Earl Hafner

Earl Harry Hafner


Born:
July 29, 1921
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Died:
March 15, 1988
Trenton, NJ


Career
1945-46 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 Wilkes-Barre Barons (PSL)
1946-47 Wilkes-Barre Barons (EPBL)
1947-48 Williamsport Billies (EPBL)
1948-49 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1948-49 Sunbury Mercuries (EPBL)

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Harry and Bessie Hafner. Hafner served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War 2 before playing basketball for a few seasons. He played under the name "Mitchell" with Wilkes-Barre in 1946.

His first marriage to Dorothy Ganyo (1927-1955) ended in a 1953 divorce. He remarried to Dorothy Puglise (1928-2009) and they had two sons and a daughter.

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Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/earl-hafner/