1949–50 Sheboygan Red Skins season

1949–50 Sheboygan Red Skins season
Head coachKen Suesens
ArenaSheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory
Results
Record22–40 (.355)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHBL
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The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the Sheboygan Red Skins in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Roster

Sheboygan Red Skins 1949–50 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From
F/C 7 Brannum, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Michigan State
G 5 Burmaster, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Illinois
F/C 4 Chaney, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LSU
G/F 3 Cook, Bobby 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 8 Grate, Don 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Ohio State
C 15 Jorgensen, Noble 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Iowa
G/F 9 Lautenbach, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wisconsin
F 8 Mazza, Matt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Michigan State
F/C 11 Morris, Max 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Northwestern
G/F 8 Patrick, Stan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Illinois
F 12 Phelan, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) DePaul
C 14 Schoon, Milt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Valparaiso
G/F 4 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 12 Selbo, Glen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 6 Sobek, Chips 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame
G 5 Wagner, Danny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Texas
G 4 Wood, Bob 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Northern Illinois
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians 39 25 .609 – 24–7 12–16 3–2 26–9
x-Anderson Packers 37 27 .578 2 22–9 12–18 3–0 25–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks 29 35 .453 10 20–13 6–20 3–2 20–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins 22 40 .355 17 17–14 5–22 0–4 15–20
Waterloo Hawks 19 43 .306 20 16–15 2–22 1–6 13–22
Denver Nuggets 11 51 .177 28 9–16 1–25 1–10 8–27

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson — 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–3 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–2 2–0 3–4 7–2 1–1 7–0
Baltimore 1–1 — 2–4 1–5 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–5 1–5 3–3 3–3 2–0 3–3 0–2 0–2 2–4 1–1
Boston 2–0 4–2 — 0–6 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–5 1–5 3–3 0–6 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–2 3–3 1–1
Chicago 1–1 5–1 6–0 — 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–0 5–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 2–0
Denver 3–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 0–2 0–7 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–6 0–7 0–2 2–5
Fort Wayne 1–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 2–0 — 1–1 2–4 4–2 4–2 3–3 2–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–1
Indianapolis 5–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 7–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 2–7 4–3 1–1 5–2
Minneapolis 1–1 5–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 — 5–1 4–2 3–3 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 6–0 2–0
New York 1–1 5–1 5–1 4–2 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–5 — 1–5 1–5 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–0
Philadelphia 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–4 2–0 2–4 0–2 2–4 1–5 — 1–5 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–0
Rochester 2–0 3–3 6–0 4–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 — 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 6–0 2–0
Sheboygan 2–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–3 0–2 2–5 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–6 3–4 2–0 4–3
St. Louis 0–2 3–3 4–2 1–5 2–0 1–5 1–1 1–5 2–4 4–2 1–5 2–0 — 1–1 2–0 0–6 1–1
Syracuse 4–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 2–0 7–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 1–1 — 6–1 1–1 6–1
Tri-Cities 2–7 2–0 2–0 1–1 7–0 0–2 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 0–2 1–6 — 1–1 4–3
Washington 1–1 4–2 3–3 3–3 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–6 1–5 4–2 0–6 0–2 6–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–1
Waterloo 0–7 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–2 1–1 2–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–4 1–1 1–6 3–4 1–1 —

