1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season
Head coachGrady Lewis
ArenaKiel Auditorium
St. Louis Arena
Results
Record26–42 (.382)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth and final season for the Bombers in the National Basketball Association. The franchise ceased operations after the season, and the St. Louis market would be left without an NBA team until 1955.

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
T–Ed MacauleyF/C United StatesSaint Louis
2–Johnny OrrF United StatesBeloit College
5–Earl DoddF United StatesNortheast Missouri State
7–John PritchardF United StatesDrake
––Marv SchatzmanF United StatesSaint Louis

Roster

|- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #D0103A; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | St. Louis Bombers 1949–50 roster |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #D0103A; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" |

! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- |- | G | 7 | United States | Logan, Johnny | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | | Indiana |- |- | F/C | 50 | United States | Macauley, Ed | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Saint Louis |- |- | F | 11 | United States | Maughan, Ariel | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Utah State |- |- | G | 14 | United States | McCarron, Mike | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | | Seton Hall |- |- | G | 9 | United States | O'Connell, Dermie | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 174 lb (79 kg) | | Holy Cross |- |- | F | 12 | United States | Orr, Johnny | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Beloit |- |- | F/C | 14 | United States | Otten, Mac | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Bowling Green |- |- | G/F | 6 | United States | Parham, Easy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Texas Wesleyan |- |- | G | 8 | United States | Putman, Don | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Denver |- |- | C | 3 | United States | Roberts, Bill | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | | Wyoming |- |- | F/C | 4 | United States | Rocha, Red | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Oregon State |- |- | G/F | 10 | United States | Smawley, Belus | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Appalachian State |- |- | F/C | 9 | United States | Todorovich, Mike | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Wyoming |- |- | G | 5 | United States | Wilcutt, D. C. | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | | Saint Louis |- |} |

Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers5117.750–30–118–163–016–8
x-Rochester Royals5117.750–33–117–161–015–9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons4028.5881128–612–22–14–10
x-Chicago Stags4028.5881118–614–218–111–13
St. Louis Bombers2642.3822517–147–262–24–20

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
Baltimore 1–1—2–41–51–13–31–11–51–53–33–32–03–30–20–22–41–1
Boston 2–04–2—0–61–12–41–11–51–53–30–61–12–40–20–23–31–1
Chicago 1–15–16–0—2–02–41–12–42–44–22–42–05–10–21–13–32–0
Denver 3–41–11–10–2—0–20–70–20–20–20–23–40–21–60–70–22–5
Fort Wayne 1–13–34–24–22–0—1–12–44–24–23–32–05–10–22–02–41–1
Indianapolis 5–21–11–11–17–01–1—1–11–12–01–15–21–12–74–31–15–2
Minneapolis 1–15–15–14–22–04–21–1—5–14–23–31–15–11–12–06–02–0
New York 1–15–15–14–22–02–41–11–5—1–51–51–14–20–21–15–12–0
Philadelphia 1–13–33–32–42–02–40–22–41–5—1–52–02–40–21–12–42–0
Rochester 2–03–36–04–22–03–31–13–35–15–1—1–15–11–12–06–02–0
Sheboygan 2–50–21–10–24–30–22–51–11–10–21–1—0–21–63–42–04–3
St. Louis 0–23–34–21–52–01–51–11–52–44–21–52–0—1–12–00–61–1
Syracuse 4–32–02–02–06–12–07–21–12–02–01–16–11–1—6–11–16–1
Tri-Cities 2–72–02–01–17–00–23–40–21–11–10–24–30–21–6—1–14–3
Washington 1–14–23–33–32–04–21–10–61–54–20–60–26–01–11–1—1–1
Waterloo 0–71–11–10–25–21–12–50–20–20–20–23–41–11–63–41–1—

Game log

1949–50 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1vs Tri-Cities72–51Johnny Logan (21)1–0
2November 3at Baltimore81–65Mike Todorovich (19)2–0
3November 4at Philadelphia58–79Ed Macauley (15)2–1
4November 5at Washington69–81Ed Macauley (19)2–2
5November 8at Anderson62–70Johnny Logan (18)2–3
6November 10Syracuse73–67Logan, Macauley (23)3–3
7November 12at Indianapolis71–94Red Rocha (20)3–4
8November 13Chicago65–91Belus Smawley (12)3–5
9November 16at Minneapolis71–94Belus Smawley (16)3–6
10November 17Minneapolis78–65Red Rocha (24)4–6
11November 20Rochester95–74Johnny Logan (22)5–6
12November 24Baltimore63–65Belus Smawley (16)5–7
13November 26at Anderson63–73Ed Macauley (18)5–8
14November 27Philadelphia80–67Belus Smawley (20)6–8
15November 30at Tri-Cities89–82Ed Macauley (19)7–8
16December 1New York68–85Belus Smawley (20)7–9
17December 3at Sheboygan75–72Maughan, Rocha (18)8–9
18December 4Boston85–76Logan, Smawley (17)9–9
19December 7at Denver76–72Belus Smawley (27)10–9
20December 10at Baltimore66–69Ed Macauley (25)10–10
21December 14at Washington61–79Johnny Orr (12)10–11
22December 15at Boston81–83Rocha, Smawley (18)10–12
23December 16at Philadelphia68–54Belus Smawley (17)11–12
24December 17at New York76–81 (2OT)Belus Smawley (20)11–13
25December 21New York75–52Red Rocha (19)12–13
26December 22at Fort Wayne75–87Belus Smawley (22)12–14
27December 25Washington68–81Johnny Logan (24)12–15
28December 29Baltimore90–63Belus Smawley (15)13–15
29December 31at Rochester68–87Ed Macauley (21)13–16
30January 1Waterloo91–79Johnny Logan (24)14–16
31January 4Boston72–68Johnny Logan (20)15–16
32January 5at Fort Wayne83–87Red Rocha (20)15–17
33January 8Rochester73–75 (2OT)Johnny Logan (18)15–18
34January 12Minneapolis73–89Ed Macauley (22)15–19
35January 15Denver89–83Ed Macauley (25)16–19
36January 16at Chicago69–78Ed Macauley (23)16–20
37January 18at Waterloo69–80Ed Macauley (14)16–21
38January 19Fort Wayne74–64Red Rocha (19)17–21
39January 22Boston71–47Logan, Rocha, Smawley (14)18–21
40January 24vs Washington67–75Johnny Logan (23)18–22
41January 25at Minneapolis78–85Red Rocha (16)18–23
42January 26Washington71–82Red Rocha (18)18–24
43January 29Chicago51–66Belus Smawley (14)18–25
44February 2New York73–87Maughan, Smawley (13)18–26
45February 5Indianapolis76–64Ed Macauley (29)19–26
46February 7at Rochester84–90Ed Macauley (34)19–27
47February 8at New York84–82 (2OT)Macauley, Smawley (17)20–27
48February 9at Baltimore67–79Belus Smawley (12)20–28
49February 10at Boston79–89Macauley, Rocha (20)20–29
50February 12Philadelphia86–70Belus Smawley (23)21–29
51February 16Minneapolis71–72Belus Smawley (17)21–30
52February 19Sheboygan72–65Logan, Macauley (19)22–30
53February 22at Minneapolis57–100Logan, Macauley (11)22–31
54February 23Fort Wayne72–74Ed Macauley (20)22–32
55February 24at Chicago62–77Red Rocha (20)22–33
56February 26Rochester79–81Ed Macauley (31)22–34
57March 1Fort Wayne70–75Ed Macauley (23)22–35
58March 2at Fort Wayne61–91Red Rocha (19)22–36
59March 5Philadelphia71–67Ed Macauley (18)23–36
60March 8at New York78–80 (OT)Ed Macauley (24)23–37
61March 9at Syracuse74–85Ed Macauley (20)23–38
62March 10at Philadelphia73–78Belus Smawley (25)23–39
63March 11at Washington90–92Ed Macauley (21)23–40
64March 12at Rochester72–99Ed Macauley (20)23–41
65March 14at Boston86–76Ed Macauley (31)24–41
66March 16Baltimore71–63Ed Macauley (22)25–41
67March 17vs Chicago85–69Ed Macauley (35)26–41
68March 19Chicago64–80Ed Macauley (24)26–42

References

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