Fort Wayne Pistons 1948-49 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1948-49 NBA Regular Season and the 1949 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Fort Wayne Pistons used 19 players in the 1948-49 Regular Season.

Jack Smiley is the player from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 59.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1949, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 22-38 (.367), 5th in Western Division
Playoffs: DNQ

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
37	Jack Smiley Forward / Guard 6-3 born Dec. 22, 1922	59 games 6.7 pts - reb 2.3 ast
23	Richie Niemiera Guard / Forward 6-1 born May. 26, 1921	55 games 6.6 pts - reb 1.7 ast
28	Dick Triptow Guard / Forward 6-0 born Nov. 3, 1922	55 games 6.1 pts - reb 1.7 ast
20	Bob Tough Guard / Forward 6-0 born Aug. 28, 1920	53 games 8.8 pts - reb 1.9 ast
25	Ward Williams Forward 6-4 born Jun. 26, 1923 drafted 8th in 1948 (by the Pistons)	53 games 4.1 pts - reb 1.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
31	Curly Armstrong Guard / Forward 5-11 born Nov. 1, 1918	52 games 7.3 pts - reb 2.0 ast
26	Leo Klier Forward / Guard 6-2 born May. 21, 1923	47 games 7.4 pts - reb 1.2 ast
32	Bob Kinney Center / Forward 6-6 born Sep. 16, 1920	37 games 6.9 pts - reb 1.4 ast
24	John Mahnken Center 6-8 born Jun. 16, 1922	37 games 9.5 pts - reb 2.2 ast
35	Bruce Hale Guard / Forward 6-1 born Aug. 30, 1918	34 games 9.4 pts - reb 2.6 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
30	Bill Henry Center 6-9 born Dec. 27, 1924	32 games 9.9 pts - reb 1.7 ast
24	Blackie Towery Forward / Center 6-4 born Jun. 20, 1920	22 games 7.5 pts - reb 1.6 ast
29	Leo Mogus Forward / Center 6-4 born Apr. 13, 1921	20 games 8.7 pts - reb 1.4 ast
29	Charlie Black Forward / Center 6-5 born Jun. 15, 1921	17 games 7.6 pts - reb 1.5 ast
35	Walt Kirk Guard / Forward 6-3 born Sep. 3, 1924	14 games 4.9 pts - reb 0.9 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
30	Jake Pelkington Center / Forward 6-6 born Jan. 3, 1916	14 games 8.9 pts - reb 2.3 ast
36	Ralph Hamilton Guard / Forward 6-1 born Jun. 10, 1921	10 games 4.2 pts - reb 0.3 ast
UN	Roy Pugh Center / Forward 6-6 born Oct. 16, 1922 drafted in 1948 (by the Warriors)	4 games 2.3 pts - reb 0.3 ast
UN	Dillard Crocker Forward / Guard 6-4 born Jan. 19, 1925	2 games 3.0 pts - reb 0.0 ast