1947–48 Anderson Duffey Packers season

NBL professional basketball team season March 2026 Anderson Duffey Packers NBL 1948 42 18 Eastern 2 Murray Mendenhall Anderson High School Wigwam Ike W. DuffeyJohn B. DuffeyDuffey's Meat Packing, Inc. Lost Eastern Division Finals to Rochester Royals, 2–1 The 1947–48 Anderson Duffey Packers season was the second professional season of play for the Duffey Packers in the small city of Anderson, Indiana under the National Basketball League, which officially was the eleventh season that it existed as a professional basketball league after previously existing as a semi-pro or amateur basketball league called the Midwest Basketball Conference in its first two seasons back in 1935. NBL Season Index basketball-reference.com Sports Reference LLC https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/seasons/ October 12, 2019 However, if you include their only season of independent play as the Anderson Chiefs (which sometimes got their team name expanded out more into being the Chief Anderson Meat Packers at times due to their affiliation with the local meat packing business called Duffey's Incorporated that was owned by brothers Ike W. and John B. Duffey, who subsequently owned and operated the team as well) before joining the NBL, this would also be their third overall season of play. Following the permanent move of the Buffalo Bisons to Moline, Illinois to become the Tri-Cities Blackhawks for the rest of their existence in the NBL, the Anderson Duffey Packers would switch divisions from the stronger-looking Western Division to the more top heavy Eastern Division due to their alignment being close to the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. As a result of this change alongside a few other movements within the NBL, eleven teams would officially compete in the NBL for the 1947–48 season, which comprised six teams in the Eastern Division and five teams in the Western Division. 1947–48 NBL Season Summary basketball-reference.com Sports Reference LLC https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/seasons/1948.html November 9, 2019 Unlike their previous season, where they made a failed attempt to make it to the NBL Playoffs in a stacked Western Division, the Anderson Duffey Packers would end up proving themselves as one of the three elite teams of the Eastern Division this season alongside the Rochester Royals and Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Not only that, but for the majority of the season, Anderson would showcase themselves as the best team of the entire team for not just the division, but also the entire NBL as well, even above both the Minneapolis Lakers (who rebranded themselves from the prior Detroit Gems franchise the previous season) and the Rochester Royals in terms of records at times. However, near the end of the season, the Duffey Packers would fall behind and ultimately falter up the best record in both the Eastern Division and the entire NBL to the Rochester Royals, with Anderson settling for second place and an opening round playoff match against the #4 seeded Syracuse Nationals instead. While Anderson would win Syracuse in the opening round, they would ultimately lose in the Eastern Division Semifinals to the Rochester Royals 2–1, thus failing to avenge their stolen regular season spot from the end of the season. Despite the disappointing finish, returning head coach Murray Mendenhall would still be named the NBL's Coach of the Year, with rookie guard/forward Frank Brian making it to the All-NBL Second Team as well. In addition to that, the Anderson Duffey Packers would compete in the 1948 World Professional Basketball Tournament, which would be the final World Professional Basketball Tournament ever held. By that point in time, the WPBT would essentially devolve into a pseudo-NBL tournament of sorts where only eight teams (a majority of whom were from the NBL) would compete in a single-game elimination, winner-takes-all format to determine the best professional basketball team around, with a consolation third place game being determined as well. Anderson would first win against the defending WPBT champions, the Indianapolis Kautskys, through a 59–53 victory, before they ended up losing to the eventual champions in both the NBL season and final WPBT event, the Minneapolis Lakers, in a close 59–56 defeat, leading to the Duffey Packers going to the final consolation third place match-up ever held against the Tri-Cities Blackhawks instead. From there, Anderson would rout the Tri-Cities in the second half with great shooting on their ends to blow them out in a 66–44 victory to win the final third place match ever held there. Draft picks The Anderson Duffey Packers would