Fort Wayne Pistons Playoff Rosters

1952-1953 Fort Wayne Pistons Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Don Boven GF 6-4 210 Mar 6, 1925 28 Western Michigan 2 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 6, Pick 2, Indianapolis Olympians
Frankie Brian PG 6-1 180 May 1, 1923 29 LSU 3 N/A
Ray Corley PG 6-0 180 Jan 1, 1928 25 Georgetown 2 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 5, Pick 1, Providence Steamrollers
Dike Eddleman SF 6-3 189 Dec 27, 1922 30 Illinois 3 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 10, Chicago Stags
Jake Fendley PG 6-0 180 Jun 12, 1929 23 Northwestern 1 1951 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 4, Fort Wayne Pistons
Larry Foust FC 6-9 215 Jun 24, 1928 24 La Salle 2 1950 NBA Draft, Undrafted
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Fort Wayne Pistons
Dick Groat PG 5-11 180 Nov 4, 1930 22 Duke 0 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 3, Fort Wayne Pistons
Ralph Johnson PG 5-11 170 Dec 6, 1921 31 Huntington (IN) 3 1948 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Monk Meineke PF 6-7 208 Oct 30, 1930 22 Dayton 0 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 3, Fort Wayne Pistons
Andy Phillip GF 6-2 195 Mar 7, 1922 31 Illinois 5 1947 NBA Draft, Rnd 5, Pick 7, Chicago Stags
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Philadelphia Warriors
Fred Schaus GF 6-5 205 Jun 30, 1925 27 West Virginia 3 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 3, Fort Wayne Pistons
Fred Scolari PG 5-10 180 Mar 1, 1922 31 San Francisco 6 N/A
Charlie Share C 6-11 235 Mar 14, 1927 26 Bowling Green 1 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 1, Boston Celtics

1952-1953 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 New York Knicks #4 Baltimore Bullets (BAA) NYK in 2
Second Round #2 Syracuse Nationals #3 Boston Celtics BOS in 2
Second Round W1 Minneapolis Lakers W4 Indianapolis Olympians MIN in 2
Second Round W2 Rochester Royals W3 Fort Wayne Pistons FWP in 3
Conference Finals #1 New York Knicks #3 Boston Celtics NYK in 4
Conference Finals W1 Minneapolis Lakers W3 Fort Wayne Pistons MIN in 5
NBA Finals W1 Minneapolis Lakers #1 New York Knicks MIN in 5

1952-1953 Fort Wayne Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Larry Foust 8 41.5 19.1 13.9 0.8
Fred Scolari 8 33.5 13.4 3.1 2.6
Andy Phillip 8 41.1 10.2 4.0 3.8
Fred Schaus 8 30.5 8.9 5.2 1.5
Monk Meineke 8 28.4 7.5 3.2 1.2
Charlie Share 8 24.8 6.0 6.5 1.5
Frankie Brian 8 18.2 5.6 1.1 1.4
Don Boven 8 13.9 2.9 2.0 0.2
Dike Eddleman 7 9.0 3.1 0.7 0.3
Jake Fendley 1 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

1952-1953 Fort Wayne Pistons Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Fort Wayne Leaders Rochester Leaders
Mar 20, 1953
@
Rochester
W, 77-84 Edgerton Park Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 20. Fred Schaus
PTS: 17. Arnie Risen
Mar 22, 1953
v.
Rochester
L, 71-83 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 24. Larry Foust
PTS: 19. Bobby Wanzer
Mar 24, 1953
@
Rochester
W, 65-67 Edgerton Park Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 18. Larry Foust
PTS: 17. Bobby Wanzer

1952-1953 Fort Wayne Pistons Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Fort Wayne Leaders Minneapolis Leaders
Mar 26, 1953
@
Minneapolis
L, 83-73 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 16. Larry Foust
PTS: 21. George Mikan
Mar 28, 1953
@
Minneapolis
L, 82-75 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
0-2 PTS: 21. Larry Foust
PTS: 20. George Mikan
Mar 30, 1953
v.
Minneapolis
W, 98-95 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals
1-2 PTS: 27. Fred Scolari
PTS: 23. George Mikan
Apr 1, 1953
v.
Minneapolis
W, 85-82 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Conference Finals
2-2 PTS: 20. Larry Foust
PTS: 25. George Mikan
Apr 2, 1953
@
Minneapolis
L, 74-58 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
2-3 PTS: 16. Larry Foust
PTS: 18. George Mikan