Bobby McDermott

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Bobby McDermott

Personal information
Born	(1914-01-07)January 7, 1914 Queens, New York, U.S.
Died	October 3, 1963(1963-10-03) (aged 49) Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1934–1950
Position	Guard
Career history
As player:
1934–1936	Brooklyn Visitations
1939–1941	Baltimore Clippers
1941–1946	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
1946–1947	Chicago American Gears
1947	Sheboygan Red Skins
1947–1948	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1948–1949	Hammond Calumet Buccaneers
1949–1950	Wilkes-Barre Barons
1950	Grand Rapids Hornets
As coach:
1943–1945	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
1947	Chicago American Gears
1947	Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (interim HC)
1947–1948	Sheboygan Red Skins
1948–1949	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1950	Grand Rapids Hornets
Career highlights and awards
As player: ABL champion (1935) 3× NBL champion (1944, 1945, 1947) 4× NBL Most Valuable Player (1943–1946) 6× All-NBL First Team (1942–1947) All-NBL Second Team (1948) NBL scoring champion (1943) NBL all-time leading scorer NBL All-Time Team 3× WPBT champion (1944–1946) WPBT MVP (1944) 3× All-WPBT First Team (1944–1946) 2× All-WPBT Second Team (1943, 1948) As head coach: 3× NBL champion (1944, 1945, 1947) 2× NBL Coach of the Year (1944, 1945)
Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Robert Frederick McDermott (January 7, 1914 – October 3, 1963) was an American professional basketball player in the 1930s and 1940s. He was known as an outstanding shooter and has been called "the greatest long-distance shooter in the history of the game" by contemporaries. His grandson is businessman Bill McDermott. McDermott was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.