1946–47 Detroit Falcons season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the first and only season for the Detroit Falcons in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Originally, the Falcons were meant to play as a franchise in Indianapolis, but the Basketball Association of America opted to slot the franchise out into Detroit, Michigan before the start of the league's inaugural season.^[1] After finishing with a 20–40 record, the Falcons were disbanded.^[2]

1946–47 Detroit Falcons season
Head coach	Glenn M. Curtis (12–22) Philip Sachs (8–18)
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Results
Record	20–40 (.333)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	WXYZ

Roster

Detroit Falcons roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 98 Chet Aubuchon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 137 lb (62 kg) 1916-05-18 Michigan State G/F 67 Moe Becker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1917-02-24 Duquesne G 24 Harold Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1923-10-02 Evansville F 62 Bob Dille 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1917-07-02 Valparaiso G/F 52 John Janisch 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-03-15 Valparaiso C 8–33 Harold Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1920-01-30 Indiana State G 11 Tom King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1924-03-09 Michigan F/C 7–66 Grady Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma F 99 Ariel Maughan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-23 Utah State G/F 55 Howie McCarty 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1919 Wayne State (MI) F/C 14–22 Stan Miasek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1924-08-08 G 34 George Pearcy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1919-07-02 Indiana State G 44 Henry Pearcy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-07-21 Indiana State C 15–68 Milt Schoon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1922-02-25 Valparaiso G 44 Art Stolkey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1920-10-23 Detroit Mercy

Head coach Philip Sachs Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

# Western Division v t e Team W L PCT GB 1 x-Chicago Stags 39 22 .639 – 2 x-St. Louis Bombers 38 23 .623 1 3 x-Cleveland Rebels 30 30 .500 8.5 4 Detroit Falcons 20 40 .333 18.5 5 Pittsburgh Ironmen 15 45 .250 23.5

