1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season

NBL professional basketball team season August 2023 Oshkosh All-Stars NBL 1941 yes yes 18 6 1 George Hotchkiss South Park School Gymnasium NBL champions (Won 3–0 over Sheboygan Red Skins) The 1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars season was the All-Stars' fourth year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the fourth year the league existed. NBL Season Index basketball-reference.com Sports Reference LLC https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/seasons/ October 1, 2019 However, if one were to include the independent seasons they played starting all the way back in 1929 before beginning their NBL tenure in 1937, this would officially be their eleventh season of play. Seven teams competed in the NBL in 1940–41, and for the first time, the league did not use divisions. 1940–41 NBL Season Summary basketball-reference.com Sports Reference LLC https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/seasons/1941.html October 1, 2019 The All-Stars played their home games at South Park School Gymnasium. Oshkosh All-Stars → 1940–1941 Pro Basketball Encyclopedia https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1940-1941&t=OSHKOSH%20All-STARS October 1, 2019 For the fourth consecutive season, the All-Stars finished the season with either a division or league-best record (18–6). They then went on to win their first NBL championship after having lost in the finals the previous three seasons. Head coach George Hotchkiss won the league's Coach of the Year Award. Players Leroy Edwards and Charley Shipp earned First Team All-NBL honors. Roster 1940–41 Oshkosh All-Stars #CC0000 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #CC0000 Lou Barle F 6 1 200 Minnesota Duluth 1916–06–23 Connie Mack Berry F/C 6 3 215 NC State 1915–04–19 Bob Carpenter basketball F/C 6 5 200 Texas A&M-Commerce 1917–11–06 Leroy Edwards C 6 5 210 Kentucky 1914–04–11 Pete Hecomovich G 6 4 205 Idaho 1918–06–13 Tex Mueller G 6 1 175 Western Colorado 1916–07–29 Tommy Nisbet G 5 10 165 Illinois 1916–03–31 Erv Prasse G/F 6 2 190 Iowa 1917–12–01 Scoop Putnam G/F 6 0 175 Tennessee 1912–09–08 Charley Shipp G/F 6 1 200 Catholic University of America 1913–12–03 Herm Witasek G/F 6 2 210 North Dakota 1913–10–16 George Hotchkiss https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/teams/OAS/1941.html Note: Pete Hecomovich was not on the playoffs roster Regular season Season standings NBL Schedule Not to be confused with exhibition or other non-NBL scheduled games that did not count towards Oshkosh's official NBL record for this season. An official database created by John Grasso detailing every NBL match possible (outside of two matches that the Kankakee Gallagher Trojans won over the Dayton Metropolitans in 1938) would be released in 2026 showcasing every team's official schedules throughout their time spent in the NBL. As such, these are the official results recorded for the Oshkosh All-Stars during their fourth season in the NBL under that name for the league. November 27, 1940 @ Oshkosh, WI: Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 27, Oshkosh All-Stars 44 December 7, 1940 @ Oshkosh, WI: Hammond Ciesar All-Americans 27, Oshkosh All-Stars 44 December 13, 1940 @ Akron, OH: Oshkosh All-Stars 43, Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 30 December 16, 1940 @ Akron, OH: Oshkosh All-Stars 37, Akron Firestone Non-Skids 32 December 21, 1940 @ Oshkosh, WI: Sheboygan Red Skins 23, Oshkosh All-Stars 27 December 28, 1940 @ Oshkosh, WI: Detroit Eagles 37, Oshkosh All-Stars 52 January 4, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 33, Oshkosh All-Stars 35 January 11, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Chicago Bruins 36, Oshkosh All-Stars 43 January 12, 1941 @ Hammond, IN: Oshkosh All-Stars 32, Hammond Ciesar All-Americans 43 January 18, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Akron Firestone Non-Skids 43, Oshkosh All-Stars 45 January 19, 1941 @ Sheboygan, WI: Oshkosh All-Stars 34, Sheboygan Red Skins 29 January 22, 1941 @ Chicago, IL: Oshkosh All-Stars 32, Chicago Bruins 34 January 25, 1941: Sheboygan Red Skins 40, Oshkosh All-Stars 45 (OT @ Oshkosh, WI) January 28, 1941 @ Akron, OH: Oshkosh All-Stars 48, Akron Firestone Non-Skids 58 January 29, 1941 @ Detroit, MI: Oshkosh All-Stars 34, Detroit Eagles 36 February 1, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Hammond Ciesar All-Americans 38, Oshkosh All-Stars 60 February 8, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Chicago Bruins 31, Oshkosh All-Stars 45 February 11, 1941 @ Akron, OH: Oshkosh All-Stars 40, Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 36 February 13, 1941 @ Detroit, MI: Oshkosh All-Stars 41, Detroit Eagles 30 February 15, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Akron Firestone Non-Skids 49, Oshkosh All-Stars 43 February 16, 1941 @ Hammond, IN: Oshkosh All-Stars 64, Hammond Ciesar All-Americans 45 February 22, 1941 @ Oshkosh, WI: Detroit Eagles 57, Oshkosh All-Stars 59 February 24, 1941 @ Chicago, IL: Oshkosh All-Stars 33, Chicago Bruins 49 February 27, 1941 @ Sheboygan, WI: Oshkosh All-Stars 32, Sheboygan Red Skins 27 NBL Playoffs NBL Semifinals (1) Oshkosh All-Stars vs. (3) Akron Firestone Non-Skids: Oshkosh wins series 2–0 Game 1: March 4, 1941 @ Akron: Oshkosh 30, Akron 28 Game 2: March 6, 1941 @ Oshkosh: Oshkosh 47, Akron 41(OT) NBL Championship (1) Oshkosh All-Stars vs. (2) Sheboygan Red Skins: Oshkosh wins series 3–0 Game 1: March 10, 1941 @ Sheboygan: Oshkosh 53, Sheboygan 38Oshkosh All-Stars Trims Sheboygan in Playoff, 53 to 38 https://www.newspapers.com/image/268744851/ Eau Claire Leader-Telegram March 11, 1941 6 Newspapers.com October 1, 2019 Game 2: March 11, 1941 @ Oshkosh: Oshkosh 44, Sheboygan 38Oshkosh Cops 2nd Straight Over 'Skins https://www.newspapers.com/image/405149505 Wisconsin State Journal March 12, 1941 15 Newspapers.com October 1, 2019 Game 3: March 12, 1941 @ Oshkosh: Oshkosh 54, Sheboygan 36Oshkosh All-Stars Champions Of Professional Cage League https://www.newspapers.com/image/188260504 Green Bay Press-Gazette March 13, 1941 20 Newspapers.com October 1, 2019 Awards and honors NBL Coach of the Year – George Hotchkiss First Team All-NBL – Leroy Edwards and Charley Shipp All-Time NBL Team – Bob Carpenter, Leroy Edwards, and Charley Shipp World Professional Basketball Tournament For the third straight year in a row, the Oshkosh All-Stars would participate in the annual World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago, which the 1941 event was held on March 15–19, 1941 (with the tournament beginning three days after Oshkosh swept Sheboygan for the NBL ChampionshipNelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 2009 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 91) and was mostly held by independently ran teams (including the Indianapolis Kautskys, who left the NBL the previous year before returning to the NBL the following year, as well as future NBL teams in the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and Rochester Seagrams (later Royals) to become the future NBA teams known as the Detroit Pistons and Sacramento Kings) alongside four of the NBL's teams (including the champion Oshkosh All-Stars, who were considered the favorites of the tournament) and the rivaling American Basketball League's own champions, the Philadelphia Sphas. In the first round on March 16, Oshkosh defeated the works team turned future NBL/BAA/NBA team known as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (who had defeated the independently ran Fort Wayne Harvesters team from previous tournaments to earn the open Fort Wayne, Indiana spot at hand there) 47–41. In the quarterfinal round (which was dubbed at the time as "the 'little' world series between the National League and American League" due to both league champions competing against each other early on in the tournamentThe SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team Stark Douglas Temple University Press 2011 978-1-59213-633-9 Philadelphia 135), the NBL champion All-Stars managed to defeat the ABL champion Philadelphia Sphas 38–31.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99285736/all-stars-advance-to-semifinals/ By the semifinal round, Oshkosh would keep things close with the independently ran Toledo White Huts (who were the only integrated team of the WPBT who was sponsored by a hamburger chain called White Hut who also had to borrow team shorts from the Rochester Seagrams alongside buying University of Toledo jerseys, were led by former NBL player Chuck Chuckovits, and were later considered to be the NBL's Toledo Jim White Chevrolets and then potentially the Toledo JeepsPeterson Robert Cages to Jump Shots: Pro Basketball's Early Years 1990 Oxford University Press, Inc. 0-19-505310-9, p. 128), but they would ultimately win 40–37 to enter the championship round;https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99286095/stars-meet-detroit-for-championship/ with the NBL's Detroit Eagles defeating the also independently ran New York Renaissance in the semifinal round, the 1941 tournament marked the first time in WPBT history that the championship match would have a professional NBL team winning the tournament. In the final match, Oshkosh had fallen behind Detroit 35–23 entering the fourth quarter; the All-Stars tried to fight hard all throughout the fourth quarter to catch up and upset the Eagles, to the point of holding them to only four total points scored that quarter, but Detroit managed to hold onto their lead just long enough to win 39–37 (leading to Buddy Jeannette of the Eagles being named the MVP of the tournament) to not just upset the NBL champions in the WPBT, but also be the first NBL team to win that tournament's championship in the process.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99267738/detroit-tips-oshkosh-for-world-cage/https://www.retroseasons.com/leagues/wpbt/1941/overview Despite being upset in the championship round (which occurred with Oshkosh shooting at a lowly 13/78 from the field that night, including star player Leroy Edwards making only one shot out of 15 total attemptsNelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 2009 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 92), Bob Carpenter of the All-Stars would be named a member of the All-Tournament Team that year. Games Won first round (47–41) over the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Won quarterfinal round (38–31) over the Philadelphia Sphas Won semifinal round (40–37) over the Toledo White Huts Lost championship round (37–39) to the Detroit Eagles Awards and Records Bob Carpenter, All-Tournament Team References Category:Oshkosh All-Stars seasons Oshkosh Category:National Basketball League (United States) championship seasons Oshkosh All-Stars Oshkosh All-Stars