PACIFIC COAST BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Finished:
First Half: 21-10 .677, 2nd place
Second Half: 14-7 .667, 1st place
Playoffs - Forfeited to Seattle
The team with the best overall record in the PCBL in 1947-48, Bellingham added Vancouver's Norm Baker to the roster for the playoffs. Bellingham defeated Seattle in the opening game, 84-77. Don Baker, Seattle's owner, protested the acquisition of Baker, and the League President Ray Clark (also part-owner of Portland) declared the game a forfeit. Bellingham appealed, threatening to withdraw from the playoffs if the decision. It stood, and Bellingham walked away.
- Head Coach: Gale Bishop (June 4, 1922 - December 26, 2003) Also played. See below.
PLAYERS:
- Al Akins (June 13, 1921 - August 29, 1995)
- Jack Baker (August 31, 1923 - November 14, 1994)
- Norm Baker (February 17, 1923 - April 23, 1989) **
- Gale Bishop (June 4, 1922 - December 26, 2003)
- Hank Chamberlin (March 17, 1919 - November 7, 2009)
- Bobby Dorr (May 17, 1917 - July 28, 2005)
- Cliff Gaffney (December 30, 1920 - June 13, 2014)
- Elmer Gainer (November 22, 1918 - September 29, 1970)
- Al Maul (November 27, 1923 - September 30, 1997)
- Chuck Patterson (August 2, 1914 - October 1, 1988)
- Ted Thompson (April 26, 1920 - January 3, 1993)
** Once the 1947-48 regular season was over, Vancouver was eliminated and Baker signed with Bellingham for the playoffs. He played in the first playoff game against Seattle. Seattle filed a protest, saying that Baker was not properly signed by Bellingham per the league rules. The 84-77 Bellingham win was revered to a Seattle victory by forfeit. In protest, Bellingham quit the league. So in short, Baker appeared in one game for Bellingham where the results didn't don't count.
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