Albie Weiner

Robert Albert "Albie" Weiner


Born:
May 26, 1910
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
May 10, 1999
Plymouth Meeting, PA


Career
Pierce Business College - Philadelphia (College)
1933-34 Rider University (College)
1935-36 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Shanahan (EBL)
1935-36 Rees-Maloy Wolves (Independent)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1937-38 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1939-40 Philadelphia (TCL)

After playing basketball at Rider and then professionally, Weiner was still active as an athlete into his seventies and ran a health club in Philly. He worked for many years as an accountant until 1951, when he decided to pursue more entrepreneurial projects. He started his own dog food company before selling it and going into golf course design and construction.

He married Goldie Miller in 1939 and they had two sons.

Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 12, 1999

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/albie-weiner/

Izzy Sherman

Isadore Sherman


Born:
December 17, 1909
Atlantic City, NJ ??

Died:
December 10, 1982
Atlantic City, NJ


Career
1934-35 Atlantic City (EBL)
1935-36 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (EBL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1937-38 Atlantic City (NBL)

His military record says he was born in 1910 and his social security records say 1909. I am going to stick with social security for now.

Note: There was a boxer in the East named Izzy Sherman. That is a different Izzy.


Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/izzy-sherman/

Nat Passon

Nathan Passon


Born:
March 22, 1912
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
August 5, 1995
Palm Beach, FL


Career
Central High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1932-33 Pannonia - Philadelphia (Philadelphia Jewish League)
1933-34 Passon - Philadelphia (EBL)
1934-35 South Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1935-36 South Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1937-38 Consohohocken (NL)
1937-38 Myerstown (TCL)
1938-39 Lancaster (TCL)
1938-39 Elmira Colonels (NYPA)
1939-40 Philadelphia (TCL)
1940-41 Schuylkill Haven (TCL)

Nat was the younger brother of fellow Philly basketball players Chick and Harry. Unlike his brothers, though, Nat was born after the family came to the United States from Russia. Nat would play professional basketball around the Mid-Atlantic through the latter part of the 1930's. 

Nat and his wife, Rhea, had one daughter.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/nat-passon/

Charley Mosicant

Charles Mosicant


Born:
February 20, 1912
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
December 15, 1967
Philadelphia, PA


Career
1932-33 LaSalle University (College)
1933-34 LaSalle University (College)
1934-35 LaSalle University (College)
1934-35 Pannonia - Pennsylvania (Independent)
1935-36 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (EBL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Reading (TCL)
1937-38 Brownstown (TCL)
1938-39 Wilkes-Barre (ABL)
1938-39 Elmira (NYPA)
1939-40 Binghamton (NYSL)
1939-40 Philadelphia (TCL)
1940-41 Schuykill Haven (TCL)
1941-42 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1941-42 Hamburg (TCL)

Mosicant was a very popular player around Philadelphia, starring at LaSalle and then playing pro ball for many years.

On a Friday in December, 1967, Mosicant was seated in Max and Charlie's Bar in Philadelphia, an establishment owned by Charles and his brother Max. Three members of a local youth gang entered and robbed the place. Charles was knocked from his stool and beaten. He was then shot in the chest and the bullet pierced his heart, killing him.

The impending trial and guilty verdicts lead a Supreme Court case in Pennsylvania with regards to the convictions being based on confessions without being mirandized properly, as well as illegal searches. The convictions where upheld, but the death sentences were vacated.


Source:
Philadelphia Daily News, December 16, 1967
Philadelphia Daily News, December 20, 1967
Commomwealth of Pennsylvania v. Roach
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bradley

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/charles-mosicant/

George McMillan

George M. McMillan


Born:
February 28, 1911
Atlantic City, NJ

Died:
September 30, 1983
Margate City, NJ


Career
1929-30 Atlantic City High School (High School)
1932-33 Gettysburg College - Pennsylvania (College)
1933-34 Gettysburg College - Pennsylvania (College)
1934-35 Gettysburg College - Pennsylvania (College)
1935-36 Atlantic City (EBL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Schuykill Haven (TCL)
1937-38 Schuykill Haven (TCL)
1938-39 Schuykill Haven (TCL)

McMillan grew up in Atlantic City, playing both basketball and baseball in high school. After attending Gettyburg college, McMillan played pro basketball with the Atlantic City teams in the Eastern League and the American League. When the Sandsnipers dropped from the ABL, he moved over to Schuykill where he played for three seasons.

