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La Salle Basketball · History

1938–39

12–4 in the Catholic League. Head coach Obie O'Brien.

League
12–4
Overall
—
Not listed
Top Scorer · PPG
8.1
Larry O'Donnell

Scoring · Catholic League

Catholic League regular-season scoring, 1938–39
PlayerGPtsAvg
Larry O'Donnell161298.1
George Thompson14765.4
Leo McLaverty13634.8
George Swoyer12292.4
John "Tex" Flannery10252.5
Jim O'Neill5132.6
Don Brady4112.8
Charles Cunningham492.3
Jim O'Brien252.5
John McCann252.5
John Mlodzianowski155.0
Horace Suplee231.5
Minnich122.0
Not credited to a player10
Team1638524.1

Regular-season Catholic League games only.

Split season: 5–3 in the first half (3rd, tied) and 7–1 in the second half (1st, tied), then lost a playoff to St. Joseph's Prep.

Catholic League Playoffs

  1. Lossvs. St. Joseph's PrepPlayoff17–25

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.