1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season

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1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coach	Murray Mendenhall
Arena	North Side High School Gym

Results
Record	40–28 (.588)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central)
Playoff finish	Division Finals (eliminated 0-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WGL
Fort Wayne Pistons seasons
< 1948–49	1950–51 >

Contents

1 NBA Draft
2 Roster
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Season standings
4 Player statistics
5 See also
6 References

NBA Draft

Main article: 1949 BAA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	3	Bob Harris	F/C	United States	Oklahoma State
2	-	John Oldham	G	United States	Western Kentucky
3	-	Fred Schaus	F	United States	West Virginia
4	-	Jerry Nagel	G	United States	Loyola (IL)

Roster

Fort Wayne Pistons 1949-50 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
2.5 !G/F	3	USA !	Armstrong, Curly	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Indiana
5.5 !F/C	12	USA !	Black, Charles B.	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Kansas
5.5 !F/C	10	USA !	Carpenter, Bob	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	East Texas State
5.5 !F/C	14	USA !	Harris, Bob	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Oklahoma State
6.0 !C	16	USA !	Henry, Bill	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Rice
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Johnson, Ralph	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Huntington
5.5 !F/C	15	USA !	Kerris, Jack	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Loyola (IL)
2.5 !G/F	7	USA !	Klier, Leo	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Notre Dame
1.5 !G	6	USA !	Klueh, Duane	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Indiana State
6.0 !C	15	USA !	Mahnken, John	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Georgetown
1.5 !G	9	USA !	Nagel, Jerry	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Loyola (IL)
2.5 !G/F	5	USA !	Niemiera, Richie	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Notre Dame
1.5 !G	4	USA !	Oldham, John	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Western Kentucky
4.0 !F	8	USA !	Schaus, Fred	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	West Virginia
5.5 !F/C	12	USA !	Schultz, Howie	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Hamline
5.5 !F/C	17	USA !	Wager, Clint	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Saint Mary's (MN)

Head coach

Murray Mendenhall

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended

Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	51	17	.750	-	30-1	18-16	3-0	16-8
x-Rochester Royals	51	17	.750	—	33-1	17-6	1-0	15-9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	40	28	.588	11	28-6	12-22	-	14-10
x-Chicago Stags	40	28	.588	11	18-6	14–21	8-1	11-13
St. Louis Bombers	26	42	.382	25	17-14	7–26	2-2	4-20

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

References

1949–50 NBA season by team

Eastern	Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse Washington

Central	Chicago Fort Wayne Minneapolis Rochester St. Louis

Western	Anderson Denver Indianapolis Sheboygan Tri-Cities Waterloo

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v t e Detroit Pistons

Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and the Fort Wayne Pistons • Founded in 1941 • Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise	Detroit Pistons • All-time roster • Seasons • Draft history • Head coaches • Current season

Arenas	North Side High School Gym • Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Olympia Stadium • Cobo Arena • Pontiac Silverdome • Joe Louis Arena • The Palace

Head coaches	Carl Bennett • Curly Armstrong • Murray Mendenhall • Paul Birch • Charley Eckman • Red Rocha • Dick McGuire • Charles Wolf • Dave DeBusschere • Donnie Butcher • Paul Seymour • Butch van Breda Kolff • Terry Dischinger • Earl Lloyd • Ray Scott • Herb Brown • Bob Kauffman • Dick Vitale • Richie Adubato • Scotty Robertson • Chuck Daly • Ron Rothstein • Don Chaney • Doug Collins • Alvin Gentry • George Irvine • Rick Carlisle • Larry Brown • Flip Saunders • Michael Curry • John Kuester • Lawrence Frank

D-League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Retired numbers	William Davidson • Jack McCloskey • 2 • 4 • 10 • 11 • 15 • 16 • 21 • 40

Hall of Famers	Bobby McDermott • Dave DeBusschere • Walt Bellamy • Dave Bing • Larry Brown • Chuck Daly • Adrian Dantley • Joe Dumars • Harry Gallatin • Bob Houbregs • Bailey Howell • Bob Lanier • Earl Lloyd • Bob McAdoo • Dick McGuire • Andy Phillip • Dennis Rodman • Isiah Thomas • George Yardley • Fred Zollner

NBA Championships (3)	1989 • 1990 • 2004

Culture and lore	Hooper • Jordan Rules • John Mason • Pacers–Pistons brawl

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Boston Celtics • Los Angeles Lakers

Broadcasters	TV: Fox Sports Detroit • Radio: WXYT-AM, WXYT-FM, WWJ • Announcers: George Blaha • Greg Kelser • Mark Champion • Rick Mahorn • Matt Dery • John Long • Eli Zaret

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