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	Washington	L 33–50	Stan Miasek (9)	0–1
2	November 5	St. Louis	L 49–53	Stan Miasek (16)	0–2
3	November 8	@ Toronto	L 71–73	Ariel Maughan (25)	0–3
4	November 9	Boston	W 69–46	Stan Miasek (19)	1–3
5	November 13	Providence	L 68–70	John Janisch (16)	1–4
6	November 16	@ Providence	W 70–59	Harold Brown (17)	2–4
7	November 18	@ New York	L 57–61	Maughan, Miasek (14)	2–5
8	November 20	Pittsburgh	L 53–54	Bob Dille (13)	2–6
9	November 23	Boston	W 54–46	Stan Miasek (12)	3–6
10	November 24	@ Chicago	W 68–55	John Janisch (17)	4–6
11	November 26	Cleveland	W 66–46	John Janisch (22)	5–6
12	November 28	@ Philadelphia	W 68–55	John Janisch (24)	6–6
13	November 30	@ St. Louis	L 57–60 (OT)	John Janisch (21)	6–7
14	December 1	@ Cleveland	L 47–49	Ariel Maughan (11)	6–8
15	December 4	@ New York	L 57–70	John Janisch (16)	6–9
16	December 5	@ Boston	W 65–61	Stan Miasek (21)	7–9
17	December 7	@ Washington	L 64–75	John Janisch (23)	7–10
18	December 9	@ Pittsburgh	W 66–58	Stan Miasek (23)	8–10
19	December 11	@ Washington	L 66–81	John Janisch (14)	8–11
20	December 12	@ Boston	L 66–73	Stan Miasek (19)	8–12
21	December 14	@ Providence	L 66–81	Stan Miasek (28)	8–13
22	December 17	@ Philadelphia	L 49–57	Janisch, Maughan, Miasek (12)	8–14
23	December 22	@ Chicago	L 92–95	Tom King (27)	8–15
24	December 26	@ St. Louis	L 51–55	Stan Miasek (15)	8–16
25	December 29	Toronto	L 48–52	Stan Miasek (15)	8–17
26	January 1	Washington	W 62–57	Stan Miasek (17)	9–17
27	January 4	New York	L 50–62	Janisch, Miasek (11)	9–18
28	January 6	@ Toronto	L 61–76	Harold Brown (15)	9–19
29	January 8	Chicago	L 80–83	Stan Miasek (22)	9–20
30	January 11	Philadelphia	W 58–56	Maughan, Miasek (12)	10–20
31	January 15	Chicago	W 68–59	John Janisch (18)	11–20
32	January 17	@ Toronto	W 74–64	Stan Miasek (19)	12–20
33	January 20	@ Pittsburgh	L 57–62	John Janisch (14)	12–21
34	January 22	Cleveland	L 47–61	Tom King (11)	12–22
35	January 25	Philadelphia	L 55–61	Stan Miasek (14)	12–23
36	January 26	@ St. Louis	L 66–71	John Janisch (17)	12–24
37	January 29	Providence	L 73–83	Grady Lewis (18)	12–25
38	February 2	New York	W 65–63	Stan Miasek (15)	13–25
39	February 5	Washington	L 46–67	Stan Miasek (8)	13–26
40	February 8	Pittsburgh	W 64–58	John Janisch (23)	14–26
41	February 9	@ Cleveland	W 74–69	John Janisch (14)	15–26
42	February 12	Providence	W 84–64	Stan Miasek (25)	16–26
43	February 16	New York	L 58–66	Stan Miasek (21)	16–27
44	February 17	@ Pittsburgh	L 59–63	Stan Miasek (23)	16–28
45	February 19	Boston	L 51–57	Grady Lewis (14)	16–29
46	February 20	@ Chicago	W 76–74	Stan Miasek (24)	17–29
47	February 23	Toronto	W 61–52	Stan Miasek (23)	18–29
48	February 26	Chicago	L 68–72	Stan Miasek (20)	18–30
49	March 1	@ Providence	L 74–80	Stan Miasek (18)	18–31
50	March 5	@ Washington	L 67–99	Maughan, Miasek (17)	18–32
51	March 6	@ Boston	L 65–74	Stan Miasek (17)	18–33
52	March 8	@ New York	L 61–64	John Janisch (17)	18–34
53	March 12	Cleveland	L 81–89	Tom King (23)	18–35
54	March 16	Philadelphia	L 61–67	Lewis, Maughan (14)	18–36
55	March 18	St. Louis	L 59–68	Ariel Maughan (14)	18–37
56	March 20	@ Philadelphia	L 75–77	Grady Lewis (25)	18–38
57	March 22	Pittsburgh	W 85–65	Stan Miasek (20)	19–38
58	March 23	@ Cleveland	L 63–69	John Janisch (16)	19–39
59	March 26	St. Louis	L 63–67	Maughan, Miasek (16)	19–40
60	March 29	Toronto	W 66–63	Stan Miasek (17)	20–40

Dispersal Draft

During the first ever end of season meeting for the Basketball Association of America's board of governors held on May 21, 1947, the Falcons were slated to be missing from the official missing for whether they would play for another season or not.^[3] Not only that, but the Falcons ended up joining the Cleveland Rebels as the only inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) teams to miss out on participating in the 1947 BAA draft (held on June 2 that year) entirely. Eventually, the Falcons decided to fold operations entirely on July 9, 1947 (exactly one month after the Cleveland Rebels officially did so). After the Falcons became the second team to officially disband as a franchise on July 9, 1947,^[4] the BAA held what would become its first ever dispersal draft on August 2 that year, with the remaining eight teams left in the BAA (the surviving seven teams from the league's first successful season alongside the original Baltimore Bullets franchise that came from the original American Basketball League by a dispute with that league) taking players that were originally from the Falcons, Cleveland Rebels, Pittsburgh Ironmen, and Toronto Huskies franchises. The following teams acquired these players from the Falcons during the dispersal draft period.

• Boston Celtics: Ariel Maughan
• Chicago Stags: Stan Miasek
• Philadelphia Warriors: Bob Dille & Milt Schoon
• St. Louis Bombers: Grady Lewis