Peach Basket Society: 1934-35

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Lou Wisner

Louis Mark Wisner
born Louis Mark Wishnevitz

Born:
September 16, 1910

Died:
February 10, 2006

Career
1927-28 Erasmus High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1930-31 CCNY (College)
1931-32 CCNY (College)
1932-33 CCNY (College)
1934-35 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1934-35 Newark Mules (ABL)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1935-36 Union Temple - Brooklyn (Independent)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Brooklyn All-Stars (Independent)
1937-38 New York Dux (Independent)
1940-41 Reading (TCL)

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/lou-wisner/

Jim Timoney

James G. Timoney

Born:
January 5, 1910
Ireland

Died:
February 25, 1990
New York

Career
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1936-37 Columbus Caseys - Brooklyn (Independent)
1937-38 Columbus Caseys - Brooklyn (Independent)
1938-39 Columbus Caseys - Brooklyn (Independent)
1941-42 Pfizer - Brooklyn (Independent)

Born in Ireland, the Timoney family moved to the USA in 1913. Jim played basketball for the Visitations and then for a few more years with the Caseys from Brooklyn

His younger brother, Hugh (1913-1989), played with Jim for Pfizer.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jim-timoney/

Taxi Tackach

John Joseph "Taxi" Tackach

Born:
February 11, 1911
New Jersey

Died:
February 3, 1989
West Palm Beach, FL

Career
1930-31 East Rutherford High School - New Jersey (Independent)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1935-36 Passaic Reds (ABL)

Raised in Passaic, Tackach own a tool company in West Hartford, Connecticut, before retiring to Florida.

He and his wife, Eugenia, had one son and one daughter.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/taxi-tackach/

Jack Sweeney

John Sweeney

Born:

Died:

Career
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)

I didn't find anything about this player.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jack-sweeney/

Al Sloman

Albert E. Sloman
born Albert Slominsky

Born:
December 18, 1906
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
December 4, 1996
Albany, NY

Career

1923-24 New Haven Pros (Independent)
1924-25 Hudson (Independent)
1924-25 New Haven Pros (Independent)
1925-26 Hudson (Independent)
1926-27 Hudson (Independent)
1927-28 New Britain (CBL)
1928-29 Arnold College - Connecticut (College)
1928-29 New Britain Guard (Independent)
1929-30 New Britain Guard (Independent)
1929-30 Abany (Independent)
1930-31 New Britain Guard (Independent)
1930-31 Albany (Independent)
1931-32 Albany (Independent)
1932-33 Albany YMHA (Independent)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1934-35 Schenectady (NYSL)

Born Albert Slominsky in Brookyn, Sloman was raised in Hudson, New York, and started playing pro basketball out of high school. After a few years in enrolled at Arnold College in Connecticut and played basketball for the school team. At that point in the 1920's, players could play college ball after being professional. This practice would end shortly thereafter. He played pro basketball through the mid 1930's, finishing in the 1934-35 season with stint on the New Britain team in the ABL and the Schenectady squad in the New York League. He died in 1996 two weeks short of his 90th birthday.

He was married to Pearl Ershler (1909-2001)

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/al-sloman/

Lute Share

Irving Lute Share

Born:
May 9, 1908
NJ

Died:
July 25, 1970

Career
1934-35 Newark Mules (ABL)

Share enlisted into the U.S. Army in 1944.

Source:
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Irving-Lute-Share/7785050

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/lute-share/

Sam Shapiro

Samuel Shapiro

Born:
1910 ??

Died:

Career
1928-29 English High School - Lynn, Massachusetts (High School)
1931-32 Providence College (College)
1932-33 Providence College (College)
1933-34 Providence College (College)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)
1934-35 Boston YMHA (Independent)

1939-40 Revere Garfields - Boston )Independent) Head coach / player

From Lynn, Massachusetts.

Not the Sam Shapiro born April 1 1909. He died in 1923
Not Samuel Wolf Shapiro (1914-1963) of Lynn. Ma. He moved to Miami at young age and attended college in Florida

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/sam-shapiro/

Monday, January 29, 2018

Danny Sexton

Daniel Francis Sexton

Born:
November 1, 1913
New York, NY

Died:
April 6, 1959
New York, NY

Career
Manhattan College (College)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1935-36 Columbus Council K of C (Independent)
1935-36 Alabama Pitts All-Stars (Independent)
1936-37 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1936-37 Flatbush Boys Club (Independent)
1937-38 House of David (Independent)

Sexton played semi-pro football and baseball around New York City as well as basketball.