Game log

1949–50 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 1 at Rochester 75–108 Noble Jorgensen (16) 0–1
2 November 3 Boston 98–83 Brannum, Cook (16) 1–1
3 November 6 New York 99–93 Bobby Cook (19) 2–1
4 November 10 Rochester 97–87 Noble Jorgensen (25) 3–1
5 November 13 Indianapolis 104–101 Noble Jorgensen (19) 4–1
6 November 16 at Waterloo 76–73 Noble Jorgensen (21) 5–1
7 November 17 Waterloo 97–95 Noble Jorgensen (28) 6–1
8 November 20 Baltimore 92–97 Noble Jorgensen (35) 6–2
9 November 24 Tri-Cities 120–113 Noble Jorgensen (27) 7–2
10 November 26 at Indianapolis 59–85 Noble Jorgensen (13) 7–3
11 November 27 Anderson 91–111 Noble Jorgensen (20) 7–4
12 December 1 Chicago 78–80 Noble Jorgensen (17) 7–5
13 December 3 St. Louis 72–75 Bobby Cook (18) 7–6
14 December 5 at Anderson 81–88 Max Morris (16) 7–7
15 December 7 at Waterloo 67–77 Bobby Cook (22) 7–8
16 December 8 Syracuse 72–86 Max Morris (18) 7–9
17 December 10 vs Boston 78–83 Milt Schoon (24) 7–10
18 December 11 at Syracuse 72–89 Jack Burmaster (14) 7–11
19 December 15 Tri-Cities 89–74 Bobby Cook (25) 8–11
20 December 17 Anderson 110–91 Bobby Cook (27) 9–11
21 December 22 Syracuse 74–83 Max Morris (19) 9–12
22 December 25 at Denver 76–72 Max Morris (19) 10–12
23 December 29 Waterloo 94–92 Bob Brannum (31) 11–12
24 January 1 Indianapolis 75–89 Max Morris (13) 11–13
25 January 3 at Waterloo 73–69 Milt Schoon (17) 12–13
26 January 5 Minneapolis 85–82 Max Morris (23) 13–13
27 January 7 at Tri-Cities 86–98 Bobby Cook (18) 13–14
28 January 8 at Fort Wayne 69–83 Max Morris (13) 13–15
29 January 9 at Anderson 89–112 Bobby Cook (21) 13–16
30 January 10 at Indianapolis 77–107 Walt Lautenbach (15) 13–17
31 January 12 Denver 115–92 Bobby Cook (44) 14–17
32 January 14 Denver 80–94 Jack Burmaster (26) 14–18
33 January 15 Anderson 81–76 Bobby Cook (23) 15–18
34 January 16 vs Philadelphia 72–89 Jack Burmaster (16) 15–19
35 January 18 Fort Wayne 72–73 Max Morris (14) 15–20
36 January 21 at Washington 88–82 Bob Brannum (29) 16–20
37 January 22 vs Baltimore 69–76 Max Morris (19) 16–21
38 January 24 vs New York 68–101 Bobby Cook (14) 16–22
39 January 29 at Syracuse 70–85 Max Morris (14) 16–23
40 January 30 at Anderson 74–91 Bob Brannum (15) 16–24
41 February 2 Washington 68–65 Bobby Cook (15) 17–24
42 February 5 at Tri-Cities 71–86 Jack Burmaster (19) 17–25
43 February 8 at Syracuse 81–106 Chips Sobek (19) 17–26
44 February 9 Tri-Cities 104–82 Max Morris (30) 18–26
45 February 11 at Denver 78–108 Noble Jorgensen (17) 18–27
46 February 13 at Denver 67–79 Noble Jorgensen (15) 18–28
47 February 15 Philadelphia 61–66 Max Morris (13) 18–29
48 February 19 at St. Louis 65–72 Jack Burmaster (18) 18–30
49 February 21 at Indianapolis 83–78 Bob Brannum (19) 19–30
50 February 23 Waterloo 81–86 Bob Brannum (21) 19–31
51 February 25 at Tri-Cities 66–74 Brannum, Patrick (15) 19–32
52 February 26 Indianapolis 86–107 Max Morris (26) 19–33
53 March 2 Syracuse 95–85 Noble Jorgensen (18) 20–33
54 March 5 Indianapolis 87–92 Noble Jorgensen (21) 20–34
55 March 7 at Minneapolis 73–90 Noble Jorgensen (23) 20–35
56 March 9 Denver 115–92 Jack Burmaster (26) 21–35
57 March 10 Denver 141–104 Bob Brannum (41) 22–35
58 March 11 at Tri-Cities 79–97 Dick Schulz (16) 22–36
59 March 13 at Anderson 86–98 Brannum, Schoon, Sobek (14) 22–37
60 March 15 at Waterloo 69–87 Chips Sobek (15) 22–38
61 March 16 Syracuse 75–88 Noble Jorgensen (26) 22–39
62 March 18 at Chicago 63–66 Noble Jorgensen (17) 22–40

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4) Sheboygan Red Skins: Olympians win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 21): Indianapolis 86, Sheboygan 85
  • Game 2 @ Sheboygan (March 23): Sheboygan 95, Indianapolis 85
  • Game 3 @ Indianapolis (March 25): Indianapolis 91, Sheboygan 84

This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Olympians and Red Skins.

References