1946–47 Detroit Falcons season

1946–47 Detroit Falcons season
Head coachGlenn M. Curtis (12–22)
Philip Sachs (8–18)
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Results
Record20–40 (.333)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWXYZ

The 1946–47 BAA season was the first and only season for the Detroit Falcons in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Originally, the Falcons were meant to play as a franchise in Indianapolis, but the Basketball Association of America opted to slot the franchise out into Detroit, Michigan before the start of the league's inaugural season.[1] This season was also notable for having the lowest scoring effort by one team not just to start out a regular season in the BAA/NBA with 33 total points scored in a 50–33 loss to the Washington Capitols (for reference, only one other BAA team that same season would score less than 40 points in one game, with that team ironically being the Washington Capitols on January 16, 1947 against the Boston Celtics with 38 total points scored by Washington that night), but also held the record for the lowest scoring effort by a BAA/NBA team in one game until the Fort Wayne Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers (now known as the Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers respectively) had an infamous match on November 22, 1950 that resulted in a brutal to witness 19–18 Pistons victory that subsequently led to the creation of the shot clock a few seasons afterward, helping ensure that no basketball game would ever be met with such low-scoring affairs ever again in a professional manner.[2][3] After finishing with a 20–40 record, the Falcons were one of the four original BAA teams to disband following the conclusion of the first ever BAA/NBA season.[4]

Roster

1946–47 Detroit Falcons roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G 98 Chet Aubuchon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 137 lb (62 kg) 1916-05-18 Michigan State
G/F 67 Moe Becker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1917-02-24 Duquesne
G 24 Harold Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1923-10-02 Evansville
F 62 Bob Dille 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1917-07-02 Valparaiso
G/F 52 John Janisch 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-03-15 Valparaiso
C 8–33 Harold Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1920-01-30 Indiana State
G 11 Tom King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1924-03-09 Michigan
F/C 7–66 Grady Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma
F 99 Ariel Maughan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-23 Utah State
G/F 55 Howie McCarty 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1919-04-15 Wayne State (MI)
F/C 14–22 Stan Miasek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1924-08-08
G 34 George Pearcy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1919-07-02 Indiana State
G 44 Henry Pearcy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-07-21 Indiana State
C 15–68 Milt Schoon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1922-02-25 Valparaiso
G 44 Art Stolkey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1920-10-23 Detroit Mercy
Head coach

