1947-48 Harrisburg Senators (EPBL)

1947-48 HARRISBURG SENATORS
EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE - PENNSYLVANIA
11-16, .407, 6th place

The Harrisburg Senators joined the league this season, with Barney Goldberg as player / head coach and lead by Fran and Vinny Bock, Sid Roche and former Penn State star Herb Currie. After stunning Hazleton in their opener, the Senators would then drop their next six games before Goldberg was fired and released and replaced by Duke Maronic, an offensive lineman for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. Only Joe Cackovic, the Steelton HS star who j9ined the team in their fourth game, and Roche, survived the coaching change. A new and revamped Harrisburg won 3 of their first 5 under Maronic, but the team's fortunes did not change enough to claim a playoff spot. Cackovic averaged 17.9 PPG and Jimmy Hernjak would average 10.6.  They finished 11-16, good enough for sixth place.

Head Coaches:

• Barney Goldberg (October 14, 1921 - December 12, 2011)  1-6 Also played. See below
• Duke Maronic (October 19, 1918 - November 13, 2009) 10-10 

PLAYERS:

Franny Bock (September 29, 1921 - October 2, 2006)

Vic Bock (August 31, 1920 - September 3, 1951)

Joe Cackovic (February 21, 1923 - December 16, 1984)

Herb Currie (April 23, 1921 - June 18, 2005)

Harry DeFrank (January 27, 1926 - June 26, 2007)

Danny Ernst (b. November 22, 1922)

Dick Giles (November 22, 1923 - November 1, 1984)

Barney Goldberg (October 14, 1921 - December 12, 2011)

Frankie Haas (June 1, 1926 - April 16, 2015)

Stretch Hall (June 23, 1926 - December 10, 1989)

Art Heffner (December 12, 1916 - August 12, 2010)

Jimmy Hernjak (June 10, 1927 - December 27, 1980)

Albie Kitch (December 31, 1915 - March 14, 1980)

Sid Roche (May 16, 1926 - January 21, 2010)

Don Schuerholz (August 28, 1922 - May 2, 2009)

Wilson Schuerholz (December 13, 1920 - September 3, 1997)

Andy Siket (December 29, 1918 - September 19, 1995)

Vince Smith (August 20, 1922 - January 17, 2019)

Mike Yovic (July 23, 1923 - July 19, 2001)