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La Salle Basketball · History

1955–56

12–1 in the Catholic League, 1st in the North Division. Head coach Obie O'Brien.

League
12–1
1st
Overall
—
Not listed
Top Scorer · PPG
21.2
Joe Heyer

Scoring · Catholic League

Catholic League regular-season scoring, 1955–56
PlayerGPtsAvg
Joe Heyer1327621.2
Hugh Brolly1316512.7
John Simpson131239.5
Rich Amejka13927.1
Charles O'Brien13896.8
Tom Haggerty9323.6
George Bauder8273.4
Tom Hopkins7243.4
Tom Heron8212.6
Charles Murray133.0
Team1385265.5

Regular-season Catholic League games only.

Catholic League Title Game

47–48L vs. North Catholic

North Catholic won by a point on a rebound basket in the final seconds.

La Salle scoring: Hugh Brolly 18, Joe Heyer 17

Site: The Palestra

Catholic League Playoffs

  1. Winvs. St. JamesSemifinal67–49
  2. Lossvs. North CatholicFinal47–48

Honors

All-Catholic · First Team
Joe Heyer, Hugh Brolly

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.