Carl Bennett

Carl Blair Bennett

Born: December 7, 1915 in Rockford, Indiana

Died: May 15, 2013

High School: North Side in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Franchises

Detroit Pistons: 1948 to March 27, 1954

Team Records

Team Records Table
			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Finish	G	W	L	W/L%	Notes
1948-49	FTW	BAA	60	22	38	.367	-8.0	5	0	0	0
1949-50	FTW	NBA	69	41	28	.594	6.5	3	4	2	2	.500
1950-51	FTW	NBA	68	32	36	.471	-2.0	3	3	1	2	.333
1951-52	FTW	NBA	66	29	37	.439	-4.0	4	2	0	2	.000
1952-53	FTW	NBA	69	36	33	.522	1.5	3	8	4	4	.500
1953-54	FTW	NBA	72	40	32	.556	4.0	3	4	0	4	.000
Career			404	200	204	.495	-2		21	7	14	.333

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Detroit Pistons Franchise (January 1, 1948 - March 27, 1954)

May 10, 1948: Selected Ward Williams (1st round, 8th pick), Bobby Cook (2nd round, ?? pick), Link Richmond (4th round, ?? pick), Kenny Rollins (3rd round, ?? pick) and Murray Wier (5th round, ?? pick) in the 1948 BAA Draft.

December 1, 1948: Acquired player rights to Roy Pugh from the Philadelphia Warriors.

December 19, 1948: Traded Ralph Hamilton, Walt Kirk and Blackie Towery to the Indianapolis Jets for Bruce Hale and John Mahnken.

January 30, 1949: Sold player rights to Bob Kinney to the Boston Celtics.

February 3, 1949: Traded Leo Mogus and cash to the Indianapolis Jets for Charlie Black.

March 21, 1949: Selected Bob Harris (1st round, 3rd pick), John Oldham (2nd round, 15th pick), Fred Schaus (?? round, ?? pick), Jerry Nagel (?? round, ?? pick), Dal Zuber (?? round, ?? pick), Lloyd Doehrmann (?? round, ?? pick) and Charley Parsley (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1949 BAA Draft.

November 2, 1949: Sold player rights to Jack Smiley to the Anderson Packers.

November 9, 1949: Traded John Mahnken to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks for Jack Kerris.

December 3, 1949: Sold player rights to Dick Triptow to the Baltimore Bullets.

December 5, 1949: Sold player rights to Gene Englund to the Boston Celtics.

January 18, 1950: Traded Charlie Black and Richie Niemiera to the Anderson Packers for Ralph Johnson and Howie Schultz.

February 6, 1950: Acquired player rights to Duane Klueh from the Denver Nuggets.

February 7, 1950: Sold player rights to Bill Henry to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.

April 25, 1950: Selected George Yardley (1st round, 8th pick), Jim Riffey (2nd round, 20th pick), Art Burris (3rd round, 32nd pick), Lenny Rzeszewski (4th round, 44th pick), Leroy Thompson (5th round, 56th pick), Bob Metcalf (6th round, 68th pick), Hugh Jones (7th round, 80th pick), Billy Joe Adcock (8th round, 92nd pick) and Al Henningsen (9th round, 104th pick) in the 1950 NBA Draft.

December 8, 1950: Sold player rights to John Hargis to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.

December 8, 1950: Acquired player rights to Don Otten from the Baltimore Bullets.

December 19, 1950: Traded Bob Harris to the Boston Celtics for Dick Mehen.

February 15, 1951: Acquired player rights to Ken Murray from the Baltimore Bullets.

April 10, 1951: Hired Paul Birch as Head Coach.

April 25, 1951: Selected Zeke Sinicola (1st round, 4th pick), Jack Kiley (2nd round, 14th pick), Jake Fendley (3rd round, 24th pick), Herb Hargett (4th round, 34th pick), Leo Johnson (5th round, 44th pick), Frank Calsbeek (6th round, 54th pick), Jim Ramstead (7th round, 64th pick) and John Manning (8th round, 74th pick) in the 1951 NBA Draft.

April 26, 1951: Traded Bill Sharman to the Boston Celtics for Chuck Share. Some sources have Bob Brannum to Boston in this deal but he was already sold to them on September 23, 1950.

May 31, 1951: Traded Dick Mehen, Howie Schultz and cash to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks for Frankie Brian.

October 10, 1951: Sold player rights to Howie Schultz to the Minneapolis Lakers. (Schultz was traded to Tri-Cities on May 31, 1951 but evidently he was returned.)

February 11, 1952: Traded Art Burris and cash to the Milwaukee Hawks for Dike Eddleman.

April 26, 1952: Selected Dick Groat (1st round, 3rd pick), Bill Carlson (3rd round, ?? pick), Hal Cerra (4th round, ?? pick), Bob Clifton (5th round, ?? pick), Leo Corkery (6th round, ?? pick), Monk Meineke (2nd round, ?? pick), Lee Terrill (7th round, ?? pick) and Jim Ramstead (8th round, ?? pick) in the 1952 NBA Draft.

November 28, 1952: Acquired player rights to Andy Phillip from the Philadelphia Warriors.

February 16, 1953: Traded Jack Kerris and Ralph O'Brien to the Baltimore Bullets for Don Boven and Fred Scolari.

April 24, 1953: Selected Jack Molinas (1st round, 4th pick), George Glasgow (2nd round, 13th pick), Jim Bredar (3rd round, ?? pick), Jim Bingham (4th round, ?? pick), Mike Bednar (5th round, ?? pick), Norb Lewinski (6th round, ?? pick), William Hogan (7th round, ?? pick), Dean Kelley (8th round, ?? pick) and Dick White (9th round, ?? pick) in the 1953 NBA Draft.

August 23, 1953: Acquired player rights to Mel Hutchins from the Milwaukee Hawks.

December 21, 1953: Traded Chuck Share to the Milwaukee Hawks for Max Zaslofsky.

December 29, 1953: Sold player rights to Fred Schaus to the New York Knicks.

February 12, 1954: Traded cash to the Baltimore Bullets for Leo Barnhorst.