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1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season

St. Louis Arena The 1949–50 St. Louis Bombers 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

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College/Club Team
T (1)	– (5)	Ed Macauley	PF/C	USA	Saint Louis
2	15	Johnny Orr	SF	USA United States	Beloit College
3	27	Marv Schatzman	SF	USA United States	Saint Louis
4	38	Preston Ward	SG/SF	USA United States	Missouri State
5	47	Earl Dodd	SF	USA United States	Northeast Missouri State
6	54	Dave "Jack" Davidson	SG	USA United States	Stanford
7	60	John Pritchard	PF/C	USA United States	Drake
8	66	Claude "Bob" Retherford	SG	USA United States	Nebraska
9	69	Cliff "Joe" Crandall	SG/SF	USA United States	Oregon State
10	71	Eddie Van Zant	–	USA United States	Northwestern State College

This ultimately became the last draft the St. Louis Bombers would ever participate in. They were initially slated to be a part of the 1950 NBA draft, which would be the debut NBA draft to utilize the proper NBA name following the merger of the Basketball Association of America that the Bombers were in with the National Basketball League, but the Bombers would ultimately fold operations the day before the 1950 NBA draft began, with four other teams also leaving the NBA around this time to create a short-lived rivaling basketball league of their own.

Roster

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Dispersal Draft

After the Bombers folded their franchise officially the day before the 1950 NBA draft began on April 24, 1950 (the same day the likes of the original Denver Nuggets, Sheboygan Red Skins, and Waterloo Hawks all withdrew from the NBA in order to join up with the Anderson Packers (who previously withdrew from the NBA themselves on April 10, 1950 following pressure from bigger marketplace teams like the Knicks, Celtics, and Warriors) to create the short-lived rivaling National Professional Basketball League as a means for them to all try and survive together), the St. Louis franchise would join the Packers players (who had previously withdrawn from the NBA before creating the NPBL with the other three teams that withdrew on the same day the Bombers folded) in a dispersal draft that the NBA held on August 25, 1950 as the first of three different dispersal drafts held during the 1950–51 NBA season period. In the Bombers' case, they were the only team from the initial April 24, 1950 deadline to not post a $50,000 bond to the NBA by the newly-established league's deadline and not defect themselves into the newer, rivaling National Professional Basketball League soon afterward. The following teams acquired these players from the Bombers during the dispersal draft period.

Baltimore Bullets: Bill Roberts & Red Rocha
Boston Celtics: Ed Macauley
Minneapolis Lakers: Mac Otten
Philadelphia Warriors: Easy Parham
Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Johnny Logan
Washington Capitols: Ariel Maughan & Don Putman

References

Meyer, Roger. (2003). "Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia". SPORT Media Publishing, Inc..

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