Buddy Jeannette

Buddy Jeannette

File:Buddy Jeannette.jpg
Personal information
Born	(1917-09-15)September 15, 1917 New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Died	March 11, 1998(1998-03-11) (aged 80) Nashua, New Hampshire
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	New Kensington (New Kensington, Pennsylvania)
College	Washington & Jefferson (1934–1938)
Playing career	1938–1950
Position	Guard
Number	26, 6, 14
Career history
As player:
1938–1939	Cleveland White Horses
1939–1941	Detroit Eagles
1942-1943	Sheboygan Red Skins
1943–1946	Fort Wayne Pistons
1946–1950	Baltimore Bullets
As coach:
1946–1951	Baltimore Bullets
1952–1956	Georgetown Hoyas
1964–1965, 1966–1967	Baltimore Bullets
1969–1970	Pittsburgh Pipers
Career highlights and awards
BAA champion (1948) All-BAA Second Team (1948)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

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 Team of the National Basketball League (NBL) four times, and won titles with the NBL's Sheboygan Red Skins in 1943 and Fort Wayne Pistons in 1944 and 1945. Jeannette also won a title with the American Basketball League's Baltimore Bullets in 1947.

Most of his playing career came prior to the formation of the modern National Basketball Association (NBA) or its predecessor leagues; however Jeannette did serve three years as a player-coach for the original Baltimore Bullets of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). In the 1948 BAA playoffs, he became the first player-coach to win a professional championship. After his playing career ended in 1950, he coached the original Bullets for one more season. He then became the head coach at Georgetown University for four seasons, leading the team to an appearance in the 1953 National Invitation Tournament.

Jeannette returned to the ranks of professional coaching in the NBA to lead the modern Baltimore Bullets twice, once for a full season and once as an interim coach. He later would coach the American Basketball Association's Pittsburgh Pipers for part of a season.

In 1994, Jeannette was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Jeannette attended Washington and Jefferson College, in Washington, Pennsylvania.

BAA/NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	FG%	Field-goal percentage
FT%	Free-throw percentage	APG	Assists per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

†	Denotes season in which Jeannette won a BAA championship

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1947–48†	Baltimore	46	.349	.758	1.5	10.7
1948–49	Baltimore	56	.367	.784	2.2	5.6
1949–50	Baltimore	37	.284	.820	2.5	5.2
Career		139	.341	.781	2.1	7.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1948†	Baltimore	11	.492	.881	1.1	8.8
1949	Baltimore	3	.154	1.000	1.7	2.7
Career		14	.432	.891	1.2	7.5

Head coaching record

Sources

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Baltimore Bullets (Basketball Association of America) (1947–1951)
1947–48	Baltimore	28-20	Western Division	2nd	Won BAA Final
1948–49	Baltimore	29-31	Eastern Division	3rd	Lost Eastern Division Semifinal
1949–50	Baltimore	25-43	Eastern Division	5th	none
1950–51	Baltimore	24-42	Eastern Division	5th	none
Baltimore:		106–136
Georgetown Hoyas (college independent) (1952–1956)
1952–53	Georgetown	13–7	–	–	NIT First Round
1953–54	Georgetown	11–18	–	–	none
1954–55	Georgetown	12–13	–	–	none
1955–56	Georgetown	13–11	–	–	none
Georgetown:		49–49
Baltimore Bullets (National Basketball Association) (1964–1965)
1964–65	Baltimore	37-43	Western Division	3rd	Lost Western Division Final
Baltimore Bullets (National Basketball Association) (1966–1967)
1966–67	Baltimore	3-13	Western Division	5th	none
Baltimore:		40–56
Pittsburgh Pipers (American Basketball Association) (1969–1970)
1969–70	Pittsburgh	15-30	Eastern Division	5th	none
Pittsburgh:		15–30
Total:		210–271
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Further reading

• Peterson, Robert W. (2002). "Seeds of the NBA". Cages to Jump Shots: Pro Basketball's Early Years. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 124–141. ISBN 0-8032-8772-0.

External links

• Buddy Jeannette at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame