1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season

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] Head coach Dutch Dehnert was fired by the team on February 12, 1947, and replaced by Roy Clifford.[2]

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 @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWJW

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1946–47 BAA records
Team BOS CHI CLE DET NYK PHI PIT PRO STL TOR WAS
Boston —0–62–43–34–21–55–11–51–54–21–5
Chicago 6–0—5–13–33–35–16–03–33–44–21–5
Cleveland 4–21–5—4–24–23–34–22–41–56–01–5
Detroit 3–33–32–4—1–52–43–32–40–63–31–5
New York 2–43–32-45–1—2–46–04–24–23–32–4
Philadelphia 5–11–53–34–24–2—5–14–23–35–11–5
Pittsburgh 1–50–62–43–30–61–5—3–31–53–31–5
Providence 5–13–34–24–22–42–43–3—2–43–30–6
St. Louis 5–14–35–16–02–43–35–14–2—2–42–4
Toronto 2–42–40–63–33–31–53–33–34–2—1–5
Washington 5–15–15–15–14–25–15–16–04–25–1—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3Toronto71–60Frankie Baumholtz (25)1–0
2November 10Washington92–68Frankie Baumholtz (19)2–0
3November 16@ St. Louis74–83 (OT)Leo Mogus (16)2–1
4November 17Chicago76–78Mel Riebe (31)2–2
5November 19@ Toronto74–72Leo Mogus (33)3–2
6November 23@ New York76–82 (OT)Mel Riebe (27)3–3
7November 24Pittsburgh62–60Mel Riebe (20)4–3
8November 26@ Detroit46–66Mel Riebe (13)4–4
9November 27@ Pittsburgh60–62Nick Shaback (14)4–5
10November 29@ Toronto87–72Leo Mogus (20)5–5
11December 1Detroit49–47Dick Schulz (12)6–5
12December 7@ Chicago78–86Mel Riebe (20)6–6
13December 8Philadelphia72–66Frankie Baumholtz (23)7–6
14December 10St. Louis61–62 (OT)Leo Mogus (22)7–7
15December 11@ Chicago79–88Frankie Baumholtz (23)7–8
16December 14@ Washington52–72Frankie Baumholtz (14)7–9
17December 15New York70–52Frankie Baumholtz (18)8–9
18December 17Toronto78–62Baumholtz, Sadowski (18)9–9
19December 18@ New York56–53Kenny Sailors (19)10–9
20December 19@ Philadelphia44–58Frankie Baumholtz (11)10–10
21December 22Pittsburgh74–78 (OT)Frankie Baumholtz (19)10–11
22December 29Chicago79–87 (OT)Frankie Baumholtz (27)10–12
23December 31St. Louis59–68Frankie Baumholtz (21)10–13
24January 1@ Pittsburgh61–48George Nostrand (16)11–13
25January 4@ Washington64–78Mel Riebe (13)11–14
26January 6@ Boston64–53Frankie Baumholtz (14)12–14
27January 9@ Providence68–91Frankie Baumholtz (20)12–15
28January 14Providence74–78Ed Sadowski (21)12–16
29January 16@ St. Louis63–59Frankie Baumholtz (24)13–16
30January 19New York79–72Frankie Baumholtz (22)14–16
31January 22@ Detroit61–47Frankie Baumholtz (19)15–16
32January 23@ Philadelphia78–83Mel Riebe (17)15–17
33January 27@ Toronto88–82Frankie Baumholtz (24)16–17
34January 28Toronto80–70Bob Faught (17)17–17
35February 1@ St. Louis48–70Ed Sadowski (18)17–18
36February 2Washington81–107Baumholtz, Sailors (18)17–19
37February 9Detroit69–74Frankie Baumholtz (21)17–20
38February 11Providence85–76Ed Sadowski (22)18–20
39February 13@ Philadelphia48–61Ed Sadowski (17)18–21
40February 15@ New York90–84Frankie Baumholtz (24)19–21
41February 16Philadelphia75–71Frankie Baumholtz (20)20–21
42February 18Boston84–73Frankie Baumholtz (20)21–21
43February 22@ Providence77–85Ed Sadowski (19)21–22
44February 23Washington83–91Kenny Sailors (15)21–23
45February 25St. Louis76–96Riebe, Sadowski (19)21–24
46February 26@ Pittsburgh74–53Kenny Sailors (17)22–24
47February 28@ Boston62–69Kenny Sailors (16)22–25
48March 2Philadelphia72–69Ed Sadowski (18)23–25
49March 4Providence82–76Kenny Sailors (26)24–25
50March 9Chicago78–107Ed Sadowski (27)24–26
51March 11Pittsburgh78–72George Nostrand (18)25–26
52March 12@ Detroit89–81Ed Sadowski (35)26–26
53March 16New York69–81Ed Sadowski (25)26–27
54March 18@ Boston67–58Ed Sadowski (27)27–27
55March 20@ Providence73–76Ed Sadowski (29)27–28
56March 22@ Chicago67–58Ed Sadowski (20)28–28
57March 23Detroit69–63Sadowski, Sailors (24)29–28
58March 25Boston72–64Kenny Sailors (21)30–28
59March 29@ Washington69–79Ed Sadowski (21)30–29
60March 30Boston66–71Faught, 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

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLR/1947.html
  2. "1946–47 Cleveland Rebels Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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