• completed by the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. The franchise was founded in 1941 as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in the National Basketball...
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  • joining Fort Wayne for the 1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons season. x – clinched playoff spot 1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons "1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and...
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  • Second Team 1951–52 Fort Wayne Pistons "1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats". "Chevette to Corvette No. 48: The 1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons". October...
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    The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as...
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  • lowest scoring game in NBA history occurred on November 22, 1950, where the Fort Wayne Pistons would defeat the Minneapolis Lakers by the final score of...
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  • Philadelphia Phillies Professional basketball Curly Armstrong, NBA (1948–1951) Fort Wayne Pistons Dan Godfread, NBA (1990/91–1991/92) Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston...
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  • Art Burris (category Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks)
    selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons in the third round of the 1950 NBA draft. He played for the Pistons (1950–51) and Milwaukee Hawks (1951–52) in the National...
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    George Yardley (category Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks)
    championship in 1951, with Yardley being selected the national amateur player-of-the-year. He was drafted by the NBA Fort Wayne Pistons in 1950. At 6'5", Yardley...
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  • In their 83-year history, the Detroit Pistons (formerly the Fort Wayne Pistons) have selected the following players in the NBA draft and previously in...
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  • games. The Royals appeared in their first NBA finals by defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons in the semifinals and the two-time defending champion Minneapolis...
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  • Jack Molinas (category Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks)
    the early National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Fort Wayne Pistons (then in Fort Wayne, Indiana and later relocated to Detroit, Michigan). He also...
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  • Richie Niemiera (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    career he played for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons during the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons. He continued playing for the Pistons once they joined the BAA...
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  • Chuck Cooper (basketball) (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    round of the 1950 NBA Draft. In a six-season NBA career, Cooper played for the Celtics, the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks, and the Fort Wayne Pistons, averaging...
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    Frank Brian (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    league with 1,051 points during the 1951–52 season with the Fort Wayne Pistons. Led Ft. Wayne Pistons (now "Detroit Pistons") in scoring in 1952 & 1953. Ranked...
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  • agent. The Fort Wayne Pistons sold John Hargis to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. The Baltimore Bullets sold Don Otten to the Fort Wayne Pistons. The Syracuse...
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  • George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers All-NBA Second Team: Larry Foust, Fort Wayne Pistons Vern Mikkelsen, Minneapolis Lakers Andy Phillip, Philadelphia Warriors...
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    Larry Foust (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    1950 NBA draft, but the Stags franchise folded before the start of the 1950–51 NBA season, and Foust joined the Fort Wayne Pistons. With the Pistons,...
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    Curly Armstrong (category Fort Wayne Pistons head coaches)
    played, and briefly coached, for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons professional basketball team (today's Detroit Pistons). In 1943, he was named the World Professional...
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  • Bobcats (2004–2014); series featuring the Detroit Pistons include series played as the Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–1957); series featuring the Golden State...
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  • to form the NBA. The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons—so nicknamed because they were owned by Fred Zollner, whose company made pistons for engines—were led...
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  • their first round opponent and their championship opponent in the Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks respectively. The Royals (now currently going...
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  • Jim Riffey (category Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks)
    overall) of the 1950 NBA draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons after a collegiate career at Tulane. He played for the Pistons in 35 total games in 1950–51. He died...
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    May 20, 2019. "1950-51 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019. "1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats"...
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  • Dillard Crocker (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–49), the Denver Nuggets (1949–50), the Indianapolis Olympians (1951), and the Milwaukee Hawks (1951–53). He spent the 1950–51...
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    Charles B. Black (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    the Indianapolis Jets (1948–49), Fort Wayne Pistons (1949–50), Anderson Packers (1949–50) and Milwaukee Hawks (1950–52) in the NBA for 136 games. In his...
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  • Louis to become the St. Louis Hawks. The Fort Wayne Pistons relocated to Detroit to become the Detroit Pistons. The Rochester Royals relocated to Cincinnati...
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    Chuck Share (category Fort Wayne Pistons players)
    folded after the season. Then on April 26, 1951, Share's rights were traded by the Celtics to the Fort Wayne Pistons for future Hall of Famer Bill Sharman...
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  • Milwaukee Hawks. The Fort Wayne Pistons sold Howie Schultz to the Minneapolis Lakers. Schultz was traded to Tri-Cities on May 31, 1951, but evidently he...
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    logged the league's first triple-double on December 14, 1950, versus the Fort Wayne Pistons. He had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Averaging...
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    Bobby McDermott (category Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons coaches)
    for another season, then settled down for a while with the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League in 1941. From 1941 to 1946 he...
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