1946–47 Troy Celtics season

the 1946–47 Troy Celtics ABL season the 1946–47 Boston Celtics season in the BAA 1946–47 Boston Celtics season yes Troy Haymakers Troy Celtics American Basketball League (revived original) 1947 13 22 Sam Winograd (1–9)Moe Goldman (player-coach; 0–3)Davey Banks (12–10)1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-07-19 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/05/1946-47-troy-celtics-abl.html Paul Sahagian(?) Paul Sahagianhttps://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4091 The Original Celtics - apbr.org www.apbr.orgNelson Murry R. The Originals: The New York Celtics Invent Modern Basketball 1999 Bowling Green State University Popular Press 0-87972-793-4, p. 57 Troy State Armory(?)TROY CELTICS - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-26 2026-07-05 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/troy-celtics/ Northern 3 Did not qualify 1941 Troy / Brooklyn Celtics 1 The 1946–47 Troy Celtics season was unofficially considered the eleventh and final professional basketball season ever helped by the team that was known as the Original Celtics officially, as well as the third and final season ever played by the Troy Celtics officially (with this season also being their first and only full season ever played under that name properly after previously operating as the Troy Haymakers in the late 1930s before a merger with the (original) Kingston Colonials had them become the Troy Celtics for the rest of the following season afterward, with the season after that having them start out as the Troy Celtics before later moving to Brooklyn to become the Brooklyn Celtics for the rest of that season going forward). However, there would be one more season where the Troy Celtics briefly played in the minor New York State Professional League before that league folded operations without a champion and the Celtics later ended up being purchased by Abe Saperstein to become patsies for the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters up until 1952.1948-49 Troy Celtics (NYSL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-07-19 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2019/06/1948-49-troy-celtics-nysl.html This season could also potentially be seen as (at least) the 32nd season of independent play as well for the overall history of the Original Celtics franchise, though it can reasonably be considered (at least) their 31st season properly due to the New York Hakoahs briefly replacing the Original Celtics entirely during the original era of the American Basketball League before it got revived in 1933 as a regional league instead of an entirely national league as the ABL had originally envisioned itself to be at the time, with it being arguable that this could actually be (at least) the 30th season properly due to the Troy Haymakers' only full season not truly counting as an Original Celtics season properly. In any case, Paul Sahagian would decide to bring back the Original Celtics moniker for the Troy Celtics name following the conclusion of World War II, with the high amount of teams participating in the revived American Basketball League leading to the ABL having their second ever season (first and only season in the revived ABL if one doesn't include the 1927–28 season from the original American Basketball League into the overall league's history) competing in a divisional format for its regular season of play (though it would involve teams competing in the Northern and Southern divisions instead of the Eastern and Western Divisions there, with Troy competing in the Northern division in the process). Incidentally, this season would also be the very same season where the original owner of the Original Celtics franchise, Jim Furey, would allow for the owner of the Boston Celtics within the newly created Basketball Association of America (at the time) to use the Celtics name for the Boston franchise (for a fee of $1,000) for the rest of their existence going forward in that league, with the Boston Celtics still existing in the present day as a successful franchise in the National Basketball Association.Boston Celtics Limited Partnership: Information and Much More from Answers.comRosen Charley The First Tip-Off: The Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA 2008 McGraw Hill 9780071487856, p. 37 Unlike the Celtics' most recent season they had participated in the ABL before departing from the league in 1941 (in part due to World War II), the Troy Celtics would have a very poor 1–12 record to start out the season where they would return into the ABL (in a time where the people there would decide to have the league act more like a league where they'd only primarily operate on the weekends instead of going on throughout the week like the rivaling National Basketball League and the newly-created Basketball Association of America, which would ultimately start the downfall of the original ABL's reputation as a professional basketball league). The poor record would be utilized in part by having the likes of head coach Sam Winograd and then player-coach Moe Goldman not helping the team out under a coaching point of view. However, following the poor early start to the season, the Celtics would hire former Chicago American Gears head coach Davey Banks to try and help course correct their situation throughout the rest of the season, which he would do to a certain extent. While Davey Banks would have the Troy Celtics get an above-average 12–10 record to help improve their status within the ABL by the time he arrived as their new head coach, ultimately, it would be a case of too little, too late happening for the team, as the Celtics would still wind up having a below-average 13–22 to end the regular season. While the Celtics did end up finishing the season with a third place result in the Northern Division (behind only the Jersey City Atoms by one extra game that