Benny Borgmann

Bernhard Borgmann, Jr.


Born:
November 2, 1898
Haledon, NJ

Died:
November 11, 1978
Hawthorne, NJ


Career
1916-17 Paterson Crescents (IBL)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (EBL)
1919-20 Paterson Kleen Maids (Independent)
1920-21 Paterson (Independent)
1921-22 Paterson Powers Brothers (MBL)
1921-22 Kingston (NYSL)
1921-22 Springfield Gunners (IL)
1922-23 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1922-23 Kingston (NYSL)
1922-23 Springfield Gunners (IL)
1923-24 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1923-24 Cohoes Trojans (NYSL)
1924-25 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1925-26 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1926-27 Paterson Legionaires / Kingston Raiders (NYN)
1926-27 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL) Head coach / player
1927-28 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1928-29 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1929-30 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL) Head coach / player
1930-31 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1930-31 Honsdale (PSL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Moose (EBL)
1931-32 Long Island Pro-Imps (MBL)
1932-33 Paterson Continentals (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1934-35 Newark/New Britain Mules (ABL)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passiac Reds (ABL) Head coach / player
1945-46 Paterson Crescents (ABL) Head coach
1946-47 Syracuse Nationals (NBL) Head coach
1947-48 Syracuse Nationals (NBL) Head coach
1948-49 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1949-50 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1950-51 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1951-52 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1952-53 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1953-54 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1961

A baseball and basketball player, Borgmann was a long time pro basketball player and coach, following a journey that would lead him to be one of the first members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a minor league baseball player for many years, and would go out to be a scout for various teams for 32 years.

He and his wife (Lillian? Connie) had one son.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=borgma001ber


Source:
Morning Call (Allentown, PA), November 16, 1978

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/benny-borgmann/