of independent basketball, in 1951–52, before dissolving. Bobby Cook, who had scored an NBA-record 44 points in a Red Skins home game against the Denver Nuggets in January 1950, coached the team. The final Sheboygan Red Skins team consisted of several former University of Wisconsin players and compiled a winning record, primarily playing other independent Midwest teams. Attendance was low, however, and the team discontinued operations after losing its final game to the College All-Stars at the Armory. Notable alumni Bob Bolyard Bob Brannum Ken Buehler Jack Burmaster Paul Cloyd Bobby Cook Ed Dancker Merlin "Boody" Gilbertson John Givens Luther Harris George Hesik Bobby Holm Noble Jorgensen Tony Kelly Otto Kolar John Kotz Les Kuplic Walt Lautenbach Rube Lautenschlager Fred B. Lewis Slim Lonsdorf Al Lucas Bill McDonald Max Morris Al Moschetti Mike Novak Wally Osterkorn Jack Phelan Joe "Scoop" Posewitz Johnny Posewitz Dave Quabius Carl Roth Milt Schoon Paul Sokody Kenny Suesens Mike Todorovich Danny Wagner Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Head coaches Edwin "Doc" Schutte, 1938–39 Frank Zummach, 1939–1942 Carl Roth, 1942–1944 Henry "Dutch" Dehnert, 1944–1946 Doxie Moore, 1946–1948 Bobby McDermott, 1947–48 (player-coach) Ken Suesens, 1948–1951 (player-coach in 1948–49) Bobby Cook, 1951–52 (player-coach) Season-by-season records |- !colspan="6"|Sheboygan Red Skins (NBL) |- |1938–39 ||11||17||0.393|| || |- |1939–40 ||15||13||0.536||1–2||Lost Western Division finals |- |1940–41 ||13||11||0.542||2–4||Lost NBL finals |- |1941–42 ||10||14||0.417|| || |- |1942–43 ||12||11||0.522||4–1||NBL champions |- |1943–44 ||14||8||0.636||2–4||Lost NBL finals |- |1944–45 ||19||11||0.633||4–4||Lost NBL finals |- |1945–46 ||21||13||0.618||3–5||Lost NBL finals |- |1946–47 ||26||18||0.591||2–3||Lost Western Division semifinals |- |1947–48 ||23||37||0.383|| || |- |1948–49 ||35||29||0.547||0–2||Lost Western Division semifinals |- !colspan="6"|Sheboygan Red Skins (NBA) |- |1949–50 ||22||40||0.355||1–2||Lost Western Division semifinals |- !colspan="6"|Sheboygan Red Skins (NPBL) |- |1950–51 ||29||16||0.644|| ||Top mark when league dissolved |- References Further reading External links Complete Sheboygan Redskins History 1938 establishments in Wisconsin 1952 disestablishments in Wisconsin Basketball teams established in 1938 Basketball teams disestablished in 1952 Defunct National Basketball Association teams National Professional Basketball League (1950–51) Sheboygan, Wisconsin