1937-38 Akron Firestone Non-Skids Roster

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 14-4
Finishing 1st in the NBL's East Division
Lost conference finals
Location: Akron, Ohio
1937-38 Akron Firestone Non-Skids Statistics
1937-38 Akron Firestone Non-Skids Results

The Akron Firestone Non-Skids of the National Basketball League ended the 1937-38 season with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NBL's East Division.

The Firestone Non-Skids scored 681 points and conceded 578. Jack Ozburn tossed in a team-best 144 points for Akron, while Alfred Bonniwell and Howard Cable netted 6 or more per game, too. The 1937-38 Akron Firestone Non-Skids lost in the conference finals.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Alfred BonniwellG-FOctober 6, 19116'2"185Dartmouth(ht) Philadelphia, PA USA
Howard CableF-G-C6'3"200Akron
Robert DowellC-FAugust 14, 19126'3"200NW Missouri StateGilman City, MO USA
Morris JohnsonF-G5'9"0North Carolina State
Seward LeekaGSeptember 15, 19076'1"185Iowa
Jack OzburnG-FJanuary 4, 19136'1"170MonmouthMurphysboro, IL USA
Bill ReevesG5'10"165Indiana Central
John ShafferF-C6'3"190Nebraska
Milas ShounCOctober 4, 19046'11"175Carson-NewmanMountain City, TN USA
Paul TobinG5'9"170Akron
Warren WhitlingerF5'9"170Ohio State



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