National Basketball League (1979)
1980
National Basketball League 1979
Champion: St. Kilda Pumas
Regular Season Champion: St. Kilda Pumas
Finals MVP: Larry Sengstock
League MVP & Import POY: Ken Richardson
Coach of the Year: Brian Kerle
Players / Stats
League History
Semis Final Semis
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Canberra C.93
National Basketball League Final: St. Kilda Pumas - Canberra Cannons 94-93

St. Kilda Saints: Alan Mikkor, Daryl West 2, Gary Voss, Ian Manson, Larry Sengstock 33, Peter Vitols 6, Robbie Cadee 16, Steve Breheny 18, Tony Barnett
Canberra Cannons: Bernie Maher, Cal Stamp 32, Garry Ball, Herb Mceachin 24, Ian Ellis 11, Jerry Lee 17, Jim Cotta 7, Les Hurst 2, Neil Richardson, Nick Gasgoigne

Standings 1979
#
Club
W-L
PTS
LOST
1
St. Kilda Pumas
15-3
1689
1431
2
Canberra Cannons
13-5
1448
1398
3
Nunawading Spectres
13-5
1439
1349
4
West Adelaide Bearcats
12-6
1523
1397
5
Brisbane Bullets
10-8
1628
1625
6
Newcastle Falcons
8-10
1550
1582
7
City of Sydney Astronauts
8-10
1528
1609
8
Illawarra Hawks
5-13
1442
1521
9
Glenelg Tigers
3-15
1340
1524
10
Bankstown Bruins
3-15
1484
1635
 
- qualified to the play-offs
Stats Leaders 1979
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Brisbane
175 PG 25y
Avg: 33.2 ppg

1
Cal Bruton
33.2
2
Ken Richardson
26.2
3
Dave Ankeney
25.3
4
Cal Stamp
23.8
5
Jim Slacke
23.8
St. Kilda Pumas 1979
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Larry Sengstock
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Steve Breheny
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eIMMaR CidRR 064 (8'9'') G 92 Australian
viQQF ARjDsUIZV 026 (8'8'') Oy 02 Australian
AURLR mQRhRjF 021 (8'5'') G 93 Australian
mall bZGRR 910 (8'4'') y Australian
gijjF bIQsRu 026 (8'8'') y 90 Australian
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GiQF kIss 024 (8'8'') y Australian
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 Left: Brian Kerle (coach)
 Average Height: 193.6 cm (6'4.2'')
 Average Age: 24.2
Finals MVP
Larry Sengstock
League MVP & Import POY
Ken Richardson
Australiabasket.com All-Australian NBL Awards 1979-Nov 17, 1979
Ken Richardson, 29-year old American forward from the West Adelaide Bearcats, was honored as the Player of the Year at the National Basketball League. He graduated from the Ohio Dominican years ago. Richardson received multiple other awards, earned the Forward of the Year and was voted to the First Team. Larry Sengstock, 19-year old power forward from the champion team Southern Melbourne Saints, picked up the Finals MVP of National Basketball League. He was also selected to the First Team. Cal Bruton, 25-year old Australian point guard from the Brisbane Bullets, was named the Guard of the Year at the National Basketball League. He Is the Wichita State alumni from 1976. Bruton was also chosen to the First Team. Cal Stamp, American swingman from the runner-up team finalist team the Canberra Cannons, was named to the First Team of National Basketball League. He Is ex Wake Forest from 1975. Kevin Boyd, forward from the Nunawading Spectres, earned a spot in the First Team at the National Basketball League.
Player of the Year: USA Ken Richardson (198-F-29) of W.Adelaide B.
Finals MVP: Australian Larry Sengstock (198-PF-19) of St.Kilda Pumas
Guard of the Year: Australian-USA Cal Bruton (175-PG-25) of Brisbane B.
Forward of the Year: USA Ken Richardson (198-F-29) of W.Adelaide B.
Center of the Year: Australian Jeff Ellenson (206-C) of Bankstown B.
Coach of the Year: Australian Brian Kerle of St.Kilda Pumas


Australiabasket.com Australian NBL First Team 1979
Richardson
Sengstock
Stamp
Boyd
Bruton

First Team
USA Ken Richardson (198-F-29) of W.Adelaide B.
Australian Larry Sengstock (198-PF-19) of St.Kilda Pumas
USA Cal Stamp (202-F/G) of Canberra C.
Australian Kevin Boyd (197-F) of Nunawading S.
Australian-USA Cal Bruton (175-PG-25) of Brisbane B.


Australiabasket.com Australian NBL Second Team 1979
Ankeney
Barnett
Leslie
McEachin
Black

Second Team
Australian Dave Ankeney (185-G-26) of Newcastle F.
Australian Tony Barnett (197-F-27) of St.Kilda Pumas
Australian David Leslie (191-F) of City of Sydney
USA Herb McEachin (198-G/F-25) of Canberra C.
Australian Alan Black (188-G-22) of Nunawading S.

Third Team
USA Jim Slacke (198-F/C-25) of Illawarra H.
Australian Jeff Ellenson (206-C) of Bankstown B.
Australian Jim Cotta (191-G/F) of Canberra C.
Australian Robbie Cadee (187-G-29) of St.Kilda Pumas
Australian Rick Hodges (196-F/C) of Glenelg Tigers
*The awards were created by Australiabasket.com staff based on the stats (if available), teams' performance and players' performance. It very often required deeper research and collecting various data about the players and their teams.