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La Salle Basketball · HistoryCatholic League Champions

1949–50

14–0 in the Catholic League, 1st. 27–1 overall. Head coach Obie O'Brien.

League
14–0
1st
Overall
27–1
Top Scorer · PPG
18.6
Tom Gola

Scoring · Catholic League

Catholic League regular-season scoring, 1949–50
PlayerGPtsAvg
Tom Gola1426018.6
John Kane1414310.2
Fran "Wacky" O'Hara131269.7
Connie Miller14966.9
Charlie Mohr13745.7
Tom McGowan13524.0
John Theveny11423.8
Jim Dever8232.9
Fred Hess4133.3
Carl Beck4133.3
Bob Shields372.3
Charley Greenberg231.5
Team1485260.9

Regular-season Catholic League games only.

Catholic League Champions

28–23W vs. South Catholic

Tom Gola led the way and no South Catholic player reached double figures, finishing a 27–1 season.

La Salle scoring: Tom Gola 14, John Kane 7

Site: The Palestra

Catholic League Playoffs

  1. Winvs. West CatholicSemifinal54–40
  2. Winvs. South CatholicFinal28–23

Honors

Markward Award · League MVP
Tom Gola
All-Catholic · First Team
Tom Gola, Fran "Wacky" O'Hara
All-Catholic · Second Team
John Kane

Coaches’ All-Catholic teams.

In Memory

Records courtesy of Ted Silary

Championships, standings, records, coaches, honors, playoff results and scoring on these pages come from TedSilary.com, Ted Silary’s archive of Philadelphia high school sports. Standings from 1919–20 and scoring from 1938–39, through 2021–22.