AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
First Half:
8-6 .571, 3rd place
Second Half:
7-5 .583, 2nd place
The Trenton started the season again with the tandem coaches of Kearns and Smith, but after two games, long-time player Dutch Dehnert was hired to coach, leading the team to a third-place finish in the first half. In the second half, team owner Girard Naples named himself head coach, leading his team into second place.
Head Coaches:
- Ted Kearns (January 1, 1900 - December 21, 1949) and Leroy "Red" Smith (September 21, 1895 - November 27, 1970) 1-1
- Dutch Dehnert (April 5, 1898 - April 20, 1979) 7-5
- Girard Naples (March 15, 1904 - July 21, 1967) 7-5
PLAYERS:
- Ace (Abbott) Goldstein (March 20, 1917 - October 8, 1960)
- Ben Auerbach (March 1, 1919 - June 18, 1993)
- Mike Bloom (January 14, 1915 - June 5, 1993)
- Lee Craddock (December 22, 1917 - October 26, 1989)
- Irv Davis (January 10, 1915 - October 30, 2010)
- Allie Esposito (March 23, 1914 - January 3, 2009)
- Dick Fitzgerald (November 18, 1920 - April 13, 1968)
- Herbie Gershon (October 30, 1916 - September 24, 1997)
- Matt Guokas (November 11, 1915 - December 9, 1993)
- Tony Krygier (September 25, 1915 - November 5, 2010)
- Red Paris (January 8, 1918 - December 8, 2009)
- Devon Smith (July 7, 1914 - February 3, 1979)
- Ray Studwell (June 5, 1915 - December 10, 1989)
- Bob Tough (August 28, 1920 - April 7, 1999)
- Ace Tramantan (February 15, 1913 - November 27, 2007)
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