George married Margaret Smith (1917-1995) in 1940 and they had six children.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/george-macmillan/

Venty Leib

Aaron Venty Leib


Born:
April 18, 1912
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
February 3, 1990
Lake Worth, FL


Career
1928-29 Franklin Lane High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1929-30 Franklin Lane High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1931-32 New York University (College)
1932-33 New York University (College)
1933-34 New York University (College)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 New York Jewels (ABL)
1936-37 New York Dux (Independent)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 New York Yankees (ABL)
1937-38 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1937-38 Larksville (NYPA)
1938-39 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1943-44 Brooklyn College (College) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach
1948-49 Lincoln High School - Brooklyn (High School) Head coach

Leib was a star basketball player and tennis player in high school and playing both at NYU, he want on to play professional basketball before focusing full time to teaching and coaching. He took Lincoln HS to a state title as a coach a mere twenty years after playing on Lane HS's championship team.
He married Esther Sherman (1915-2010) in 1940 and they had two children.

Source:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 6, 1949

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/venty-leib/

Eddie Fredericks

Edward Joseph Fredericks


Born:
May 10, 1913
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
July 17, 1944



Career
1935-36 Brooklyn St.Anthony’s (Independent)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Yonkers Caseys (Independent)
1937-38 Yonkers Caseys (Independent)
1938-39 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1939-40 Brooklyn St.Peter’s (Independent)
1939-40 National City Bank (Independent)

Fredericks was killed in combat in 1944.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/eddie-fredericks/

Leon DeZube

Leonard Walter DeZube


Born:
August 7, 1912
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
September 20, 1993
Philadelphia, PA


Career
1928-29 Overbrook High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1929-30 Overbrook High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1931-32 Temple University (College)
1932-33 Temple University (College)
1933-34 Temple University (College)
1934-35 South Philadelphia (EBL)
1935-36 South Philadelphia (EBL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1937-38 Myerstown (TCL)

DeZube was a baseball and basketball player at Temple, and aside from playing three years as a second basemen in the very low minors, DeZube also played pro basketball after college.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dezube001leo

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/leon-dezube/

1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)

1936-37 ATLANTIC CITY SANDSNIPERS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
First Half:
0-10 .000, 6th place

Dropped out of the league on December 21, 1936. Sometimes listed as the "Sandpipers," most articles I saw says "Sandsnipers."


Head Coach: 

• Chick Passon (May 30, 1900 - February 27, 1989) 

PLAYERS:

• Gaza Chizmadia (January 12, 1906 - April 23, 1987)

Biography 

• Bud Clancy 

Biography 

• Leon DeZube (August 7, 1912 - September 20, 1993)

Biography 

• Stan Entrup (March 16, 1907 - May 15, 1978)

Biography 

• Eddie Fredericks (May 10, 1913 - July 17, 1944)

Biography

• Venty Lieb (April 18, 1912 - February 3, 1990)

Biography

• George McMillan (February 28, 1911 - September 30, 1983)

Biography 

• Bill Miles 

Biography 

• Charley Mosicant (February 20, 1912 - December 15, 1967)

Biography

• Nat Passon (March 22, 1912 - August 5, 1995)

Biography

• Willie Putzer (June 22, 1909 - May 6, 1990)

Biography

• Rusty Saunders (March 12, 1906 - November 24, 1967)

Biography

• Izzy Sherman (December 17, 1909 - December 10, 1982)

Biography 

• Eddie Taylor (March 10, 1911 - October 21, 1988)

Biography

• Albie Weiner (May 26, 1910 - May 10, 1999)

Biography 

• Sam Winograd (November 28, 1913 - July 25, 1998)

Biography

• Lou Wisner (September 16, 1910 - February 10, 2006)

Biography 

Sam Winograd

Samuel D. Winograd


Born:
November 28, 1913
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
July 25, 1998
Beverly Hills, CA


Career
1932-33 CCNY (College)
1933-34 CCNY (College)
1934-35 CCNY (College)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers (ABL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 New York Jewels  (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL) Head coach

Winograd played baseball and basketball at CCNY and would play two years in the ABL. He would return to CCNY as a coach and athletic director. He served in Europe during World War 2 and was decorated with the "Order of the Chevalier of the Crown" from the Belgian government for his service.

Same and his wife, Teddi, had one son and one daughhter.

Source:


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

Bud Clancy

James "Bud" Clancy


Born:



Died:




Career
1934-35 Camden (EL)
1935-36 Passiac Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Bridgeton-Germantown (EL)
1935-36 Rees-Maloy Wolves (Independent)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Pittston (PSL)
1936-37 Brownstown (TCL)
1937-38 Reading Keys (TCL)
1937-38 Atlantic City (NLNP)
1937-38 Hazelton (NYPA)
1938-39 Hazelton (NYPA)
1938-39 Reading Keys (TCL)
1938-39 Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL)** Signed Jan 26, 1939. Did he play?
1939-40 Lancaster (TCL)
1939-40 Elmira (NYSL)

From Philadelphia.

