1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season

The 1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season was the only season of the Pittsburgh Ironmen of the Basketball Association of America. They finished with a record of 15-45.[1]

1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen season
Head coachPaul Birch
ArenaDuquesne Gardens
Results
Record15–45 (.250)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKDKA

Roster
Roster listing
Pittsburgh Ironmen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 3 Abramovic, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-02-09 Salem International
F 4 Bytzura, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-06-18 LIU Brooklyn
G/F 15 Fabel, Joe 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1913-09-04 Pittsburgh
G/F 15 Frankel, Nat 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1913-11-03 Brooklyn College
C 9 Getchell, Gorham 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1920-08-14 Temple
F 6 Gunther, Coulby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-02-05 Boston College
C 17 Jorgensen, Noble 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1925-05-18 Iowa
F/C 7 Jorgensen, Roger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-09-02 Ohio State
G 5 Kappen, Tony 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1919-04-13 Forest Hills HS (NY)
G 12 Maravich, Press 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-08-20 Davis & Elkins College
G Melvin, Ed 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1916-02-13 Duquesne
G 6 Mihalik, Red 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1916-09-22 Ford City HS (PA)
F 7 Miller, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-07-30 Duquesne
F/C 11 Mills, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1919-09-07 Western Kentucky
G 8 Noszka, Stan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-09-09 Duquesne
F/C 14−18 Zeller, Harry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1919-07-10 Washington & Jefferson College
Head coach

Paul Birch

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 2@ St. Louis51–56Harry Zeller (10)0–1
2November 4Washington56–71John Abramovic (22)0–2
3November 7@ Philadelphia75–81Moe Becker (20)0–3
4November 9@ Providence66–76John Abramovic (16)0–4
5November 11Providence84–71John Abramovic (26)1–4
6November 16@ New York62–64 (OT)John Abramovic (29)1–5
7November 18Toronto54–48John Abramovic (22)2–5
8November 20@ Detroit54–53Ed Melvin (13)3–5
9November 24@ Cleveland60–62John Abramovic (14)3–6
10November 25New York46–62Stan Noszka (10)3–7
11November 27Cleveland62–60Becker, Mills (11)4–7
12November 28@ Boston55–59Abramovic, Melvin, Mills (8)4–8
13November 30@ Washington40–49Michael Bytzura (9)4–9
14December 2Boston44–46Harry Zeller (11)4–10
15December 4Chicago46–57Abramovic, Bytzura (11)4–11
16December 5@ St. Louis55–66John Abramovic (15)4–12
17December 9Detroit58–66John Abramovic (17)4–13
18December 13@ Toronto62–52Coulby Gunther (17)5–13
19December 15@ Chicago75–84Coulby Gunther (17)5–14
20December 16St. Louis55–66Coulby Gunther (19)5–15
21December 22Cleveland78–74 (OT)Gunther, Kappen, Noszka, Zeller (16)6–15
22December 23Boston64–54Stan Noszka (13)7–15
23December 26@ Philadelphia46–53Stan Noszka (13)7–16
24December 30Philadelphia60–62Coulby Gunther (20)7–17
25January 1Cleveland48–61Harry Zeller (10)7–18
26January 6Washington49–63Coulby Gunther (21)7–19
27January 8Philadelphia67–63Coulby Gunther (25)8–19
28January 12@ St. Louis59–72Coulby Gunther (20)8–20
29January 13New York50–53Stan Noszka (18)8–21
30January 15Providence65–53Stan Noszka (20)9–21
31January 20Detroit62–57Stan Noszka (25)10–21
32January 23@ Boston43–48Coulby Gunther (14)10–22
33January 25@ Washington71–84Harry Zeller (18)10–23
34January 27Providence71–63Coulby Gunther (26)11–23
35January 29@ New York60–64Gunther, Kappen (11)11–24
36January 30@ Boston51–66Coulby Gunther (16)11–25
37February 1@ Providence73–89Tony Kappen (19)11–26
38February 3St. Louis68–63John Abramovic (18)12–26
39February 5Toronto55–58Coulby Gunther (17)12–27
40February 6@ Chicago85–109Press Maravich (18)12–28
41February 8@ Detroit58–64Coulby Gunther (17)12–29
42February 10Washington75–69Coulby Gunther (24)13–29
43February 12Chicago82–101John Abramovic (20)13–30
44February 14@ Toronto73–84John Abramovic (18)13–31
45February 15@ Providence72–82Coulby Gunther (32)13–32
46February 17Detroit63–59Coulby Gunther (20)14–32
47February 20@ Philadelphia66–78John Abramovic (18)14–33
48February 21@ New York49–77Coulby Gunther (14)14–34
49February 22@ Washington61–93Press Maravich (15)14–35
50February 24Philadelphia67–69Coulby Gunther (17)14–36
51February 26Cleveland53–74Stan Noszka (16)14–37
52March 3Chicago66–69Stan Noszka (18)14–38
53March 5Toronto60–63Coulby Gunther (27)14–39
54March 6@ Chicago71–72Coulby Gunther (21)14–40
55March 11@ Cleveland72–78Coulby Gunther (30)14–41
56March 18@ Toronto70–64Coulby Gunther (22)15–41
57March 19St. Louis54–79John Abramovic (12)15–42
58March 22@ Detroit65–85Coulby Gunther (20)15–43
59March 24New York51–65Coulby Gunther (13)15–44
60March 26Boston61–74Coulby Gunther (16)15–45

Transactions

Trades
December 12, 1946
 To Pittsburgh Ironmen
Tony Kappen[2]		 To Boston Celtics
Moe Becker

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PIT/
  2. "1946–47 Pittsburgh Ironmen Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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