1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season

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

1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season
Head coachRobert Morris
ArenaRhode Island Auditorium
Results
Record28–32 (.467)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
RadioWPRO

Roster
Roster listing
Providence Steam Rollers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 6 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 LIU Brooklyn
G 7 Callahan, Tom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-06-02 Rockhurst
G 3 Calverley, Ernie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1924-01-30 Rhode Island
F 14 Cure, Armand 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1919-08-01 Rhode Island
F 8 Dehnert, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1924-01-24 Columbia
F/C 11 Goodwin, Pop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1920-12-22 St. John's Prep (NY)
G 14 Grimshaw, Woody 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-09-24 Brown
G 9 Keller, Ken 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-08-16 St. John's
G 4 Martin, Dino 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-05-25 Georgetown
F 10 Mearns, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-04-18 Rhode Island
C 7 Morgenthaler, Elmore 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1922-08-03 Boston College
G 5 Pastushok, George 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-07-13 St. John's
F 8 Rosenstein, Hank 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-06-16 CCNY
G/F 12 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island
F 15 Shea, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1924-09-11 Rhode Island
F 5 Spicer, Lou 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-11-12 Syracuse
C 9 Weber, Jake 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1918-03-18 Purdue
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
# Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols4911.817–
2 x-Philadelphia Warriors3525.58314
3 x-New York Knicks3327.55016
4 Providence Steamrollers2832.46721
5 Boston Celtics2238.36727
6 Toronto Huskies2238.36727

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 2Boston59–53Dino Martin (18)1–0
2November 7Chicago73–65Earl Shannon (19)2–0
3November 9Pittsburgh76–66Ernie Calverley (18)3–0
4November 11@ Pittsburgh71–84George Mearns (18)3–1
5November 13@ Detroit70–68Dino Martin (20)4–1
6November 15@ Toronto68–85Dino Martin (14)4–2
7November 16Detroit59–70Ernie Calverley (23)4–3
8November 21Washington58–66George Mearns (16)4–4
9November 23St. Louis59–65Earl Shannon (19)4–5
10November 25@ Boston71–59Dino Martin (23)5–5
11November 28New York58–60Earl Shannon (20)5–6
12November 30Toronto79–65Earl Shannon (22)6–6
13December 3@ Philadelphia68–76Earl Shannon (18)6–7
14December 4@ Washington62–80Hank Beenders (24)6–8
15December 7Toronto59–68Beenders, Calverley (13)6–9
16December 11@ New York68–83Dino Martin (22)6–10
17December 14Detroit81–66Dino Martin (19)7–10
18December 19Chicago81–77Earl Shannon (21)8–10
19December 21New York63–61Pop Goodwin (16)9–10
20December 26Washington66–78Hank Beenders (16)9–11
21December 28Boston80–68Dino Martin (22)10–11
22January 2@ Philadelphia72–84Hank Beenders (19)10–12
23January 4Philadelphia78–74Ernie Calverley (17)11–12
24January 8@ Washington69–77Beenders, Martin (15)11–13
25January 9Cleveland91–68Dino Martin (40)12–13
26January 11Boston72–73Earl Shannon (21)12–14
27January 14@ Cleveland78–74Ernie Calverley (23)13–14
28January 15@ Pittsburgh53–65Hank Beenders (15)13–15
29January 19@ St. Louis53–69Hank Beenders (20)13–16
30January 23@ Chicago76–97Ernie Calverley (24)13–17
31January 24@ Toronto96–93Ernie Calverley (29)14–17
32January 27@ Pittsburgh63–71Earl Shannon (17)14–18
33January 29@ Detroit83–73Dino Martin (26)15–18
34January 30@ St. Louis82–70Dino Martin (23)16–18
35February 1Pittsburgh89–73Earl Shannon (28)17–18
36February 4@ Philadelphia68–75Hank Rosenstein (25)17–19
37February 6St. Louis65–73Earl Shannon (18)17–20
38February 8Philadelphia67–58Ernie Calverley (20)18–20
39February 11@ Cleveland76–85Beenders, Martin (18)18–21
40February 12@ Detroit64–84Ernie Calverley (20)18–22
41February 13@ Chicago79–81Ernie Calverley (20)18–23
42February 15Pittsburgh82–72Ernie Calverley (31)19–23
43February 19@ New York69–62Earl Shannon (21)20–23
44February 20Washington74–82Dino Martin (25)20–24
45February 22Cleveland85–77Ernie Calverley (21)21–24
46February 23@ Boston67–55Ernie Calverley (18)22–24
47February 25@ Toronto60–83Ernie Calverley (10)22–25
48February 27New York65–73Hank Beenders (16)22–26
49March 1Detroit80–74Ernie Calverley (26)23–26
50March 3@ St. Louis70–71 (OT)Dino Martin (21)23–27
51March 4@ Cleveland76–82Hank Beenders (22)23–28
52March 8@ Chicago81–107Ernie Calverley (18)23–29
53March 10@ Boston87–70Beenders, Calverley (20)24–29
54March 13Toronto71–64Calverley, Shannon (17)25–29
55March 15St. Louis60–56Earl Shannon (18)26–29
56March 19@ Washington95–96 (OT)Dino Martin (22)26–30
57March 20Cleveland76–73Ernie Calverley (29)27–30
58March 22Philadelphia82–103Ernie Calverley (22)27–31
59March 26@ New York84–91 (2OT)Dino Martin (24)27–32
60March 29Chicago83–79Hank Rosenstein (24)28–32

Transactions

Purchases
Player Date bought Previous team
Jake Weber[2] December 2, 1946 New York Knicks
Ralph Kaplowitz[2] January 26, 1947 New York Knicks

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PRO/1947.html
  2. "1946-47 Providence Steam Rollers Transactions". Basketball Reference. Accessed on July 2, 2017.
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