participate in the 1947 NBL draft, which occurred right after the 1947 BAA draft due to a joint agreement the National Basketball League and the rivaling Basketball Association of America had with each other during the offseason period. However, as of 2026, no records of what the Duffey Packers' draft picks might have been for the NBL have properly come up, with any information on who those selections might have been being lost to time in the process. Roster 1947–48 Anderson Duffey Packers #cc0033 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #cc0033 10 Charles B. Black F/C 6 5 200 Kansas 1921–06–15 14 Wally Borrevik C 6 8 205 Oregon 1921–11–14 2 Frank Brian G 6 1 180 LSU 1923–05–01 3 Price Brookfield G/F 6 4 185 Iowa State 1920–05–11 — Dick Furey G/F 6 3 195 St. Thomas (MN) 1925–03–08 6 John Hargis basketball G/F 6 2 180 Texas 1920–08–20 4 Boag Johnson G 5 11 170 Huntington 1921–12–06 16 Milo Komenich F/C 6 7 212 Wyoming 1920–06–22 7 Howie Schultz F 6 6 200 Hamline 1922–07–03 8 Rollie Seltz G/F 5 10 165 Hamline 1924–01–25 5 Charley Shipp G/F 6 1 200 Catholic 1913–12–03 12 Jim Springer C 6 9 235 Canterbury 1925–10–22 15 Ed Stanczak G 6 1 185 Central HS (IN) 1921–08–15 Murray Mendenhall https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/teams/ADP/1948.html Note: Wally Borrevik, Dick Furey, and Jim Springer were not on the playoff roster.ANDERSON PACKERS https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/anderson-duffy-packers-2/ Pro Basketball EncyclopediaPeach Basket Society: 1947-48 Anderson Duffey Packers (NBL) https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/04/1947-48-anderson-duffey-packers-nbl.html Peach Basket Society 25 April 20161947-48 Anderson Duffey Packers basketball Roster on StatsCrew.com https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-AND/y-1947 www.statscrew.com en Regular season Season standings NBL Schedule Not to be confused with exhibition or other non-NBL scheduled games that did not count towards Anderson'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 Anderson Duffey Packers during their second season in the NBL. # Date Opponent Score Record 1 November 3 Oshkosh 71–58 1–0 2 November 6 Flint 73–63 2–0 3 November 10 Sheboygan 77–43 3–0 4 November 13 Rochester 74–63 4–0 5 November 17 Tri-Cities 79–66 5–0 6 November 20 Fort Wayne 82–69 6–0 7 November 23 @ Tri-Cities 52–68 6–1 8 November 24 Rochester 75–58 7–1 9 November 27 @ Sheboygan 64–40 8–1 10 November 29 @ Oshkosh 59–69 8–2 11 December 2 @ Rochester 54–78 8–3 12 December 4 @ Syracuse 65–64 9–3 13 December 5 @ Toledo 71–55 10–3 14 December 6 N Minneapolis 58–74 10–4 15 December 7 @ Flint 66–64 11–4 16 December 8 Indianapolis 62–54 12–4 17 December 14 @ Minneapolis 49–60 12–5 18 December 15 Syracuse 72–53 13–5 19 December 17 @ Minneapolis 57–53 14–5 20 December 18 @ Tri-Cities 42–41 15–5 21 December 21 @ Fort Wayne 52–58 15–6 22 December 23 @ Indianapolis 52–55 15–7 23 December 27 @ Rochester 64–59 16–7 24 December 28 @ Flint 74–71 17–7 25 December 30 Toledo 71–58 18–7 26 January 2 @ Indianapolis 72–66 19–7 27 January 5 @ Sheboygan 62–61 20–7 28 January 8 Tri-Cities 83–57 21–7 29 January 10 @ Oshkosh 52–58 21–8 30 January 11 @ Fort Wayne 54–57 21–9 31 January 12 Oshkosh 71–54 22–9 32 January 14 @ Oshkosh 67–64 23–9 33 January 15 Flint 82–54 24–9 34 January 19 Toledo 76–50 25–9 35 January 22 @ Syracuse 59–52 26–9 36 January 26 Fort Wayne 70–55 27–9 37 January 29 @ Sheboygan 70–65 28–9 38 January 31 @ Tri-Cities 70–60 29–9 39 February 2 Toledo 38–42 29–10 40 February 3 N Oshkosh 72–61 30–10 41 February 5 Indianapolis 73–54 31–10 42 February 7 @ Toledo 53–69 31–11 43 February 8 @ Flint 62–52 32–11 44 February 9 Syracuse 53–47 33–11 45 February 12 Rochester 57–56 34–11 46 February 15 @ Fort Wayne 47–51 34–12 47 February 16 Minneapolis 54–63 34–13 48 February 19 Fort Wayne 69–65 35–13 49 February 25 @ Minneapolis 54–60 35–14 50 February 27 N Sheboygan 71–46 36–14 51 March 1 Tri-Cities 75–68 37–14 52 March 4 Minneapolis 73–70 38–14 53 March 6 @ Toledo 56–58 38–15 54 March 8 Syracuse 99–62 39–15 55 March 9 @ Indianapolis 64–76 39–16 56 March 11 @ Flint 71–51 40–16 57 March 12 @ Rochester 50–57 40–17 58 March 16 @ Syracuse 45–54 40–18 59 March 17 @ Indianapolis 79–77 41–18 60 March 18 Sheboygan 80–76 42–18 NBL Playoffs NBL Eastern Division Opening Round (2E) Anderson Duffey Packers vs. (4E) Syracuse Nationals: Anderson wins series 3–0 Game 1: March 23, 1948 @ Anderson: Anderson 73, Syracuse 56 Game 2: March 24, 1948 @ Anderson: Anderson 72, Syracuse 54 Game 3: March 27, 1948 @ Syracuse: Anderson 79, Syracuse 68 NBL Eastern Division Semifinals (2E) Anderson Duffey Packers vs. (1E) Rochester Royals: Rochester wins series 2–1 Game 1: March 30, 1948 @ Anderson: Rochester 71, Anderson 66 Game 2: April 2, 1948 @ Rochester: Anderson 76, Rochester 69 Game 3: April 3, 1948 @ Rochester: Rochester 74, Anderson 48 Awards and honors NBL Coach of the Year Award – Murray Mendenhall All-NBL Second Team – Frank Brian NBL All-Rookie First Team – Frank BrianTodorovich Top NBL Rookie https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/136139550/ April 2, 1948 Democrat and Chronicle 34 Newspapers.com February 8, 2026 NBL All-Rookie Second Team – Charles B. Black NBL All-Time Team – Charley Shipphttp://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/nbl.