1930–31 Rochester Centrals season

Rochester Centrals American Basketball League (original) 1931 15 19 Jack Neiman & John Murphy Jack Neiman Eddie SchlegalEdward MillerJohnny Murphy"Reported Neiman Has Sold Central Basketball Quintet: Eddie Schlegel and Murphy Mentioned Among Trio to Buy Local Basketball Team," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, April 26, 1927, p. 33 Naval Militia ArmoryROCHESTER CENTRALS - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-26 2026-07-05 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/rochester-centrals-6/ 3rd (1st half); 4th (2nd half) Did not qualify 1 The 1930–31 Rochester Centrals season was both the Centrals' sixth season of existence as a professional franchise (most likely speaking, anyway) in the city of Rochester, New York and the sixth and final season of existence for the original American Basketball League, which was the first professional basketball league that had truly attempted to go fully national after previous professional basketball leagues were mostly regional at the time. For the fifth and final time in the six original seasons that the ABL first had within that original era of existence, the American Basketball League would utilize the split season formatting, though unlike their other seasons of existence, they would only see seven teams competing in the two half seasons being utilized this time around instead of eight or nine teams with one whole season being utilized throughout that entire period of time (which would be the case throughout the majority of the league's existence in the first place). Worse yet for the ABL, similar to the previous season, two teams in the first half of the season would end up dropping out of the season with average records on their ends, with the long-standing, champion favorite Cleveland Rosenblums dropping out of the ABL by December 8, 1930 with a 6–6 record and the (original) Paterson Crescents dropping out of the ABL on December 30, 1930 with a 9–9 record.Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 411 Despite the dangerous worries at hand with the season potentially not even completing itself properly at times, the Centrals would still complete the first half of the season with a barely above-average 10–9 record to have a third place finish behind that of the Fort Wayne Hoosiers and the Brooklyn Visitations for that half of the season. As for the second half of the season, Rochester would end up disappointing fans with a more anticlimactic 5–10 record for a fourth place finish that had them only be one game ahead of the newly added Toledo Red Man Tobaccos from the formerly existing National Professional Basketball League to avoid last place entirely for the end of the season. Due to the disappointing finish for the season, the Rochester Centrals would fail to qualify for the final ABL championship series held in the original league's existence before it suspended operations for two seasons due to the Great Depression before it ended up getting revived in a more regional point of view in 1933. As for the Centrals franchise in question, they never ended up becoming a professional franchise ever again officially, though there is a suggested possibility that the Rochester Centrals might have had some ties to the Rochester Seagrams franchise that eventually became the Sacramento Kings of the present-day National Basketball Association (potentially by a merger with the two teams where the Seagrams got the longer-lasting rights at hand?);2023-03-21 Sacramento Kings Team History https://www.retroseasons.com/teams/sacramento-kings/ 2025-12-28 www.retroseasons.com en-US if that point is actually true, then this franchise would technically be considered the longest-lasting professional basketball franchise by association. Roster Due to information on American Basketball League players being generally hard to find, there are bound to be more gaps and/or inaccuracies found in certain areas on the team's roster spots than usual.1930 Rochester Centrals basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-08-21 2026-08-21 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLROC/y-19301930-31 Rochester Centrals (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-08-21 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/01/1930-31-rochester-centrals-abl.html Player PositionTommy AllenF/CPhil BarlowCMarty BarryG/FGaza ChizmadiaG/FTiny HearnCManny HirschG/FLefty KintzingG/FHash McNeilGBuck PiersonG/FLou RabinG/FSam SiegelG/FLefty TopelGBill UhlenG/F American Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Brooklyn Visitations147.667Fort Wayne Hoosiers139.591Rochester Centrals109.526Toledo Red Man Tobaccos813.381Chicago Bruins714.333Cleveland Rosenblums*66.500Paterson Crescents**99.500 * – The two-time defending ABL champions (and three-time overall ABL champions) in the Cleveland Rosenblums would surprisingly end up dropping out of the league on December 8, 1930 due to the long-term effects of the Great Depression kicking in for them.Team Standings by Year - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-01-26 2026-07-05 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1930-1931&t=Cleveland ** – The (original) Paterson Crescents franchise would end up dropping out of the league near the end of the first half of the season on December 30, 1930.Team Standings by Year - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-01-26 2026-07-05 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1930-1931&t=Paterson +Second Half TeamWinsLossesWinning %Fort Wayne Hoosiers115.688Chicago Bruins115.688Brooklyn Visitations88.500Rochester Centrals510.333Toledo Red Man Tobaccos411.274 References Category:Rochester Centrals Rochester Rochester Centrals Rochester Centrals