Joseph 'Chick' Reiser, 5ft 11-inch 165 pound guard Baltimore Bullets - When head coach Buddy Jeannette needed a ballhawking defensive ace who could also score points, he talked his former teammate Chick Reiser, Fort Wayne of the NBL, to join the Baltimore team prior to the opening of the 1947-1948 season. Joe Reiser was a very aggressive basketball player and led his former league with 153 fouls the previous season, 1946-1947. None-the-less he possessed quick moving hands and was among the leaders in steals and turnovers created. He also was an excellent free throw shooter. In his first season season with the Bullets Joseph Reiser made 137-of-185 free throws for a .741 percentage.
He played with Fort Wayne a total of 4-years from 1943-44 thru 1946-47 and two with Baltimore 1947-48, 1948-49 and one with Washington 1949-50 and every one of those years those teams made the postseason playoffs. Joseph Resier compiled a career 10.4 points per game average in 171 regular season games. |