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050818001517/http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/nbl.html 2005-08-18 Steve Dimitry's NBL Web Site World Professional Basketball Tournament For the third and final time in franchise history (second and final time while using the Anderson Duffey Packers name), shortly prior to the NBL Finals beginning, during the days of April 8–11, 1948, the Anderson Duffey Packers would participate in the World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago (this time feeling much more comfortable with their position as a franchise than they were the previous season), with the final event ever held seeing the final eight teams participating mostly consisting of teams from the National Basketball League for a change of pace, with the only other professional team competing being the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the American Basketball League (who competed against the technically newly formed Minneapolis Lakers in the quarterfinal round) and the only two independently ran teams being the New York Renaissance and the Bridgeport Newfields, who competed against each other in the quarterfinal round. For the Anderson Duffey Packers, their quarterfinal round opponent would be the team that won the previous year's event, the Indianapolis Kautskys. Unlike the previous year's team, the Kautskys would end up being like every other version of the franchise that participated in the WPBT, where they would end up losing in the first round with a 59–53 victory for Anderson, meaning the Duffey Packers would enter the semifinal round and end the Kautskys' run for a repeat championship early. For the semifinal round, Anderson would go up against George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers, the Western Division champions of the NBL. While the Duffey Packers would put up a good fight in this round, their best in that match just would not be good enough, as the Lakers would defeat Anderson 59–56, meaning the Duffey Packers would compete in the final third place consolation prize round of the WPBT's history instead of the final championship round of the tournament.Rens to meet Lakers in pro cage playoffs https://www.newspapers.com/article/cumberland-evening-times-rens-to-meet-la/148931876/ 8 June 2024 Cumberland Evening Times INS 10 April 1948 5 Newspapers.com In that specific match, Anderson's scoring leaders were Frank Brian with 13 points and John Hargis with 11 points.Nelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 2009 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 199 For the final third place consolation prize match in WPBT history, the Duffey Packers saw themselves go up against the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, missing out on facing off against the inaugural WPBT champions, the all-black New York Renaissance entirely. Despite the Tri-Cities keeping things close with Anderson throughout the first half of the game (being tied 27–27 by halftime), the Duffey Packers would heat up their scoring progress within the second half of the game to blow out the Blackhawks with a 66–44 victory, with Boag Johnson and Rollie Seltz leading the charge for 39 second half points for the entire team.Kiesele Russ Lakers Take Pro Tourney Crown Over Rens, 75–71; Mikan Collects 40 Points https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch/99115371 8 February 2026 The Dispatch 12 April 1948 19 Newspapers.com Following the tournament's conclusion, Charley Shipp would be named a member of the All-Tournament First Team, while both Howie Schultz and John Hargis were named members of the All-Tournament Second Team. Scores Won quarterfinal round (59–53) over the Indianapolis Kautskys Lost semifinal round (56–59) to the Minneapolis Lakers Won third place consolation prize match (66–44) over the Tri-Cities Blackhawks Awards and honors Charley Shipp, All-Tournament First Team Howie Schultz, All-Tournament Second Team John Hargis, All-Tournament Second Team References Category:Anderson Packers seasons Anderson Anderson Duffey Packers Anderson Duffey Packers