1947-48 Syracuse Nationals Roster

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 24-36
Finishing 4th in the NBL's East Division
Lost conference semifinals
Location: Syracuse, New York

1947-48 Syracuse Nationals Statistics
1947-48 Syracuse Nationals Results

The Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 24 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the NBL's East Division.

Syracuse netted 3,558 points and gave up 3,749. James Homer scored a team-best 698 points for the Nationals, and Mike Novak contributed 9 or more per game, too. The 1947-48 Syracuse Nationals lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown
John Abramovic	F	February 9, 1919	6'3"	195	Salem	Etna, PA USA
John Chaney	F-C-G	February 29, 1920	6'3"	185	Louisiana State
William DeVenzio	G	August 2, 1924	6'0"	185	Eastern Kentucky State
Bob Fitzgerald	F-C	March 14, 1923	6'5"	190	Fordham	Queens, NY USA
James Homer	F-C-G		6'5"	220	Alabama	Columbus, GA USA
Roy Hurley	F-G	August 12, 1922	6'2"	170	Murray State	Arcadia, CA USA
Robert Kitterman	G-F		6'0"	180	Burlington JC
John Meehan	F-G	January 9, 1917	6'1"	195	Syracuse	Syracuse, NY USA
George Nelmark	G	May 9, 1917	6'1"	180	California, Santa Barbara	Ironwood, MI USA
Mike Novak	C-F	April 23, 1915	6'9"	219	Loyola (IL)	Chicago, IL USA
Bob O'Shaughnessy	G		6'0"	175	Nevada
Garland O'Shields	G-F	May 23, 1921	6'1"	195	Tennessee	Spartanburg County, SC USA
Edwin Oram	F-G	October 5, 1914	6'3"	175	USC
Jerry Rizzo	G	April 21, 1919	5'7"	150	Fordham	Astoria, NY USA
John Sebastian	G		6'0"	185	Southern Illinois	Odin, IL USA
Paul Seymour	G-F	January 30, 1928	6'1"	180	Toledo	Toledo, OH USA
Stephen Sharkey	G-F	December 30, 1918	6'0"	190	none	Schenectady, NY USA
Virgil Vaughn	F-C	May 15, 1918	6'4"	205	Kentucky Wesleyan
Ken Walters	G		6'0"	170	Ohio