Max Scharf

Max Scharf
born Maxwell Scharfman


Born:
January 31, 1918
Brooklyn, NY?

Died:
January 14, 1981
New Rochelle, NY ??


Career
1936-37 Erasmus Hall High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1938-39 Long Island University (College)
1940-41 Long Island University (College)
1941-42 Mitchell Field (Military)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)

Scharf served in the military during World War 2.

I think he was Maxwell Scharfman, who later wound up being a fur salesman.

He had a child in Jan 1944 / Dec 1943

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Marty Powers

Martin John "Red" Powers


Born:
March 27, 1928
New York, NY

Died:
December 21, 1991
North Las Vegas, NV


Career
1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)
1946-47 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1947-48 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1948-49 Bridgeport Newfield Steelers (ABL)

1948-49 Williamsport Billes (EPBL) 
1949-50 Bridgeport Aer-A-Sols (ABL)

1949-50 Williamsport Billes (EPBL)
1949-50 Danbury Fedoras (EBL-Ct)
1949-50 Torrington Howards (EBL-Ct)
1950-51 Torrington Howards (EBL-Ct)

From NYC. Signed with Williamsport baseball team at 16 years of age. Before that, played baseball for Queens. Pieced this info together to come up with this gentleman.

Powers signed with the Newark Bobcats, and after the team moved to Yonkers and subsequently disbanded, he moved over to play with the Paterson Crescents. He would bounce around baseball's minor leagues and the basketball circuit out east before giving up the games. In baseball, he rose as high as Class-A.


Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=powers001mar

Source:
Shamokin (PA) News-Dispatch, October 18, 1944

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Artie Lockheed

Arthur Newman Lockheed


Born:
March 4, 1921
NY

Died:
November 22, 2014
Stockton, CA


Career
1939-40 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (College) Freshmen
1940-41 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (College)
1941-42 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (College)
1942-43 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (College)
1946-47 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)
1946-47 Jersey City Atoms (ABL)
1947-48 Jersey City Atoms (ABL)

After starring on the basketball court for four season at St Frances where he mastered the one-handed shot, Lockheed joined the U.S. Army and served in the Air Corps during World War 2. After the war, he played two seasons with the Jersey City Atoms while teaching at St. Francis Prep and earning a Master's Degree in English Literature. In 1948, he moved out to Stockton, California, where he worked as a teacher until his retirement.

Source:
https://sfcathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=11

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Lenny Lesser

Leonard Lesser


Born:



Died:




Career
1942-43 CCNY (College)
1946-47 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Elizabeth Braves (ABL)
1947-48 Brooklyn Gothams (ABL)

Haven't found him yet. Only thing I am sure of is that he is not Len Lesser who lived 1922-2011. That Len Lesser played Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld."

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Bill Henry

William E. Henry


Born:
May 23, 1924


Died:
April 24, 1999



Career
1946-47 Troy Whirlwinds (NYSL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL)
1947-48 Twin Cities Celtics (NYSL)

1948-49 Pottsville Packers (EPBL)  

Henry joined Troy after Yonkers dropped

Henry had never played basketball until he was in the U.S. Navy and stationed at Great Lakes. He played minor league baseball for a while, even winning the 1949 Interstate League (Class B) batting title.

Not 100% positive on his ID, but the middle initial comes from Baseball-Reference, and this William E. served in the U.S. Navy during World War 2.

Minor League Baseball Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=henry-004wil

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Joe Dinkwoods

Joseph John Dinkwoods (Dinkwood)
born Joseph John Dzienkiewicz


Born:
January 21, 1917
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
December 26, 1994
Elmira, NY


Career
1937-38 St Francis College - Brooklyn (College)
1938-39 St Francis College - Brooklyn (College)
1939-40 St Francis College - Brooklyn (College)
1946-47 Kingston Chiefs (Independent)
1946-47 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL)

Dinkwoods started the 1946-47 season with the Kingston Chiefs and when the Newark Bobcats relocated to Kingston in December of that season, Dinkwoods was one of the players brought into the fold. He played with the club through the winter, even as the team moved again to Yonkers. When the club dissolved in February in 1947, he played a few games with the Troy Celtics. He also played semi-pro baseball around New York and was a skilled amateur golfer. He was later a superintendent at the A&P Plant in Brooklyn and later near Elmira, New York.

