1949-50 Pottsville Packers (EPBL)

1949-50 POTTSVILLE PACKERS
EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE - PENNSYLVANIA

Northern Division
16-12, .571, 2nd place
Semi-finals: Lost to Williamsport, 2-1

The defending Eastern League champions, now coached by local favorite Bill DImmerling, started off cold, falling to 2-5 on New Years Day 1950. The Pack added Eddie Lyons and Jack Hewson and the team's fortunes turned brighter. They would rattle off nine win in the next ten games  and climbed in 2nd place in the Northern Division. They would maintain second place and a birth in the playoffs, but were bounced by eventual champion Williamsport in the semi-finals.

Head Coach:

• Bill Dimmerling (February 21, 1913 - March 24, 2004) 

PLAYERS:

Sonny Boyer (August 7, 1923 - April 23, 2005)

Jack Colberg (February 4, 1924 - December 17, 2013)

Aubrey Cole (November 29, 1927 - July 27, 2021)

Joe Dougherty 

Hank Dudek (September 11, 925 - September 14, 2015)

Jack Flannery (December 7, 1925 - January 22, 2007)

John Gozdenovich (March 8, 1924 - July 7, 1997)

Oscar Grossman (June 26, 1923 - September 22, 1993)

Jack Hewson (September 7, 1924 - June 26, 2012)

Dick Koecher (March 30, 1926 - February 4, 2020)

Ed Lyons (July 1, 1926 - October 28, 2011)

Billy Maher (November 25, 1925 - January 16, 1962)

Jack McCloskey (September 19, 1925 - June 1, 2017)

Bill McClure (December 21, 1927 - September 7, 2001)

Danny Murphy  

Bob Russ  

Jeb Stewart (November 15, 1924 - January 10, 1993)

Bill Thomas (May 2, 1825 0 October 27, 1999)

Jack Welsh (August 21, 1925 - December 17, 2007)