1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season

1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season
Head coach Dutch Dehnert
Roy Clifford
Arena Cleveland Arena
Results
Record 3030 (.500)
Place Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish Lost BAA Quarterfinals

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season was the first and only season of the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Their record was 30-30.[1]

Roster

Cleveland Rebels roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 5 Baumholtz, Frankie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) October 7, 1918 Ohio
F Brown, Leon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) October 12, 1919 Wyoming
C Corley, Ken 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1921 Oklahoma State Teachers College
G/F 12 Endress, Ned 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) March 2, 1918 Akron
F 10 Faught, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) September 2, 1921 Notre Dame
F Lalich, Pete 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) June 23, 1920 Ohio
F 6 Lefkowitz, Hank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) August 31, 1923 Western Reserve
F/C 11 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) January 25, 1924 Wyoming
G/F 3 Riebe, Mel 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) July 12, 1916 Wooster
C 6 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) December 31, 1921 LIU Brooklyn
C 7 Sadowski, Ed 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) July 11, 1917 Seton Hall
G 4 Sailors, Kenny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) January 14, 1921 Wyoming
F 8 Scharnus, Ben 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 173 lb (78 kg) December 11, 1917 Seton Hall
G 9 Shaback, Nick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) September 10, 1918 James Monroe HS (NYC)
G 14 Wertis, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) January 1, 1922 St. John's
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

RosterTransactions

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 3 Toronto 71–60 Frankie Baumholtz (25) 1–0
2 November 10 Washington 92–68 Frankie Baumholtz (19) 2–0
3 November 16 @ St. Louis 74–83 (OT) Leo Mogus (16) 2–1
4 November 17 Chicago 76–78 Mel Riebe (31) 2–2
5 November 19 @ Toronto 74–72 Leo Mogus (33) 3–2
6 November 23 @ New York 76–82 (OT) Mel Riebe (27) 3–3
7 November 24 Pittsburgh 62–60 Mel Riebe (20) 4–3
8 November 26 @ Detroit 46–66 Mel Riebe (13) 4–4
9 November 27 @ Pittsburgh 60–62 Nick Shaback (14) 4–5
10 November 29 @ Toronto 87–72 Leo Mogus (20) 5–5
11 December 1 Detroit 49–47 Dick Schulz (12) 6–5
12 December 7 @ Chicago 78–86 Mel Riebe (20) 6–6
13 December 8 Philadelphia 72–66 Frankie Baumholtz (23) 7–6
14 December 10 St. Louis 61–62 (OT) Leo Mogus (22) 7–7
15 December 11 @ Chicago 79–88 Frankie Baumholtz (23) 7–8
16 December 14 @ Washington 52–72 Frankie Baumholtz (14) 7–9
17 December 15 New York 70–52 Frankie Baumholtz (18) 8–9
18 December 17 Toronto 78–62 Baumholtz, Sadowski (18) 9–9
19 December 18 @ New York 56–53 Kenny Sailors (19) 10–9
20 December 19 @ Philadelphia 44–58 Frankie Baumholtz (11) 10–10
21 December 22 Pittsburgh 74–78 (OT) Frankie Baumholtz (19) 10–11
22 December 29 Chicago 79–87 (OT) Frankie Baumholtz (27) 10–12
23 December 31 St. Louis 59–68 Frankie Baumholtz (21) 10–13
24 January 1 @ Pittsburgh 61–48 George Nostrand (16) 11–13
25 January 4 @ Washington 64–78 Mel Riebe (13) 11–14
26 January 6 @ Boston 64–53 Frankie Baumholtz (14) 12–14
27 January 9 @ Providence 68–91 Frankie Baumholtz (20) 12–15
28 January 14 Providence 74–78 Ed Sadowski (21) 12–16
29 January 16 @ St. Louis 63–59 Frankie Baumholtz (24) 13–16
30 January 19 New York 79–72 Frankie Baumholtz (22) 14–16
31 January 22 @ Detroit 61–47 Frankie Baumholtz (19) 15–16
32 January 23 @ Philadelphia 78–83 Mel Riebe (17) 15–17
33 January 27 @ Toronto 88–82 Frankie Baumholtz (24) 16–17
34 January 28 Toronto 80–70 Bob Faught (17) 17–17
35 February 1 @ St. Louis 48–70 Ed Sadowski (18) 17–18
36 February 2 Washington 81–107 Baumholtz, Sailors (18) 17–19
37 February 9 Detroit 69–74 Frankie Baumholtz (21) 17–20
38 February 11 Providence 85–76 Ed Sadowski (22) 18–20
39 February 13 @ Philadelphia 48–61 Ed Sadowski (17) 18–21
40 February 15 @ New York 90–84 Frankie Baumholtz (24) 19–21
41 February 16 Philadelphia 75–71 Frankie Baumholtz (20) 20–21
42 February 18 Boston 84–73 Frankie Baumholtz (20) 21–21
43 February 22 @ Providence 77–85 Ed Sadowski (19) 21–22
44 February 23 Washington 83–91 Kenny Sailors (15) 21–23
45 February 25 St. Louis 76–96 Riebe, Sadowski (19) 21–24
46 February 26 @ Pittsburgh 74–53 Kenny Sailors (17) 22–24
47 February 28 @ Boston 62–69 Kenny Sailors (16) 22–25
48 March 2 Philadelphia 72–69 Ed Sadowski (18) 23–25
49 March 4 Providence 82–76 Kenny Sailors (26) 24–25
50 March 9 Chicago 78–107 Ed Sadowski (27) 24–26
51 March 11 Pittsburgh 78–72 George Nostrand (18) 25–26
52 March 12 @ Detroit 89–81 Ed Sadowski (35) 26–26
53 March 16 New York 69–81 Ed Sadowski (25) 26–27
54 March 18 @ Boston 67–58 Ed Sadowski (27) 27–27
55 March 20 @ Providence 73–76 Ed Sadowski (29) 27–28
56 March 22 @ Chicago 67–58 Ed Sadowski (20) 28–28
57 March 23 Detroit 69–63 Sadowski, Sailors (24) 29–28
58 March 25 Boston 72–64 Kenny Sailors (21) 30–28
59 March 29 @ Washington 69–79 Ed Sadowski (21) 30–29
60 March 30 Boston 66–71 Faught, Sadowski (19) 30–30

Playoffs

First Round

(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels: Knicks win series 2-1

References

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