* this franchise is now called Detroit Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons 1952-53 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the 1952-53 NBA Regular Season and the 1953 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Fort Wayne Pistons used 16 players in the 1952-53 Regular Season and 10 in the 1953 Playoffs.

Dike Eddleman and Fred Schaus are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 69.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1953, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 36-33 (.522), 3rd in Western Division
Playoffs: 4-4 (.500), Lost West Div Finals

1953 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
12
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-3
  • born Dec. 27, 1922
  • drafted in 1949 (by the Stags)

69 games

8.9 pts
3.4 reb
1.5 ast

7 games

3.1 pts
0.7 reb
0.3 ast

8
  • Forward
  • 6-5
  • born Jun. 30, 1925
  • drafted in 1949 (by the Pistons)

69 games

10.5 pts
6.0 reb
3.6 ast

8 games

8.9 pts
5.3 reb
1.5 ast

7
  • Guard
  • 6-1
  • born May. 1, 1923

68 games

10.7 pts
2.0 reb
2.1 ast

8 games

5.6 pts
1.1 reb
1.4 ast

17
  • Forward / Center
  • 6-7
  • born Oct. 30, 1930
  • drafted in 1952 (by the Pistons)

68 games

10.7 pts
6.9 reb
2.2 ast

8 games

7.5 pts
3.3 reb
1.3 ast

13
  • Forward / Guard
  • 6-4
  • born Mar. 6, 1925
  • drafted in 1949 (by the Olympians)

67 games

6.7 pts
3.2 reb
1.2 ast

8 games

2.9 pts
2.0 reb
0.3 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
16
  • Center / Forward
  • 6-9
  • born Jun. 24, 1928
  • drafted 5th in 1950 (by the Stags)

67 games

14.3 pts
11.5 reb
2.3 ast

8 games

19.1 pts
13.9 reb
0.8 ast

18
  • Center
  • 6-11
  • born Mar. 14, 1927
  • drafted 1st in 1950 (by the Celtics)

67 games

5.3 pts
5.6 reb
1.1 ast

8 games

6.0 pts
6.5 reb
1.5 ast

14 / 4
  • Guard / Forward
  • 6-2
  • born Mar. 7, 1922
  • drafted in 1947 (by the Stags)

57 games

10.0 pts
4.9 reb
5.0 ast

8 games

10.3 pts
4.0 reb
3.8 ast

  • Forward / Center
  • 6-6
  • born Jan. 30, 1925
  • drafted 9th in 1949 (by the Stags)

52 games

3.4 pts
4.0 reb
2.1 ast

6
  • Guard
  • 6-0
  • born Jun. 12, 1929
  • drafted 23rd in 1951 (by the Pistons)

45 games

2.3 pts
1.0 reb
0.8 ast

1 game

0.0 pts
1.0 reb
0.0 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
5
  • Guard
  • 5-11
  • born Nov. 4, 1930
  • drafted 3rd in 1952 (by the Pistons)

26 games

11.9 pts
3.3 reb
2.7 ast

10
  • Guard
  • 5-10
  • born Mar. 1, 1922

16 games

11.1 pts
2.9 reb
2.3 ast

8 games

13.4 pts
3.1 reb
2.6 ast

4
  • Guard
  • 6-0
  • born Jan. 1, 1928
  • drafted in 1949 (by the Steamrollers)

8 games

1.4 pts
0.6 reb
0.6 ast

  • Guard
  • 5-9
  • born Apr. 8, 1928
  • drafted in 1950 (by the Olympians)

7 games

3.3 pts
0.0 reb
0.6 ast

10
  • Guard
  • 6-1
  • born Jan. 5, 1929
  • drafted 13th in 1951 (by the Pistons)

6 games

1.0 pts
0.3 reb
0.5 ast

Jersey
Player
SeasonPlayoffs
5
  • Guard
  • 5-11
  • born Dec. 6, 1921

3 games

2.7 pts
0.3 reb
1.7 ast