He apparently had some serious back injury. He was hospitalized in September of 1945 with a back injury not long after leaving the military. He served as an MP in the army, assigned to be General Mark Clark's personal bodyguard. He also was a guard for King George VI, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Sultan of Morocco.

In February of 1959, Sexton was hospitalized at Veterans Hospital in Camden with a back injury. Not even two months later, he was dead.Not sure of the circumstances.

He was married to Eve Lucas (1917-2008).

His brother Jackie was a referee with the ABL.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/danny-sexton/

Red Rosan

Howard H. "Red" Rosan

Born:
May 22, 1911
Norma, NJ

Died:
September 3, 1976
Wynnewood, PA

Career
1932-33 Temple University (College)
1933-34 Temple University (College)
1934-35 Temple University (College)
1934-35 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1935-36 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1936-37 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1936-37 Hazleton (PSL)
1937-38 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1937-38 Hazleton (NYPA)
1937-38 Allentown (TCL)
1938-39 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1939-40 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1940-41 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1941-42 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1942-43 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1943-44 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1944-45 Baltimore Bullets (ABL) Head coach / player
1945-46 Baltimore Bullets (ABL) Head coach

Rosan graduated from Temple and began a long career with the SPHA's, playing on five ABL-champion teams. He was an excellent defender with very quick hands, adept at stealing. He took over the Bullets part-way into the 1944-45 season, and then next year, lead the Bullets to the ABL title.

He was married to Suky Koralsky and they had two sons.

Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 1976

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/red-rosan/

Jack Riesmuller

John Nelson Riesmuller

also known as Jack Rissiller

Born:
1909
Pennsylvania

Died:
December 6, 1964
New York, NY

Career
1932-33 Paterson Continentals (MBL)
1932-33 Paterson Pros (Independent)
1933-34 Paterson Pros (Independent)
1934-35 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1934-35 Utica (NYSL)
1934-35 Detroit Clowns (Independent)
1935-36 Alabama Pitts All-Stars (Independent)
1936-37 Detroit Clowns (Independent)
1936-37 House of David (Independent)

99^ sure i have th right identification. I would like to see an obituary or something like his military record that indicates his height of 6'6

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jack-reismuller/

Jerry Radice

Girard Joseph Radice

Born:
July 29, 1909
Trenton, NJ

Died:
April 14, 1988
Trenton, NJ

Career
1930-31 Fordham University (College)
1931-32 Fordham University (College)
1932-33 Fordham University (College)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)
1934-35 Trenton (EBL)
1935-36 Atlantic City (EBL)

After graduating from Fordham, Trenton-born Radice played pro basketball for a couple of years. During World War 2, he served in the USO, and would continue to do so after the war, being stationed around the world from Camp Polk, Louisiana, to Italy to Casablanca, Morocco.

Source:
Central New Jersey Home News, June 6, 1967

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jerry-radice/

Art Kaufman

Arthur Kaufman

Born:
1912 ??

Died:

Career

1933-34 CCNY (College)
1934-35 Brooklyn Jewish Center (Independent)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1934-35 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Brooklyn Jewish Center (Independent)

From New York / Brooklyn

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/art-kaufman/

Austin Hamburger

Austin Howard Hamburger

Born:
July 18, 1910
New York, NY

Died:
July 1, 1993
Encino, CA

Career
1932-33 Jamaica Corbetts (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1932-33 Yonkers Knights (MBL)
1934-35 YMHA - Hartford (Independent)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)
1936-37 Eigth Avenue Temple - Brooklyn (Independent)
1937-38 Eigth Avenue Temple - Brooklyn (Independent)

Born to Edwin and Julia Hamburger and raised in the Bronx, Austin was a semi-pro baseball player who played a few seasons of professional basketball in the 1930's. He would eventually move out to California, where he died in 1993.

