The 1942 World Professional Basketball Tournament was the 4th edition of the World Professional Basketball Tournament. It was held in Chicago, Illinois, during the days of 8–12 March 1942 and featured 14 teams. It was won by the Oshkosh All-Stars who defeated the

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43–41 in the championship game. The Long Island Grumman Flyers came in third after beating the

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43–41 in the third-place game. Ed Riska of the Oshkosh All-Stars was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player. Gene Englund led all scorers with 54 points while Riska came second with 50.

Results

First round

:8 March -

46,

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29 :8 March -

40, Hagerstown Conoco Oilers 33 :8 March - Aberdeen Army Ordnance Training Center 56, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 42 :9 March - Chicago Bruins 56, Detroit AAA 46 :9 March -

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34, Columbus Bobb Chevrolets 26 :9 March - New York Rens 55, Michigan City Steelers 37 :9 March - Oshkosh All-Stars 44, Davenport Central Turner Rockets 29 :9 March - Long Island Grumman Flyers 54, Indianapolis Kautskys 32

Quarter-finals

:9 March -

40, Aberdeen Army Ordnance Training Center 34 :10 March -

37,

32 :10 March - Long Island Grumman Flyers 48, Chicago Bruins 38 :10 March - Oshkosh All-Stars 44, New York Rens 38

Semi-finals

:11 March -

44, Long Island Grumman Flyers 43 :11 March - Oshkosh All-Stars 48,

Third place game

Championship game

Individual awards

All-Tournament team

*F –

Buddy Jeannette Harry Edward "Buddy" Jeannette (September 15, 1917 – March 11, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Jeannette was widely regarded as the premier backcourt player between 1938 and 1948. He was named to the First T ...

*F –

Moe Becker Morris Robert Becker (February 24, 1917 – January 9, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes men's basketball, Duquesne Dukes. Barr played professionally for the Pittsburgh ...

, Aberdeen Army Ordnance Training Center *F –

Sonny Boswell Wyatt "Sonny" Boswell (May 19, 1919 – October 19, 1964) was an early African American professional basketball player. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi and grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where he attended Scott High School. He played for the Ha ...

, New York Rens *F –

Bernie Price Bernard Burnice Price (September 20, 1915 – January 24, 2002) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Harlem Globetrotters for many years. He also played for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers The Chicago Studebaker Flyers ...

*C –

Jerry Bush Gerard L. Bush (September 6, 1914 – October 27, 1976) was a college men's basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of Toledo from 1947 to 1954 and Nebraska from 1954 to 1963. He coached his teams to a 208–190 record, winning a Mid-Am ...

*C – Gene Englund, Oshkosh All-Stars *G – Dolly King, Long Island Grumman Flyers *G –

Ed Milkovich Edward Michael Melvin (born Ed Milkovich; February 13, 1916 – July 30, 2004) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Pittsburgh Ironmen during the 1946–47 season. After his p ...

, Hagerstown Conoco Oilers *G – Mickey Tierney, Chicago Bruins *G – Ed Riska, Oshkosh All-Stars (MVP)

References

External links

WPBT 1939-48
on apbr.org {{World Professional Basketball Tournament World Professional Basketball Tournament