Jerome Martin Fleishman
Born:
February 14, 1922
Brooklyn, NY
Died:
June 20, 2007
Boca Raton, FL
Career
1939-40 Erasmus Hall at Brooklyn, NY (High School)
1940-41 Erasmus Hall at Brooklyn, NY (High School)
1941-42 NYU (College)
1942-43 NYU (College)
1943-44 NYU (College)
1943-44 Philadelphia SPHAs (ABL)
1944-45 Philadelphia SPHAs (ABL)
1945-46 Philadelphia SPHAs (ABL)
1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors (BAA)
1947-48 Philadelphia Warriors (BAA)
1948-49 Philadelphia Warriors (BAA)
1949-50 Philadelphia Warriors (NBA)
1950-51 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1951-52 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1951-52 Saratoga / Schenectady Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1952-53 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1952-53 Philadelphia Warriors (NBA)
1952-53 New York Knicks (NBA)
Fleishman left school to join the Navy, and upon his return, decided not to return to NYU but go pro. After his NBA days, he went into business and in 1977 moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where he was a decent amateur tennis player.
Source:
Jews In Sports
Sun Sentinel, February 16, 1990
Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fleisje01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=fleisje01
My father just past away and I found an autographed picture in his military scrap book
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If you can scan it or take a photo and email it to me, I will add it
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