He was married to Beatrice.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/austin-hamburger/

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Sid Gross

Sidney Joseph Gross

Born:
November 18, 1912
New York, NY

Died:
March 28, 1988
Boca Raton, FL

Career
1931-32 Berkeley Irving School - Manhattan (High School)
1932-33 NYU (College)
1933-34 NYU (College)
1934-35 NYU (College)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)

Updated 6/16/20

Fixed up thanks to some new information. Thank you to the poster for their help!

Born to Joseph and Annie Gross, Sid played basketball while at NYU. He would play for the Visitations and later served in the US Navy..

Gross was married to Edna (1914-2001) and they had three daughters.

Source:
Jews In Sports

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/sid-gross/

Joe Geary

Joseph Gerard Geary

Born:
February 13, 1911
New York, NY

Died:
March 18, 1973
New York, NY

Career
1929-30 St. Francis Prep - New York (High School)
1931-32 St. Francis University - New York (College)
1932-33 St. Francis University - New York (College)
1933-34 St. Francis University - New York (College)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1935-36 Brooklyn Caseys (Independent)

Geary was a talented basketball and baseball player at St. Francis Prep who went on to play st St. Francis University. After college, he played pro basketball briefly with the Visitations and the Caseys.

He married Ellen Hyland (1912-2003) in 1943.

Source:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 16, 1930

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/joe-geary/

Charlie Burkhard

Charles J. Burkhard

Born:
May 15, 1908
Jersey City, NJ

Died:
January 1978
Yorktown, NY

Career
1931-32 Jamaica St. Monicas (MBL)
1932-33 Long Island Pro-Imps (MBL)
1932-33 Jersey City Palace Diamonds (MBL)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1934-35 New York Jewels (ABL)
1934-35 Morris Park Big-Five (Independent)
1935-36 Morris Park Big-Five (Independent)
1936-37 Morris Park Big-Five (Independent)
1937-38 Morris Park Big-Five (Independent)
1938-39 Morris Park Caseys (Independent)
1940-41 Johnstown-Cohoes (NYSL)

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/charlie-burkhard/

Manny Bernstein

Manny Bernstein

Born:
1911 ??

Died:

Career
(High School)
NYU (College)
1931-32 Brooklyn Union Temple (AAU)
1932-33 Brooklyn Union Temple (AAU)
1933-34 Brooklyn Union Temple (AAU)
1934-35 New York Jewels (ABL)
1934-35 Wilkes-Barre Barons (PSL)

Not much to track. He was very well-known around Brookyn for his basketball (and later, handball) skills.

There us a Manny Bernstein possibility from Brooklyn, born 7-3-1905, died 3-27-67, married to Thela,one daughter Ellen, one son, parents Morris and Bessie.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/manny-bernstein/

Pete Berenson

Peter Berenson

Born:
October 16, 1912
New York, NY?

Died:
January 6, 2000
Clearwater, FL

Career
1931-32 CCNY (College)
1932-33 CCNY (College)
1933-34 CCNY (College)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1935-36 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1936-37 New York Celtics (ABL)
1937-38 New York Celtics (ABL)
1938-39 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1939-40 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1939-40 Troy Celtics (ABL)
1940-41 Brooklyn Celtics (ABL)
1940-41 Washington Brewers (ABL)
1941-42 Washington Brewers (ABL)
1941-42 Pittsfield (NYSL)
1945-46 New York Gothams (ABL)

Standing at 5'9 and weighing 174 pounds, Berenson went to CCNY, and in his three years on the basketball team they went 43-3. An outstanding player on defense, he would eventually become on the bigger scorers in the ABL. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in July of 1942 to serve his country in World War 2, and returned from the war with one last season of basketball, with the Gothams in the ABL.

Source:
Jews In Sports
Enlistment Records

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/pete-berenson/

Thursday, January 25, 2018

1934-35 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)

1934-35 PHILADELPHIA SPHA's
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
First Half:
22-8 .733, 2nd place
Second Half:
12-7 .632, T-1st place
Tie-Breaker: Lost to Brooklyn, 2-1

Head Coach: Eddie Gottlieb (September 15, 1898 - December 7, 1979)

PLAYERS:

Gil Fitch (December 24, 1909 - May 22, 2005)