• The Providence Steamrollers were a Basketball Association of America team based in Providence, Rhode Island. As of 2024, the Steamrollers were the last...
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    The Providence Steam Rollers (also referred to as the Providence Steam Roller, the Providence Steamroller and the Providence Steamrollers) were a professional...
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  • The 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season was the second season of the Providence Steamrollers. This season is also infamous for the lowest amount of...
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  • The following is a list of players of the now-defunct Providence Steamrollers professional basketball team. Hank Beenders Bob Brown Tom Callahan Ernie...
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  • franchise to play in the city since the NBA's Providence Steamrollers folded in 1949. The coach of the Steamrollers was former Boston Patriots All-Pro quarterback...
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  • teams joined with the ten BAA teams; the Indianapolis Jets and the Providence Steamrollers folded prior to the absorption. The Indianapolis Olympians, a planned...
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    soccer. The now-defunct professional football team known as the Providence Steamrollers won the 1928 NFL title. They played in a 10,000 person stadium...
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    basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2009. "Providence Steamrollers". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July...
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    Nat Hickey (category Providence Steamrollers coaches)
    coaching. In 1948, at the age of 45, Hickey played two games with the Providence Steamrollers of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) while serving as...
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  • The 1946–47 Providence Steamrollers season was the first season of the Providence Steamrollers. "1946-47 Providence Steamrollers Roster and Stats". "1946-47...
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    Wesleyan — — — 1948 Providence Steamrollers Andy Tonkovich  United States Guard/forward Marshall 2.6 — 0.6 1949 Providence Steamrollers Howie Shannon  United...
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    who was coaching the Providence Steamrollers at the time, decided to activate himself and played in a game for the Steamrollers. In his first game as...
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  • record, season 2–18 (.121) by the Providence Steamrollers, 1947–48 Fewest home wins, season 2 by the Providence Steamrollers, 1947–48 Most home losses 35 by...
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  • Tonkovich from Marshall University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. Four of the first round picks, George Kok, George Hauptfuhrer...
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  • The 1948–49 BAA season was the Steamrollers' third and final season in the NBA/BAA. The team would fold after finishing last in the league for a second...
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  • Second Team G John Logan, St. Louis Bombers G Ernie Calverley, Providence Steamrollers C Chick Halbert, Chicago Stags G Frankie Baumholtz, Cleveland Rebels...
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    Andy Tonkovich (category Providence Steamrollers draft picks)
    overall pick in the 1948 BAA draft by the Providence Steamrollers. Tonkovich played 17 games for the Steamrollers during the 1948–49 BAA season. He left...
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  • Capitols F/C Bones McKinney, Washington Capitols G Ken Sailors, Providence Steamrollers G John Logan, St. Louis Bombers List of NBA regular season records...
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    the 1920s and 1930s, and the National Basketball Association's Providence Steamrollers in the 1940s. The Rhode Island Auditorium also hosted 29 of the...
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  • and the Rochester Royals, join the BAA. Both the Jets and the Providence Steamrollers fold after the season. The ten surviving BAA teams merge with the...
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    arena in Providence, Rhode Island, at 1111 North Main Street. It hosted the NBA's Providence Steamrollers from 1946 until 1949, and the Providence Reds ice...
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  • from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. However, Ed Macauley and Vern Mikkelsen were selected before the...
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    2015). "More memories than wins: Providence Steamrollers enjoy distinction among pioneers of pro basketball". Providence Journal. Retrieved May 24, 2019...
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  • against the Toronto Raptors, narrowly avoiding tying the 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers for the record of the lowest number of wins in NBA history. April...
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  • history, sometimes without comment. The Indianapolis Jets and Providence Steamrollers folded after the 1948–49 season, leaving the BAA with 10 teams...
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  • Teams 1946–47 Joe Fulks* Philadelphia Warriors Ernie Calverley Providence Steamrollers Bob Feerick Washington Capitols Frank Baumholtz Cleveland Rebels...
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    1950, when he bought the team in his own name and took on former Providence Steamrollers owner Lou Pieri as a minority partner. He oversaw the transformation...
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  • Bullets 70 1947 1948–49 Howie Shannon Guard/forward  United States Providence Steamrollers 1 1949 1949–50 Alex Groza Center  United States Indianapolis Olympians...
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    Howie Shannon (category Providence Steamrollers draft picks)
    Shannon signed a one-year contract to play professionally with the Providence Steamrollers of the BAA. He averaged 13.4 points per game in 1948–49 and was...
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