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 coach	Paul Birch
Arena	Duquesne Gardens
Results
Record	15–45 (.250)
Place	Division: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	KDKA

Roster

Roster listing

Pittsburgh Ironmen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (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

# Western Division Team W L PCT GB 1 x-Chicago Stags 39 22 .639 – 2 x-St. Louis Bombers 38 23 .623 1 3 x-Cleveland Rebels 30 30 .500 8.5 4 Detroit Falcons 20 40 .333 18.5 5 Pittsburgh Ironmen 15 45 .250 23.5

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	DET	NYK	PHI	PIT	PRO	STL	TOR	WAS
Boston	—	0–6	2–4	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–1	1–5	1–5	4–2	1–5
Chicago	6–0	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	3–3	3–4	4–2	1–5
Cleveland	4–2	1–5	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–5	6–0	1–5
Detroit	3–3	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	0–6	3–3	1–5
New York	2–4	3–3	2-4	5–1	—	2–4	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–4
Philadelphia	5–1	1–5	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	5–1	1–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–6	1–5	—	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–5
Providence	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	—	2–4	3–3	0–6
St. Louis	5–1	4–3	5–1	6–0	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4
Toronto	2–4	2–4	0–6	3–3	3–3	1–5	3–3	3–3	4–2	—	1–5
Washington	5–1	5–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	5–1	5–1	6–0	4–2	5–1	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	@ St. Louis	51–56	Harry Zeller (10)	0–1
2	November 4	Washington	56–71	John Abramovic (22)	0–2
3	November 7	@ Philadelphia	75–81	Moe Becker (20)	0–3
4	November 9	@ Providence	66–76	John Abramovic (16)	0–4
5	November 11	Providence	84–71	John Abramovic (26)	1–4
6	November 16	@ New York	62–64 (OT)	John Abramovic (29)	1–5
7	November 18	Toronto	54–48	John Abramovic (22)	2–5
8	November 20	@ Detroit	54–53	Ed Melvin (13)	3–5
9	November 24	@ Cleveland	60–62	John Abramovic (14)	3–6
10	November 25	New York	46–62	Stan Noszka (10)	3–7
11	November 27	Cleveland	62–60	Becker, Mills (11)	4–7
12	November 28	@ Boston	55–59	Abramovic, Melvin, Mills (8)	4–8
13	November 30	@ Washington	40–49	Michael Bytzura (9)	4–9
14	December 2	Boston	44–46	Harry Zeller (11)	4–10
15	December 4	Chicago	46–57	Abramovic, Bytzura (11)	4–11
16	December 5	@ St. Louis	55–66	John Abramovic (15)	4–12
17	December 9	Detroit	58–66	John Abramovic (17)	4–13
18	December 13	@ Toronto	62–52	Coulby Gunther (17)	5–13
19	December 15	@ Chicago	75–84	Coulby Gunther (17)	5–14
20	December 16	St. Louis	55–66	Coulby Gunther (19)	5–15
21	December 22	Cleveland	78–74 (OT)	Gunther, Kappen, Noszka, Zeller (16)	6–15
22	December 23	Boston	64–54	Stan Noszka (13)	7–15
23	December 26	@ Philadelphia	46–53	Stan Noszka (13)	7–16
24	December 30	Philadelphia	60–62	Coulby Gunther (20)	7–17
25	January 1	Cleveland	48–61	Harry Zeller (10)	7–18
26	January 6	Washington	49–63	Coulby Gunther (21)	7–19
27	January 8	Philadelphia	67–63	Coulby Gunther (25)	8–19
28	January 12	@ St. Louis	59–72	Coulby Gunther (20)	8–20
29	January 13	New York	50–53	Stan Noszka (18)	8–21
30	January 15	Providence	65–53	Stan Noszka (20)	9–21
31	January 20	Detroit	62–57	Stan Noszka (25)	10–21
32	January 23	@ Boston	43–48	Coulby Gunther (14)	10–22
33	January 25	@ Washington	71–84	Harry Zeller (18)	10–23
34	January 27	Providence	71–63	Coulby Gunther (26)	11–23
35	January 29	@ New York	60–64	Gunther, Kappen (11)	11–24
36	January 30	@ Boston	51–66	Coulby Gunther (16)	11–25
37	February 1	@ Providence	73–89	Tony Kappen (19)	11–26
38	February 3	St. Louis	68–63	John Abramovic (18)	12–26
39	February 5	Toronto	55–58	Coulby Gunther (17)	12–27
40	February 6	@ Chicago	85–109	Press Maravich (18)	12–28
41	February 8	@ Detroit	58–64	Coulby Gunther (17)	12–29
42	February 10	Washington	75–69	Coulby Gunther (24)	13–29
43	February 12	Chicago	82–101	John Abramovic (20)	13–30
44	February 14	@ Toronto	73–84	John Abramovic (18)	13–31
45	February 15	@ Providence	72–82	Coulby Gunther (32)	13–32
46	February 17	Detroit	63–59	Coulby Gunther (20)	14–32
47	February 20	@ Philadelphia	66–78	John Abramovic (18)	14–33
48	February 21	@ New York	49–77	Coulby Gunther (14)	14–34
49	February 22	@ Washington	61–93	Press Maravich (15)	14–35
50	February 24	Philadelphia	67–69	Coulby Gunther (17)	14–36
51	February 26	Cleveland	53–74	Stan Noszka (16)	14–37
52	March 3	Chicago	66–69	Stan Noszka (18)	14–38
53	March 5	Toronto	60–63	Coulby Gunther (27)	14–39
54	March 6	@ Chicago	71–72	Coulby Gunther (21)	14–40
55	March 11	@ Cleveland	72–78	Coulby Gunther (30)	14–41
56	March 18	@ Toronto	70–64	Coulby Gunther (22)	15–41
57	March 19	St. Louis	54–79	John Abramovic (12)	15–42
58	March 22	@ Detroit	65–85	Coulby Gunther (20)	15–43
59	March 24	New York	51–65	Coulby Gunther (13)	15–44
60	March 26	Boston	61–74	Coulby 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.