1947-48 Oswego Pontiacs (NYSL)

Coach Joe Friedman

1947-48 OSWEGO PONTIACS
NEW YORK STATE PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division
Finished: 1-10 .091 (2-34 .055*), 4th place

Lou Bertino

Oswego, coached by Doc Herring from Rochester, got their first win in their third game of the season, a 37-30 win over the Schenectady Comets. They would only win one more game the rest of the way and that was via a forfeit when Cohoes did not play their scheduled game with the Pontiacs on December 26, 1947. Herring was replaced as coach on December 18 by Joe Friedman, also a Rochester native. After the forfeit victory, Friedman would see the get drubbed four more times. The January 8, 1948 game at Mohawk, a 112-51 beatdown, was the swan song for the Oswego team. They folded and forfeited their remaining scheduled games.

Mike Barrett

 * Twenty-four forfeit losses: five to Twin Cities, four to Cohoes, four to Mohawk, four to Saratoga, four to Schenectady and three to Utica. One forfeit win from Cohoes on December 26, 1947, when Cohoes failed to show due to a snowstorm.


Head Coaches: 

• John H. "Doc" Herring (July 2, 1915 - February 24, 2002) 1-6
• Joseph H. Friedman (August 1898 - 1993) 1-4 

PLAYERS:

• Mike Barrett (November 2, 1910 - September 25, 1993)

• Lou Bertino  (July 2, 1923 - November 1, 2006)

• Chuck Bonsignore (July 29, 1918 - June 30, 2006)

• Pete Masley (May 12, 1923 - December 9, 2011)

Pete Masley

• Bernie Partyka (April 21, 1924 - May 9, 2014)

• Walt Sether (March 23, 1918 - December 4, 1994)

• Eddie Simms (March 12, 1921 - March 19, 2018)

• Bobby Stewart (July 10, 1916 - July 21, 1972)

• Thomas  

Chuck Bonsignore