1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season

The 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season was the second season of the Providence Steamrollers.[1]

1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season
Head coach	Albert Soar (2–17) Nat Hickey (4–25)
Arena	Rhode Island Auditorium
Results
Record	6–42 (.125)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WPRO

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Walt Dropo	–	United States	Connecticut
–	–	Joe Barry	–	–	–
–	–	Dick Furey	–	United States	St. Thomas
–	–	Bob Hubbard	F/C	United States	Springfield
–	–	Bob Joyce	–	United States	Bates
–	–	Roy Lipscomb	–	United States	St. Mary's
–	–	John Mills	–	United States	Hofstra
–	–	Al Nichols	–	United States	Rhode Island

Roster

Roster listing

Providence Steamrollers 1947–48 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G 3 Calverley, Ernie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1924-01-30 Rhode Island C Downey, Bill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1923-11-11 Marquette G/F 10 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-3-21 Rhode Island F 16 Fitzgerald, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-11-18 Seton Hall 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/F Gray, Wyndol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-03-20 Harvard G/F 11 Hickey, Nat 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1902-01-30 F/C 9 Hubbard, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-12-27 Springfield G/F Janisch, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-03-15 Valparaiso F 13 Kelly, Jerry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1918-06-14 Marshall 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 F/C 9–14 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming F 7–9 Robbins, Lee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-02-11 Colorado G 5 Sailors, Ken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-14 Wyoming G/F 12 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island G Thurston, Mel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1919-01-16 Canisius F/C Toomay, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-08-09 Pacific G 8 Wertis, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1922-01-01 St. John's	Head coach Nat Hickey 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-Philadelphia Warriors 27 21 .563 – 2 x-New York Knicks 26 22 .542 1 3 x-Boston Celtics 20 28 .417 7 4 Providence Steamrollers 6 42 .125 21

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	NYK	PHI	PRO	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	5–1	5–3	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–5	2–6
Boston	1–5	—	3–3	1–7	4–4	6–2	2–4	3–3
Chicago	3–5	3–3	—	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–5	5–3
New York	1–5	7–1	0–6	—	4–4	7–1	4–2	3–3
Philadelphia	4–2	4–4	2-4	1–7	—	8–0	3–3	2–4
Providence	0–6	2–6	2–4	1–7	0–8	—	0–6	1–5
St. Louis	5–3	4–2	5–3	2–4	3–3	6–0	—	4–4
Washington	6–2	3–3	3–5	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–4	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 13	@ Philadelphia	64–79	Ernie Calverley (13)	0–1
2	November 15	Philadelphia	78–80	Earl Shannon (19)	0–2
3	November 18	New York	69–87	Ernie Calverley (24)	0–3
4	November 20	@ St. Louis	67–73	Calverley, Goodwin (19)	0–4
5	November 22	Boston	62–65	Ernie Calverley (14)	0–5
6	November 27	Baltimore	61–76	Calverley, Martin (12)	0–6
7	November 29	Washington	85–78	Ernie Calverley (21)	1–6
8	December 2	St. Louis	66–86	Ariel Maughan (15)	1–7
9	December 5	@ Boston	69–73	Ernie Calverley (23)	1–8
10	December 6	New York	85–114	Ken Sailors (22)	1–9
11	December 9	@ Philadelphia	74–78	Ken Sailors (22)	1–10
12	December 13	Washington	72–88	Ernie Calverley (18)	1–11
13	December 17	@ Boston	66–67	Ernie Calverley (23)	1–12
14	December 20	Philadelphia	74–80	Ken Sailors (20)	1–13
15	December 23	New York	66–58	Ernie Calverley (17)	2–13
16	December 25	@ New York	75–89	Ken Sailors (19)	2–14
17	December 26	@ Philadelphia	61–89	Earl Shannon (13)	2–15
18	December 27	Boston	63–74	George Nostrand (16)	2–16
19	December 30	Chicago	73–85	Dino Martin (19)	2–17
20	January 3	Chicago	76–79	George Nostrand (28)	2–18
21	January 6	@ Baltimore	64–82	Ernie Calverley (18)	2–19
22	January 10	Boston	70–57	Johnny Ezersky (20)	3–19
23	January 15	Baltimore	78–98	Ken Sailors (20)	3–20
24	January 18	@ St. Louis	61–70	Johnny Ezersky (14)	3–21
25	January 22	@ Chicago	56–50	George Nostrand (16)	4–21
26	January 24	@ Washington	60–69	Bob Hubbard (17)	4–22
27	January 27	St. Louis	61–94	George Nostrand (13)	4–23
28	January 28	@ New York	73–75	George Nostrand (27)	4–24
29	January 30	@ Boston	79–69	Ken Sailors (17)	5–24
30	January 31	Baltimore	62–68	Nostrand, Sailors (16)	5–25
31	February 3	New York	62–78	Lee Robbins (17)	5–26
32	February 4	@ New York	69–108	Johnny Ezersky (18)	5–27
33	February 5	@ Baltimore	74–100	Ken Sailors (21)	5–28
34	February 7	@ Washington	64–86	Johnny Ezersky (16)	5–29
35	February 10	Washington	60–79	George Nostrand (14)	5–30
36	February 11	@ New York	63–86	Bob Hubbard (14)	5–31
37	February 13	@ Boston	73–79	Ernie Calverley (20)	5–32
38	February 15	@ Chicago	85–79	Mel Thurston (21)	6–32
39	February 19	@ St. Louis	69–78	Jack Toomay (14)	6–33
40	February 21	Chicago	73–92	Ernie Calverley (20)	6–34
41	February 28	Philadelphia	82–83	Ken Sailors (19)	6–35
42	March 7	@ Chicago	81–89	Ken Sailors (19)	6–36
43	March 9	St. Louis	69–75	Ernie Calverley (20)	6–37
44	March 13	Boston	64–86	Ken Sailors (16)	6–38
45	March 16	Philadelphia	78–100	Jack Toomay (15)	6–39
46	March 17	@ Washington	67–82	Jack Toomay (18)	6–40
47	March 18	@ Philadelphia	57–88	Jack Toomay (17)	6–41
48	March 20	@ Baltimore	58–75	Jack Toomay (21)	6–42

Transactions

Trades

December 30, 1947

To Providence Steamrollers Wyndol Gray[2]

To St. Louis Bombers Ariel Maughan

Purchases

Player	Date purchased	Former team
Kenny Sailors[2]	December 1, 1947	Philadelphia Warriors

Sales

Player	Date sold	New team
Coulby Gunther[2]	November 9, 1947	St. Louis Bombers
Hank Beenders[2]	January 15, 1948	Philadelphia Warriors

Free agency

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Elmore Morgenthaler[2]	Waived	Birmingham Skyhawks (PBLA)

References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PRO/1948.html
2. "1947–48 Providence Steamrollers Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 19, 2017.