Paul Birch (basketball)

Personal information
Born	(1910-01-10)January 10, 1910
Died	June 5, 1982(1982-06-05) (aged 72) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Career information
College	Duquesne (1932–1935)
Playing career	1938–1948
Position	Guard
Career history
As player:
1938–1939	Pittsburgh Pirates
1941–1945	Fort Wayne Pistons
1945–1946	Youngstown Bears
1946–1948	Youngstown Cubs
As coach:
1946–1947	Pittsburgh Ironmen
1951–1954	Fort Wayne Pistons

Paul "Polly" Birch (January 4, 1910 – June 5, 1982) was an American basketball player and coach. He coached the now-defunct Pittsburgh Ironmen of the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the National Basketball Association (NBA)) in 1946, and the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons from 1951 through 1954. Birch had played for the Pistons during the early 1940s.^[1]

References

↑ Baseball, Basketball, Hockey and Football Online Statistics Databases - Baseball History, Basketball History, Hockey History, Football History, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL

External links

BasketballReference.com: Paul Birch

Pittsburgh Ironmen head coaches

Paul Birch (1946–1947)

Detroit Pistons head coaches

Carl Bennett (1948)
Curly Armstrong (1948–1949)
Murray Mendenhall (1949–1951)
Paul Birch (1951–1954)
Charley Eckman (1954–1957)
Red Rocha (1957–1960)
Dick McGuire (1959–1963)
Charles Wolf (1963–1964)
Dave DeBusschere (1964–1967)
Donnie Butcher (1967–1968)
Paul Seymour (1968–1969)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1969–1971)
Terry Dischinger (1971)
Earl Lloyd (1971–1972)
Ray Scott (1972–1976)
Herb Brown (1976–1977)
Bob Kauffman # (1977–1978)
Dick Vitale (1978–1979)
Richie Adubato # (1979–1980)
Scotty Robertson (1980–1983)
Chuck Daly (1983–1992)
Ron Rothstein (1992–1993)
Don Chaney (1993–1995)
Doug Collins (1995–1998)
Alvin Gentry (1998–2000)
George Irvine (2000–2001)
Rick Carlisle (2001–2003)
Larry Brown (2003–2005)
Flip Saunders (2005–2008)
Michael Curry (2008–2009)
John Kuester (2009–2011)
Lawrence Frank (2011–2013)
Maurice Cheeks (2013–2014)
John Loyer # (2014)
Stan Van Gundy (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 1943–44 NBL Champions

Paul Birch Jerry Bush Dale Hamilton Buddy Jeannette Bobby McDermott Jake Pelkington Chick Reiser Carlisle Towery Head coach Bobby McDermott

Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 1944–45 NBL Champions

Paul Birch Jerry Bush Jim Glass Buddy Jeannette Bobby McDermott Jake Pelkington Chick Reiser Ed Sadowski Charley Shipp Bob Synnott Head coach Bobby McDermott

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