1949-50 Reading Rangers (EPBL)

1949-50 READING RANGERS
EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE - PENNSYLVANIA
Southern Division

7-18, .280, 4th place

With the dissolution of the Reading Keys from the previous season, Reading was granted another team which was named the Rangers. Coached by local figure Lenny Bilger, who was  a stove manufacturer, the Rangers struggled mightily following an opening victory over York. The Rangers dropped 8 straight games and 11 of their next 12 to find themselves shouldering a 2-11 record. Adding veteran players Tommy O'Connell and Johnny "Moe" Murphy, their fortunes improved over the next seven games by winning five of them, but wound up losing their last 5 games to finish with the worst record in the league (albeit only barely worse than Berwick.)

Ossie Kriebel

Head Coach:

• Lenny Bilger (December 19, 1904 - August 6, 1971)

PLAYERS:

Dewey Boltz (May 18, 1920 - September 18, 2015)

Jimmy Bunn (September 2, 1923 - January 22, 2009)

Norm Butz (September 28, 1919 - March 21, 1999)

John Daley  

Elmer Davis (November 4, 1924 - April 3, 1997)

George Dracha (August 18, 1921 - April 6, 1995)

Wade Duym (August 6, 1925 - September 27, 2013)

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

Russ Guensch (January 12, 1924 - June 14, 2014)

Hops Guldin (October 10, 1922 - August 21, 1984)

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

Ozzie Kriebel (May 20, 1925 - November 15, 1997(

Joe Lord (December 28, 1922 - December 1986)

Johnny Murphy (September 13, 1924 - January 29, 2003)

Tom O'Connell (November 10, 1923 - February 5, 2011)

Norm Rosen (April 13, 1925 - March 1, 1994)

Paul Wallace (November 1, 1925 - September 23, 1998)

Hal Warnecke 

Elmer Davis

Pete Yousaitis (September 10, 1917 - December 23, 1995)