Bobby McDermott

Bobby McDermott
Personal information
Born	January 7, 1914; Queens, New York, U.S.
Died	October 3, 1963 (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
Playing
1933–1934	Long Island Imperials
1934–1936	Brooklyn Visitations
1936	Brooklyn Jewels
1936–1939	Original Celtics
1939–1940	Baltimore Clippers
1940–1941	Original Celtics
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
Coaching
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
	As player: ABL champion (1935); 3× NBL champion (1944, 1945, 1947); 5× NBL Most Valuable Player (1942–1946); 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; NBL All-Time Greatest Player; 3× WPBT champion (1944–1946); WPBT MVP (1944); 3× All-WPBT First Team (1944–1946); 2× All-WPBT Second Team (1943, 1948); All-Time Pro Stars First Team (1945); As head coach: 3× NBL champion (1944, 1945, 1947); 2× NBL Coach of the Year (1944, 1945);
	Basketball Hall of Fame

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.