Philip Sachs

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 2 Washington L 33–50 Stan Miasek (9) 0–1
2 November 5 St. Louis L 49–53 Stan Miasek (16) 0–2
3 November 8 @ Toronto L 71–73 Ariel Maughan (25) 0–3
4 November 9 Boston W 69–46 Stan Miasek (19) 1–3
5 November 13 Providence L 68–70 John Janisch (16) 1–4
6 November 16 @ Providence W 70–59 Harold Brown (17) 2–4
7 November 18 @ New York L 57–61 Maughan, Miasek (14) 2–5
8 November 20 Pittsburgh L 53–54 Bob Dille (13) 2–6
9 November 23 Boston W 54–46 Stan Miasek (12) 3–6
10 November 24 @ Chicago W 68–55 John Janisch (17) 4–6
11 November 26 Cleveland W 66–46 John Janisch (22) 5–6
12 November 28 @ Philadelphia W 68–55 John Janisch (24) 6–6
13 November 30 @ St. Louis L 57–60 (OT) John Janisch (21) 6–7
14 December 1 @ Cleveland L 47–49 Ariel Maughan (11) 6–8
15 December 4 @ New York L 57–70 John Janisch (16) 6–9
16 December 5 @ Boston W 65–61 Stan Miasek (21) 7–9
17 December 7 @ Washington L 64–75 John Janisch (23) 7–10
18 December 9 @ Pittsburgh W 66–58 Stan Miasek (23) 8–10
19 December 11 @ Washington L 66–81 John Janisch (14) 8–11
20 December 12 @ Boston L 66–73 Stan Miasek (19) 8–12
21 December 14 @ Providence L 66–81 Stan Miasek (28) 8–13
22 December 17 @ Philadelphia L 49–57 Janisch, Maughan, Miasek (12) 8–14
23 December 22 @ Chicago L 92–95 Tom King (27) 8–15
24 December 26 @ St. Louis L 51–55 Stan Miasek (15) 8–16
25 December 29 Toronto L 48–52 Stan Miasek (15) 8–17
26 January 1 Washington W 62–57 Stan Miasek (17) 9–17
27 January 4 New York L 50–62 Janisch, Miasek (11) 9–18
28 January 6 @ Toronto L 61–76 Harold Brown (15) 9–19
29 January 8 Chicago L 80–83 Stan Miasek (22) 9–20
30 January 11 Philadelphia W 58–56 Maughan, Miasek (12) 10–20
31 January 15 Chicago W 68–59 John Janisch (18) 11–20
32 January 17 @ Toronto W 74–64 Stan Miasek (19) 12–20
33 January 20 @ Pittsburgh L 57–62 John Janisch (14) 12–21
34 January 22 Cleveland L 47–61 Tom King (11) 12–22
35 January 25 Philadelphia L 55–61 Stan Miasek (14) 12–23
36 January 26 @ St. Louis L 66–71 John Janisch (17) 12–24
37 January 29 Providence L 73–83 Grady Lewis (18) 12–25
38 February 2 New York W 65–63 Stan Miasek (15) 13–25
39 February 5 Washington L 46–67 Stan Miasek (8) 13–26
40 February 8 Pittsburgh W 64–58 John Janisch (23) 14–26
41 February 9 @ Cleveland W 74–69 John Janisch (14) 15–26
42 February 12 Providence W 84–64 Stan Miasek (25) 16–26
43 February 16 New York L 58–66 Stan Miasek (21) 16–27
44 February 17 @ Pittsburgh L 59–63 Stan Miasek (23) 16–28
45 February 19 Boston L 51–57 Grady Lewis (14) 16–29
46 February 20 @ Chicago W 76–74 Stan Miasek (24) 17–29
47 February 23 Toronto W 61–52 Stan Miasek (23) 18–29
48 February 26 Chicago L 68–72 Stan Miasek (20) 18–30
49 March 1 @ Providence L 74–80 Stan Miasek (18) 18–31
50 March 5 @ Washington L 67–99 Maughan, Miasek (17) 18–32
51 March 6 @ Boston L 65–74 Stan Miasek (17) 18–33
52 March 8 @ New York L 61–64 John Janisch (17) 18–34
53 March 12 Cleveland L 81–89 Tom King (23) 18–35
54 March 16 Philadelphia L 61–67 Lewis, Maughan (14) 18–36
55 March 18 St. Louis L 59–68 Ariel Maughan (14) 18–37
56 March 20 @ Philadelphia L 75–77 Grady Lewis (25) 18–38
57 March 22 Pittsburgh W 85–65 Stan Miasek (20) 19–38
58 March 23 @ Cleveland L 63–69 John Janisch (16) 19–39
59 March 26 St. Louis L 63–67 Maughan, Miasek (16) 19–40
60 March 29 Toronto W 66–63 Stan Miasek (17) 20–40

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 Falcons were slated to be missing from the official missing for whether they would play for another season or not.[5] Not only that, but the Falcons ended up joining the Cleveland Rebels as the only inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) teams to miss out on participating in the 1947 BAA draft (held on June 2 that year) entirely despite the inaugural BAA draft taking place in Detroit. Eventually, the Falcons decided to fold operations entirely on July 9, 1947 (exactly one month after the Cleveland Rebels officially did so). After the Falcons became the second team to officially disband as a franchise on July 9, 1947,[6] 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 Falcons, Cleveland Rebels, Pittsburgh Ironmen, and Toronto Huskies franchises. The following teams acquired these players from the Falcons during the dispersal draft period.

References

  1. ^ https://www.apbr.org/nbaroots.html
  2. ^ https://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Records/pointsfew.html
  3. ^ https://nbahoopsonline.com/Articles/History/LeoFerris.html
  4. ^ 1946-47 Detroit Falcons
  5. ^ https://www.apbr.org/baaminutes.html
  6. ^ 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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