Clancy signed (along with Bill Zunic) with Wilkes-Barre on January 26, 1939, but issues arose around the TCL as to whether he could still play with Reading while with the Barons. There were unclear rules as to how many major league players (i.e. ABL players) could be on a TCL roster. Eventually it was decided he was indeed eligible. However, I am not sure he ever suited up with Wilkes-Barre in a game.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/bud-clancy/

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/

Willie Putzer

William Joseph Putzer


Born:
June 22, 1909
New York City, NY

Died:
May 6, 1990
Lyons, NJ


Career
1924-25 J.K. Paulding High School - New York (High School)
1930-31 Fordham University (College)
1931-32 Middletown United Clothiers (Independent)
1932-33 Middletown Collegians (Independent)
1932-33 Jamaica Corbetts (MBL)
1933-34 New Britain Palace (ABL)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1934-35 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Passaic Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Alabama Pitts All-Stars (Independent)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)

Putzer played for Fordham in his sophomore year, and was set to play baseball in the spring when it was discovered that he had played basketball professionally under an assumed name. He was declared ineligible. He went on to play professionally while finishing his education at Fordham. Putzer would go one to work for many years as a Customs Officer for the Department of the Treasury, retiring in 1979.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/willie-putzer/

Bill Miles

William Miles


Born:
1914


Died:




Career
1933-34 Camden Brewers (ABL)
1933-34 Hazleton (PSL)
1933-34 Turners/Enterprise (EBL)
1934-35 Germantown/S.Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1935-36 S. Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Carpenter Steel (TCL)
1937-38 Carpenter Steel (TCL)
1937-38 Philadelphia Kelly’s All Stars (Independent)
1937-38 Consohohocken (NL)
1938-39 Schuykill Haven (TCL)
1938-39 Binghamton (NYPA)
1939-40 Schuykill Haven (TCL)

In December of 1938, Miles and fellow player Eddie Taylor were seriously injured in an automobile accident on their way to a game in Binghamton. Miles suffered a fractured skull and missed the rest of the season.

Possibly William Henry Miles (1914-1982) from Philadelphia.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/bill-miles/

Stan Entrup

Stanley H. Entrup


Born:
March 16, 1907
Union City, NJ

Died:
May 15, 1978
Flushing, NY


Career
1928-29 Hoboken Germans (Independent)
1929-30 Hoboken (Independent)
1930-31 Wilmington (TSL)
1930-31 Dunmore (PSL)
1930-31 Hoboken St. Joseph’s Five (Independent)
1931-32 Hoboken Lisas (MBL)
1931-32 Wilmington Cardinals (EBL)
1931-32 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1931-32 Hoboken St.Joseph’s Five (Independent)
1932-33 Yonkers Knights (MBL)
1932-33 Wilmington Cats (EBL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 New Britain Palace (ABL)
1933-34 Hoboken St.Jpseph’s Five (Independent)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1934-35 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 King Kong Kleins (Independent)
1936-37 Yonkers (Independent)
1936-37 Passaic Kenyon Club (Independent)
1937-38 New York Jewels (ABL)
1937-38 Yonkers Caseys (Independent)
1938-39 Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL)
1939-40 Hamburg (TCL)

Entrup was born in Union City and grew up in Woodcliffe, New Jersey. He played pro basketball throughout the 30's, sometimes playing with various clubs concurrently to help make ends meet.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/stan-entrup/

Eddie Taylor

Edwin Charles "Knockout" Taylor, Sr.


Born:
March 10, 1911
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
October 21, 1988
Abington, PA


Career
1928-29 Pierce Business College (College)
1931-32 Philadelphia Jasper Jewels (EBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia WPEN Broadcasters  (EBL)
1933-34 Camden Brewers (ABL)
1933-34 Enterprise (EBL)
1933-34 Hazleton (PSL)
1934-35 Germantown (EBL) 
1935-36 Buffalo Bisons (MBC)
1935-36 Germantown (EBL) 
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Brownstown (TCL) Head coach / player
1937-38 Atlantic City (NL)
1937-38 Trenton (NL)
1937-38 Brownstown (TCL) Head coach / player
1938-39 Binghamton (NYPA)
1938-39 Schuylkill Haven (TCL)
1939-40 Schuylkill Haven (TCL)
1940-41 Schuylkill Haven (TCL)
19??-?? Detroit Clowns (Independent)
1945-46 Allentown Professionals (Independent) Head coach


Born to William and Laura Taylor, Eddie graduated from Pierce Business College and then played professional basketball for various teams and leagues out east. He
Taylor worked as a regional sales manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, working for the company for 35 years before retiring. In retirement, he started his own company, Ed Taylor and Associates, to represent sporting good companies.

Taylor was killed in a car accident in 1988. Ironically, it was not Taylor's first major car accident. In December of 1938, he and fellow Binghamton player Bill Miles were seriously injured in a car accident on the way to a game.

He was married twice and had a son and a daughter.

Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 29, 1938
Obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 1988


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/eddie-taylor/