Jersey City won and the Brooklyn Gothams in their division), Troy would ultimately fail to qualify in the newly-crafted ABL Playoffs that had a formatting of six teams competing throughout the event to eventually crown the champion; while they were the third place team in the Northern Division, due to the way the ABL crafted their playoff system to determine who would qualify (which involved the two best teams from each division and the two other best teams after them, regardless of divisional placement), the lower record of the Troy Celtics would not be enough for them to overcome either the below-average Elizabeth Braves or the eventual (controversial) champions in the Trenton Tigers (who had an average 17–17 record for their season) for the final two playoff spots for the season. This would officially end up becoming the final professional basketball season ever held by any team that was officially or spiritually connected to the Original Celtics franchise as a whole (outside of a brief stint where they would only briefly appear in the semi-pro/minor professional basketball league known as the New York State Professional League before deciding to drop out of that league early on into that season of play). Following the poor results held from the ABL and the team dealing with increasing woes from trying to succeed as a barnstorming franchise in the 1940s when compared to their previous decades of successful play, the (Original) / Troy Celtics franchise would end up being sold off to Abe Saperstein in 1949 to essentially become patsies for his world-famous (all-black) Harlem Globetrotters to go up against in future years of play (similar to what would eventually happen to some other famous (formerly) successful basketball teams of the time like the Jewish-based Philadelphia Sphas and the all-black New York Renaissance), with the last game that would potentially be played by the Celtics occurring some time in 1952 against the Harlem Globetrotters. This season's team would also feature a future mob figure and boxing promoter being on the team in Irving Resnick as a part of their rather large roster for this season of play.ASH RESNICK - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/ash-resnick/ June 23, 2022 Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US 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.1946 Troy Celtics basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-07-19 2026-07-19 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLTRC/y-1946 1946–47 Troy Celtics #04824c #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #04824c Neil Abbatiello 1 Gorton HS (NY) 1922-08-26 Sid Blair 1 G 6 0 200 No college 1917? Marv Blumenthal 1 Temple 1924-05-30 Johnny Cerrone 1 Columbia 1918-11-18 Joe Dinkwoods 1 St. Francis College 1917-01-21 Larry Dodick 1 G 5 8 155 No college 1914-08-15 Norm Drucker 1 No college 1920-07-04 Moe Dubilier 1 G/F 6 2 210 John Marshall University 1915-02-20 Chili Edelstein 1 Long Island University 1923-03-16 Tom Flanagan basketball 1 F/C 6 1 165 No college 1916-07-18 Moe Frankel 1 G/F 5 10 190 No college 1913-01-25 Nat Frankel 1 G 5 8 150 Brooklyn College 1909-10-19 Moe Goldman 1 F/C 6 3 175 CCNY 1913-05-30 Ed Golub 1 St. John's 1922-12-25 Bill E. Henry basketball 1 No college 1924-05-23 Hal Judenfriend 1 G/F 5 10 155 CCNY 1920-05-04 Jules Kasner 1 G 6 1 170 Long Island University 1917-10-23 Bill Kobler 1 St. John's Unknown Hal Korovin 1 C 6 5 205 CCNY 1925-04-19 Ben Kramer F 6 1 195 Long Island University 1913-05-03 Charlie Lacina 1 St. John's 1922-03-22 Dave Laub 1 CCNY 1921-04-07 Tony Orlando basketball 1 G 5 11 170 Hofstra 1923-06-10 Joe Polcha 1 G 5 11 170 No college 1917-02-24 Len Rader G/F 6 1 185 Long Island University 1921-03-29 Irving Resnick F 6 1 210 NYU 1916-03-06 Luke Sapan 1 Long Island University 1920-07-12 Bob Scheer basketball 1 CCNY 1923-04-19 Marty Scheinkman 1 CCNY 1920-04-20 Red Stevens basketball 1 C 6 4 175 NYU 1917-12-11 Sam Winograd (fired)Moe Goldman (interim)Davey Banks American Basketball League Standings Due to the number of teams in the ABL this season, this would mark the first time since the 1927–28 season (which the Celtics technically competed in) where the ABL would utilize divisions within their league in a proper manner, though unlike that season, the ABL would utilize a Northern Division (which the Celtics competed in) and a Southern Division instead of the typical Eastern Division and Western Division that had been on display for most other professional leagues at the time. Northern Division Pos. Team Wins Losses Win % 1 Brooklyn Gothams - y 24 10 .706 2 Jersey City Atoms - x 14 22 .389 3 Troy Celtics 13 22 .371 4 Paterson Crescents 11 23 .324 5 Newark Bobcats / Kingston Chiefs / Yonkers ChiefsNote1 a a† 7 17 .292 † – Did not survive the ABL season. Southern Division Pos. Team Wins Losses Win % 1 Baltimore Bullets - z 31 3 .912 2 Philadelphia SPHAs - x 19 14 .675 3 Trenton Tigers - x 17 17 .500 4 Elizabeth Braves - x 15 18 .455 5 Wilmington Bombers 15 20 .429 Awards and honors By the end of the season, Irving Resnick would end up being the leading scorer of the entire league for the fourteenth season of its return and its twentieth overall season of its existence with 563 points scored for an average of 16.1 points per game. The 563 points scored by Resnick that season would be the most points scored by a played in a season within the ABL at the time. Notes Note1 a a The Newark Bobcats first transferred their franchise from Newark, New Jersey to Kingston, New York on December 23, 1946 (though they did not necessarily change their team name at the time (but if they did, they would have changed it to the Kingston Chiefs instead)) and then moved to nearby Yonkers, New York to become the Yonkers Chiefs on January 22, 1947, before folding operations entirely by the middle of February in 1947. References Category:Original Celtics Troy Troy Celtics Troy Celtics