Detroit Falcons (basketball)

Detroit Falcons
Division	Western Division
Founded	1946
History	Detroit Falcons 1946–1947
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Head coach	Glenn M. Curtis (12–22) Philip Sachs (8–18)
Championships	None
Division titles	None

The Detroit Falcons were a professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan. It played in the 1946–47 season in Basketball Association of America, a predecessor organization to the National Basketball Association. The team folded after one season, leaving the Motor City 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, 18½ games out of first place. Center-forward Stan Miasek was the team's star, scoring 895 points (14.9 points per game) and making the BAA's First Team that year.

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

Coaches and others

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

External links

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

1946–47 BAA season by team

Eastern	Boston New York Philadelphia Providence Toronto Washington

Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh St. Louis

Defunct National Basketball Association teams

Anderson Packers Baltimore Bullets BAA Buffalo BAA Indianapolis Chicago Stags Cleveland Rebels Denver Nuggets Detroit Falcons Indianapolis Jets Indianapolis Olympians Pittsburgh Ironmen Providence Steamrollers Sheboygan Red Skins St. Louis Bombers Toronto Huskies Washington Capitols Waterloo Hawks

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