Detroit Falcons (basketball)

Detroit Falcons
Division	Western
Founded	1946
Folded	1947
History	Detroit Falcons 1946–1947
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Head coach	Glenn M. Curtis (12–22) Philip Sachs (8–18)
Home Away Third

The Detroit Falcons were a Basketball Association of America (forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Detroit. It played in the inaugural 1946–47 season and folded soon after the season ended, leaving Detroit without a professional basketball team until a decade later, when the Fort Wayne Pistons moved there.

History

The Falcons played only in the inaugural season of the BAA and finished 4th in the Western Division with a 20–40 record, 18+1⁄2 games out of first place. Stan Miasek was the team's star, scoring 895 points (14.9 points per game) and making the BAA's First-Team that year. Despite Detroit hosting the inaugural BAA (now NBA) draft, the Falcons would be one of two teams in the BAA to not participate in that inaugural event.^[1] Following the draft's conclusion, the Falcons would officially disband their franchise on July 9, 1947, becoming the second BAA franchise to fold after the Cleveland Rebels did it a month prior on June 9.^[2]

Season	W	L	Pct.	Playoffs
1946–47	20	40	.333	Did not qualify

Personnel

Head coaches

• Glenn M. Curtis (12–22)
• Philip Sachs (8–18)

Players

• Bob Dille
• Harold Brown
• Tom King
• Stan Miasek
• George Pearcy
• Henry Pearcy
• Milt Schoon
• Harold Johnson

References

1. Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810890695., pp. 1-6
2. Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810890695., pg. 422

External links

• Detroit Falcons History NBA Hoops Online
• Basketball-reference team season page