1945-46 Portland Millionaires (NEBL)

1945-46 PORTLAND MILLIONAIRES

Lou Belanger

NEW ENGLAND BASKETBALL LEAGUE
10-11, .476, 2nd place
First Round: Lost to Clinton, 2-1

Lead by players like Ziggy Strzelecki (16.4 ppg), Speedy Houpt (11.7 ppg) and player-coach Lou Belanger (11.0 ppg), Portland had started 6-2 before stumbling down the stretch to finish below .500. Despite the losing record, the Millionaires did finish in second place before losing to the upstart Clinton team in the first round of the playoffs.

Head Coach:

• Lou Belanger (June 11, 1917 - April 3, 2006) Also played. See below.

PLAYERS:

John "Beaner" Balsavich (August 6, 1919 - April 25, 2007)

Lou Belanger (June 11, 1917 - April 3, 2006)

Hank Brenner (November 23, 1918 - July 2, 2012)

Ed Buckley (July 2, 1920 - September 15, 1993)

Bobby Curran (September 29, 1921 - October 18, 1977)

Tiffy Denton (June 14, 1920 - January 20, 2013)

Joe or Bob Dexter 

Jim Hegan (August 3, 1920 - June 17, 1984)

Art Hillhouse (June 12, 1916 - October 27, 1980)

Speedy Houpt (February 1, 1919 - July 24, 1991)

Fred Katin (May 12, 1924 - March 3, 2011)

(Ed?) Makowski 

Ziggy Strzelecki (January 19, 1919 - February 1, 1988)

Ted Wollerscheid (January 15, 1918 - February 25, 2000)

Eddie Buckley

Ziggy Strzelecki

Dexter