Ralph Siewert

Ralph Paul Siewert (December 31, 1923 – November 21, 1990) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the St. Louis Bombers and Toronto Huskies during the inaugural 1946–47 season of the Basketball Association of America. At tall,

Career At high school in Mount Clemens, Michigan, Siewart was both a center in basketball and a first baseman in baseball.

In 1944, he was a batting practice pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Ideally, the team would have sent him to the minor leagues for experience, but the team could not imagine him folding his long legs on bus rides.

Siewert then went to college at Dakota Wesleyan University, where Siewert earned the nickname "Sky", His college career ended prematurely when it was discovered that he had pitched professionally. Afterwards, he signed to play American football with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference.

Siewert started his professional basketball career with the St. Louis Bombers. Fans started calling Siewert "Timber" because he kept falling like a tree when knocked down by stronger players. In February 1947, the Toronto Huskies acquired Siewert. Siewert averaged just 1.1 points per game with the Huskies and had the lowest field goal percentage on the team.

Siewert scored a total of 20 points in his 21-game career.

BAA career statistics Legend GP Games played FG% Field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage APG Assists per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1946–47 St. Louis 7 .077 .400 .0 .6 1946–47 Toronto 14 .161 .600 .3 1.1Career 21 .136 .533 .2 1.0