors (21) 30–28
59 March 29 @ Washington L 69–79 Ed Sadowski (21) 30–29
60 March 30 Boston L 66–71 Faught, Sadowski (19) 30–30

Playoffs

First round

(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels: Knicks win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Cleveland (April 2): Cleveland 77, New York 51
  • Game 2 @ New York (April 5): New York 86, Cleveland 74
  • Game 3 @ New York (April 9): New York 93, Cleveland 71

Transactions

Trades

December 4, 1946
 To Cleveland Rebels
George Nostrand[2] 		To Toronto Huskies
Kleggie Hermsen
December 16, 1946
 To Cleveland Rebels
Ed Sadowski[2]
Ray Wertis 		To Toronto Huskies
Leo Mogus
Dick Schulz
Cash

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 Rebels would confirm to the league that they would not continue playing for another season.[3] This would notably lead to them joining the Detroit Falcons as the only inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) teams to miss out on participating in the inaugural 1947 BAA draft (held on June 2 that year) entirely. After the Rebels became the first team to officially disband as a franchise a week after the draft ended on June 9, 1947,[4] the BAA held what would become its first ever dispersal draft on August 2 that year, with 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) taking players that were originally from the Rebels, Detroit Falcons, Pittsburgh Ironmen, and Toronto Huskies franchises. The following teams acquired these players from the Rebels during the dispersal draft period.

References

  1. ^ "1946-47 Cleveland Rebels Roster and Stats".
  2. ^ a b c "1946–47 Cleveland Rebels Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 26, 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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