Jerry Rullo

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jerry Rullo

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 165

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|06|23}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|21|1923|6|23}}

| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| nationality = American

| high_school = John Bartram
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = Temple (1942–1946)

| career_start = 1946

| career_end = 1957

| career_number = 7, 6

| career_position = Guard

| years1 = 1946–1947

| team1 = Philadelphia Warriors

| years2 = 1947

| team2 = Baltimore Bullets

| years3 = 1947–1948

| team3 = Philadelphia Sphas

| years4 = 1948–{{nbay|1949|start}}

| team4 = Philadelphia Warriors

| years5 = 1949–1950

| team5 = Trenton Tigers

| years6 = 1950–1957

| team6 = Sunbury Mercuries

| highlights =

BAA champion (1947)
EPBL champion (1951)
EPBL Most Valuable Player (1951)
2× All-EPBL First Team (1951, 1953)
2× All-EPBL Second Team (1952, 1954)

}}

Generoso Charles "Jerry" Rullo (June 23, 1923 – October 21, 2016) was an American professional basketball player.

Biography

He attended John Bartram High School in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Jerry's journey |url=https://southphillyreview.com/2016/11/03/jerrys-journey/ |website=South Philly Review |access-date=October 6, 2020 |date=November 3, 2016}} A {{convert|5|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} guard from Temple University, Rullo played four seasons (1946–1950) in the Basketball Association of America/National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 2.9 points per game in his BAA/NBA career and won a league championship with Philadelphia in 1947. Rullo played for eight seasons in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) for the Sunbury Mercuries. He was selected as the EPBL Most Valuable Player in 1951 and was a four-time All-EPBL team selection.{{cite web |title=Jerry Rullo minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-rullojer001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=June 20, 2021}} He won an EPBL championship with the Mercuries in 1951.{{cite web |title=1950-51 Sunbury Mercuries Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-EBASUM/y-1950 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 4, 2025}}

With the deaths of Ralph Kaplowitz and Angelo Musi in 2009, Rullo was the last living member of that Warriors championship team, the first in the history of the BAA/NBA. With the death of Kenny Sailors in January 2016, Rullo became the last living player from the inaugural 1946–47 season of the BAA. He died on October 21, 2016, of heart failure at Penn Medicine Rittenhouse.{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Bonnie L. |title=Jerry Rullo, 94, basketball pro became city rec coach |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20161030_Jerry_Rullo__94__basketball_pro_became_city_rec_coach.html |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=October 6, 2020 |date=October 30, 2016}}

BAA/NBA career statistics

Year ! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! APG ! PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba"\| 1946–47† \| style="text-align:left;"\| Philadelphia \| 50	.299	.489	.4	2.5
style="text-align:left;"\| 1947–48 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Baltimore \| 2	.000	.000	.0	.0
style="text-align:left;"\| 1948–49 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Philadelphia \| 39	.290	.689	1.2	3.5
style="text-align:left;"\| 1949–50 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Philadelphia \| 4	.333	1.000	.5	1.8
style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|Career \| 95	.292	.591	.7	2.9

=Playoffs=

Year ! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! APG ! PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba"\| 1947† \| style="text-align:left;"\| Philadelphia \| 7	.231	1.000	.0	1.0
style="text-align:left;"\| 1949 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Philadelphia \| 2	.250	1.000	.5	3.0
style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|Career \| 9	.238	1.000	.1	1.4

References

External links

{{basketballstats|bbr=r/rulloje01}}
{{Find a Grave|id=171782184|access-date=2023-01-02}}

Category:1923 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players

Category:Basketball players from Philadelphia

Category:Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania)

Category:Guards (basketball)

Category:Philadelphia Warriors players

Category:Philadelphia Sphas players

Category:Sunbury Mercuries players

Category:Temple Owls men's basketball players

Category:21st-century American Jews

Category:20th-century American sportsmen