Fort Wayne General Electrics

Fort Wayne General Electrics
Nickname The Electricians
Leagues Amateur Athletic Association
MBC 1936-1937
NBL 1937-1938
NIBL 1947-1948
Founded 1935
Folded 1948
Arena North Side High School Gym (3.000)
Team colors blue, white
         
Ownership General Electric

The Fort Wayne General Electrics was an amateur basketball team located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and competed in the National Basketball League and the National Industrial Basketball League. They joined the NBL (who later formed the NBA) in 1937 but they stayed there for 1 year, returning to their amateur status. In 1947 they were one of the founding members of the NIBL competing there for one season.[1]

History

The General Electrics was set up as a corporate industrial team owned by the General Electric cooperation. The goal of the team was to use the games as a means of advertising for their products, and the goal of the players was to have a steady day job while continuing their basketball careers.
In 1936, they joined the Midwest Basketball Conference (MBC) and they won their divisional playoff round by forfeit. The Electrics were scheduled to host the Dayton London Bobby's, but just hours before the game the Bobby's manager, Ray Lindemuth called Electrics manager Bill Hosket and told him the game would not be played, and when Hosket inquired as into why, Lindemuth hung up the phone. But Fort Wayne would lose the Championship series two-games-to-none to the Akron Wingfoots.
After playing in NBL for one year, having a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, they joined the Industrial League in 1947, but they finished bottom of the table without a single win. During their NBL time, Scott Armstrong and Bart Quinn were the teams top players.

Team record

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss %

Season W L % Playoffs Results
Fort Wayne General Electrics
1936–37 (MBC) 6 13 .500 13
1937–38 (NBL) 6 7 .650

Notable players

References

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