Astoria Royal Chinooks

The Astoria Royal Chinooks, known also as the Lower Columbia Royal Chinooks, were a professional basketball team based in Astoria, Oregon who played in the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League (PCBL) during the 1947–48 season. Wally Palmberg, a graduate of Oregon State University, was their player-coach and part-owner.^[1] At the start of February, 1948 the Royal Chinooks called a team meeting to announce that they were folding due to low attendance. All of their roster were declared free agents and most of them signed with other clubs.^[2] Their home court was Astoria Armory.

Roster

Bill Magruder, forward
Rube Wirkkunen, forward
Ken Hays, center from the University of Oregon
Jack Howard, guard
Jim Vernon, guard
Ty Lovelace, guard from Eugene High School
Wally Palmberg, guard and head coach from Oregon State University
Bob Warren, guard
Erland "Andy" Anderson, forward from Oregon State University
Frank Smith

References

^ "Indians open slate Saturday". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 30 November 1947. p. 35.
^ "Astoria quits pro league". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 3 February 1948. p. 15.

[1] "Indians open slate Saturday". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 30 November 1947. p. 35.

[2] "Astoria quits pro league". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. 3 February 1948. p. 15.

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