1925–26 Rochester Centrals season

Rochester Centrals American Basketball League (original) 1926 18 12 Garry Schmeelk (player-coach) Jack Neiman Jack Neimanhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-union/202009397/ Fathers Of The Newly Formed American Basketball League The Times-Union June 6, 1925 22 Newspapers.com"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/ 4th (1st half); 3rd (2nd half) Did not qualify 1 The 1925–26 Rochester Centrals season was both the Centrals' first season of existence as a professional franchise in the city of Rochester, New York and the first season of existence for the 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. The American Basketball League's inaugural season would have nine teams competing in that season (while a tenth team in East Liverpool, Ohio was intended to join the Centrals and the other eight teams in question for this season, the East Liverpool team ultimately withdrew operations before the season even began properly,Nelson Murry R. The Originals: The New York Celtics Invent Modern Basketball 1999 Bowling Green State University Popular Press 0-87972-793-4, p. 125 with other failed locations that had submitted entries to start the ABL's inaugural season including Baltimore, Maryland (who eventually got their own team the following season); Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and two more locations in the state of Ohio via Columbus and Camden), though the ABL would compete in a split season format with two half seasons being utilized instead of one whole season being utilized throughout the season (which would be the case throughout the majority of the league's existence in the first place). However, by the time the first half of the season ended and the second half of the season began, the Boston Whirlwinds would be expelled from the ABL due to a dispute over player contracts,Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 410 which led to the ABL entering the second half of the season with only eight teams remaining in their league this time around. In any case, the first season for the Centrals would look to be an above-average one, at least on the surface level. The first half of the season would see the Rochester franchise barely get themselves an above-average record of 9–7, which would be good enough for a fourth place finish to be behind that of the Cleveland Rosenblums, the Washington Palace Five team, and the Brooklyn Arcadians. As for the second half of the season, the Centrals would generally see themselves perform around the same way as they had done in the first half of the season, with Rochester having an even better 9–5 record for a third place finish to only behind that of the Washington Palace Five and the nearly undefeated Cleveland Rosenblums. Unfortunately, due to the way the split season formatting worked for the ABL's season, the Centrals would ultimately fail to qualify for any sort of playoff competition in the process, which was just a championship series between the two best teams of each half-season at this point in time (which were the Brooklyn Arcadians and the Cleveland Rosenblums). 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.1925 Rochester Centrals basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-08-21 2026-08-21 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLROC/y-19251925-26 Rochester Centrals (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-08-21 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/10/1925-26-rochester-centrals-abl.html Player PositionPhil BarlowCMarty BarryG/FJim CullenCManny HirschG/FTrixie MessingerG/FMike MumbyG/FJohn MurphyGLou RabinG/FAllie SchmittG/FSam SiegelG/FLefty TopelGBill UhlenG/FTillie VossC Note: In addition to all of these players, there was also an unknown guard with the last name of Trottley that briefly was on the team as well. American Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Brooklyn Arcadians124.750Washington Palace Five / Laundrymen115.688Cleveland Rosenblums106.625Rochester Centrals97.562Fort Wayne Caseys79.438Chicago Bruins610.375Detroit Pulaski Post Five610.375Boston Whirlwinds×610.375Buffalo Bisons / Germans511.322 × – The Boston Whirlwinds were expelled by the end of the first half of the season due to a dispute over player contracts.Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 410Team 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=1925-1926&t=BostonAmerican Basketball League 1925-26 to 1930-31, 1933-34 to 1952-53 www.apbr.org 2026-07-05 https://www.apbr.org/abl2552.html +Second Half TeamWinsLossesWinning %Cleveland Rosenblums131.919Washington Palace Five / Laundrymen113.786Rochester Centrals95.643Brooklyn Arcadians77.500Fort Wayne Caseys68.429Buffalo Bisons / Germans59.357Chicago Bruins311.214Detroit Pulaski Post Five212.143 References Category:Rochester Centrals Rochester Rochester Centrals Rochester Centrals