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La Salle Basketball · HistoryCatholic League Champions

1941–42

15–1 in the Catholic League, 1st. 25–2 overall. Head coach Joe Meehan.

League
15–1
1st
Overall
25–2
Top Scorer · PPG
7.8
Ed Burns

Scoring · Catholic League

Catholic League regular-season scoring, 1941–42
PlayerGPtsAvg
Ed Burns161247.8
Ed Shepper161197.4
Bill Maher161066.6
John Markulin14846.0
John Mlodzianowski14664.7
John Collins5275.4
Ray Nolen4123.0
Vince O'Donnell351.7
Gerry McGeehan122.0
Team1654534.1

Regular-season Catholic League games only.

Catholic League Champions

28–23W vs. West Catholic

After falling behind 3–0, La Salle answered with a 10-point run and held off West Catholic.

La Salle scoring: Ed Shepper 9, Bill Maher 7, Ed Burns 7

Site: The Palestra

Catholic League Playoffs

  1. Winvs. St. Thomas MoreSemifinal38–31
  2. Winvs. West CatholicFinal28–23

Honors

All-Catholic · First Team
Ed Burns, John Mlodzianowski
All-Catholic · Second Team
Ed Shepper, Bill Maher

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.