AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
22-13 .629, 2nd place
Semi-finals: Defeated New York Harlem Yankees, 2-1
ABL Finals: Lost to Scranton, 3-2
With new sponsers, the Bridgeport Aer-A-Sols played well consistently through the season, and advanced to the ABL Finals to face Scranton. They lost the first two games of the best-of-five series before battling back to win close games 3 and four before being pounded 85-59 in the deciding game. Mickey Homa and newcomer George Kok lead the team in scoring.
Head Coaches:
- Perry Pilotti (March 24, 1916 - July 27, 1993)
PLAYERS:
- Hank Baietti (October 1, 1920 - June 26, 2006)
- Aubrey Cole (November 29, 1927 - July 27, 2021)
- Jack Hewson (September 7, 1924 - June 26, 2012)
- Mickey Homa (October 16, 1923 - April 9, 2014)
- Ernie Johnson (June 16, 1924 - August 12, 2011)
- George Kok (March 18, 1922 - October 5, 2013)
- George Petrovik (August 23, 1921 - February 10, 2016)
- Marty Powers (March 27, 1928 - December 21, 1991)
- Jerry Rizzo (March 12, 1918 - August 27, 2011)
- Red Speicher (September 20, 1923 - December 6, 2010)
- Tom Tolan (August 15, 1924 - May 17, 2021)
- Big John Wilson
- Bill Zirkel (July 20, 1927 - October 24, 2011)
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