1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season

1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season
Head coach Robert Morris
Arena Rhode Island Auditorium
Results
Record 28–32 (.467)
Place Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ

The 1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season was the first season of the Providence Steamrollers.[1]

Roster

Providence Steam Rollers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 6 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) June 2, 1916 LIU Brooklyn
G 7 Callahan, Tom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) June 2, 1921 Rockhurst
G 3 Calverley, Ernie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) January 30, 1924 Rhode Island
F 14 Cure, Armand 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 198 lb (90 kg) August 1, 1919 Rhode Island
F 8 Dehnert, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1924 Columbia
F/C 11 Goodwin, Pop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) December 22, 1920
G 14 Grimshaw, Woody 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) September 24, 1919 Brown
G 9 Keller, Ken 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922 St. John's
G 4 Martin, Dino 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) May 25, 1920 Georgetown
F 10 Mearns, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) April 18, 1922 Rhode Island
C 7 Morgenthaler, Elmore 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) August 3, 1922 Boston C
G 5 Pastushok, George 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) July 13, 1922 St. John's
F 8 Rosenstein, Hank 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) June 16, 1920 CCNY
G/F 12 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) November 23, 1921 Rhode Island
F 15 Shea, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg) September 11, 1924 Rhode Island
F 5 Spicer, Lou 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) November 12, 1922 Syracuse
C 9 Weber, Jake 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) March 18, 1918 Purdue
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

# Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols 49 11 .817 –
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

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
Team BOS CHI CLE DET NYK PHI PIT PRO STL TOR WAS
Boston — 0–6 2–4 3–3 4–2 1–5 5–1 1–5 1–5 4–2 1–5
Chicago 6–0 — 5–1 3–3 3–3 5–1 6–0 3–3 3–4 4–2 1–5
Cleveland 4–2 1–5 — 4–2 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–5 6–0 1–5
Detroit 3–3 3–3 2–4 — 1–5 2–4 3–3 2–4 0–6 3–3 1–5
New York 2–4 3–3 2-4 5–1 — 2–4 6–0 4–2 4–2 3–3 2–4
Philadelphia 5–1 1–5 3–3 4–2 4–2 — 5–1 4–2 3–3 5–1 1–5
Pittsburgh 1–5 0–6 2–4 3–3 0–6 1–5 — 3–3 1–5 3–3 1–5
Providence 5–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 2–4 2–4 3–3 — 2–4 3–3 0–6
St. Louis 5–1 4–3 5–1 6–0 2–4 3–3 5–1 4–2 — 2–4 2–4
Toronto 2–4 2–4 0–6 3–3 3–3 1–5 3–3 3–3 4–2 — 1–5
Washington 5–1 5–1 5–1 5–1 4–2 5–1 5–1 6–0 4–2 5–1 —

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 2 Boston 59–53 Dino Martin (18) 1–0
2 November 7 Chicago 73–65 Earl Shannon (19) 2–0
3 November 9 Pittsburgh 76–66 Ernie Calverley (18) 3–0
4 November 11 @ Pittsburgh 71–84 George Mearns (18) 3–1
5 November 13 @ Detroit 70–68 Dino Martin (20) 4–1
6 November 15 @ Toronto 68–85 Dino Martin (14) 4–2
7 November 16 Detroit 59–70 Ernie Calverley (23) 4–3
8 November 21 Washington 58–66 George Mearns (16) 4–4
9 November 23 St. Louis 59–65 Earl Shannon (19) 4–5
10 November 25 @ Boston 71–59 Dino Martin (23) 5–5
11 November 28 New York 58–60 Earl Shannon (20) 5–6
12 November 30 Toronto 79–65 Earl Shannon (22) 6–6
13 December 3 @ Philadelphia 68–76 Earl Shannon (18) 6–7
14 December 4 @ Washington 62–80 Hank Beenders (24) 6–8
15 December 7 Toronto 59–68 Beenders, Calverley (13) 6–9
16 December 11 @ New York 68–83 Dino Martin (22) 6–10
17 December 14 Detroit 81–66 Dino Martin (19) 7–10
18 December 19 Chicago 81–77 Earl Shannon (21) 8–10
19 December 21 New York 63–61 Pop Goodwin (16) 9–10
20 December 26 Washington 66–78 Hank Beenders (16) 9–11
21 December 28 Boston 80–68 Dino Martin (22) 10–11
22 January 2 @ Philadelphia 72–84 Hank Beenders (19) 10–12
23 January 4 Philadelphia 78–74 Ernie Calverley (17) 11–12
24 January 8 @ Washington 69–77 Beenders, Martin (15) 11–13
25 January 9 Cleveland 91–68 Dino Martin (40) 12–13
26 January 11 Boston 72–73 Earl Shannon (21) 12–14
27 January 14 @ Cleveland 78–74 Ernie Calverley (23) 13–14
28 January 15 @ Pittsburgh 53–65 Hank Beenders (15) 13–15
29 January 19 @ St. Louis 53–69 Hank Beenders (20) 13–16
30 January 23 @ Chicago 76–97 Ernie Calverley (24) 13–17
31 January 24 @ Toronto 96–93 Ernie Calverley (29) 14–17
32 January 27 @ Pittsburgh 63–71 Earl Shannon (17) 14–18
33 January 29 @ Detroit 83–73 Dino Martin (26) 15–18
34 January 30 @ St. Louis 82–70 Dino Martin (23) 16–18
35 February 1 Pittsburgh 89–73 Earl Shannon (28) 17–18
36 February 4 @ Philadelphia 68–75 Hank Rosenstein (25) 17–19
37 February 6 St. Louis 65–73 Earl Shannon (18) 17–20
38 February 8 Philadelphia 67–58 Ernie Calverley (20) 18–20
39 February 11 @ Cleveland 76–85 Beenders, Martin (18) 18–21
40 February 12 @ Detroit 64–84 Ernie Calverley (20) 18–22
41 February 13 @ Chicago 79–81 Ernie Calverley (20) 18–23
42 February 15 Pittsburgh 82–72 Ernie Calverley (31) 19–23
43 February 19 @ New York 69–62 Earl Shannon (21) 20–23
44 February 20 Washington 74–82 Dino Martin (25) 20–24
45 February 22 Cleveland 85–77 Ernie Calverley (21) 21–24
46 February 23 @ Boston 67–55 Ernie Calverley (18) 22–24
47 February 25 @ Toronto 60–83 Ernie Calverley (10) 22–25
48 February 27 New York 65–73 Hank Beenders (16) 22–26
49 March 1 Detroit 80–74 Ernie Calverley (26) 23–26
50 March 3 @ St. Louis 70–71 (OT) Dino Martin (21) 23–27
51 March 4 @ Cleveland 76–82 Hank Beenders (22) 23–28
52 March 8 @ Chicago 81–107 Ernie Calverley (18) 23–29
53 March 10 @ Boston 87–70 Beenders, Calverley (20) 24–29
54 March 13 Toronto 71–64 Calverley, Shannon (17) 25–29
55 March 15 St. Louis 60–56 Earl Shannon (18) 26–29
56 March 19 @ Washington 95–96 (OT) Dino Martin (22) 26–30
57 March 20 Cleveland 76–73 Ernie Calverley (29) 27–30
58 March 22 Philadelphia 82–103 Ernie Calverley (22) 27–31
59 March 26 @ New York 84–91 (2OT) Dino Martin (24) 27–32
60 March 29 Chicago 83–79 Hank Rosenstein (24) 28–32

References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PRO/1947.html
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