He sometimes appears in newspaper article as "Dinkwood" but his anglicized name was actually "Dinkwoods."

He and his wife, Sally, were together for a long time before marrying in 1972. 


Source:
Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), December 28, 1994

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Al Cito

Alfred Louis Cito, Sr.


Born:
July 12, 1920
Newark, NJ

Died:
February 7, 2010
Coarsegold, CA


Career
1938-39 St. Benedict's - Newark (High School)
1939-40 St. Benedict's - Newark (High School)
1940-41 Montclair State Teachers College (College) Freshmen
1941-42 Montclair State Teachers College (College)
1943-44 Fort Harrison (Military)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)

Cito went to Montclair TC before World War 2 intervened, He played baseball and basketball for Fort Harrison during the war, and after the war played basketball with the Bobcats in the ABL.

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Johnny Cerrone

John J. Cerrone


Born:
November 18, 1918


Died:
December 14, 1973
Larchmont, NY ??


Career
1936-37 Dewitt Clinton High School - New York City (High School)
1938-39 Columbia University (College)
1939-40 Columbia University (College)
1940-41 Columbia University (College)
1945-46 Syracuse Stars (Independent)
1945-46 Cortland Moose (Independent)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Brooklyn Visitations (NYNJ)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL)

Also appears in some newspaper stories as "Frank Cerrone."

Born to Rose and Anthony (1892-1964) Cerrone, the 5'11 Johnny was a basketball star at Dewitt Clinton, and would eventually become the basketball team captain in his senior year at Columbia (he did not play as a freshman). He also played shortstop on the Columbia baseball team.


He served in the U.S. Army during World War 2.

Source:
Columbia Daily Spectator, March 14, 1940

Stats:

1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)

1946-47 NEWARK BOBCATS / YONKERS CHIEFS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
Northern Division
7-17 .292, 5th place

The Newark club relocated their home games to Kingston on December 23, 1946. They would move once again to Yonkers to become the Chiefs, on January 22, 1947, before dropping out of the league completely in February. Frankel coached the team while in Newark. He was replaced by Rody Cooney when the team moved to Kingston and stayed on when they moved to Yonkers.

Head coaches:

• Moe Frankel (January 5, 1913 - March 9, 2008) 3-8 Also played. See below.
• Rody Cooney (May 17, 1902 - September 29, 1965) 4-9

PLAYERS: 

• Barrett 

Biography

• Al Benson     

Biography

• Sid Blair 

Biography 

• Sol Broder (July 13, 1920 - June 21, 2004)

Biography

• Jerry Bussell (October 17, 1919 - October 2, 1995)

Biography 

• Johnny Cerrone (November 18, 1918 - December 14, 1973)

Biography

• Al Cito (July 12, 1920 - February 7, 2010)

Biography

• Ed Conaty (October 28, 1911 - February 24, 1977)

Biography

• Red Dehnert (January 24, 1924 - September 23, 1994)

Biography

• Joe Dinkwoods (January 21, 1917 - December 26, 1994)

Biography 

• Larry Dodick (August 15, 1914 - February 11, 1999)

Biography

• Moe Frankel (January 25, 1913 - March 9, 2008)

Biography 

• Moe Goldman (May 30, 1913 - May 7, 1989)

Biography

• Bill Henry (May 23, 1924 - April 24, 1999)

Biography

• Tony Krygier (September 25, 1915 - November 5, 2010)

Biography

• Len Lesser 

Biography

• Artie Lockheed (March 4, 1921 - November 22, 2014)

Biography

• Swede Masin (June 7, 1920 - September 10, 2005)

Biography 

• Jack McGuirk (November 8, 1915 - February 13, 1996)

Biography

• Abe Novak (September 23, 1917 - September 30, 1987)

Biography 

• Jackie Peters (April 17, 1916 - January 27, 1995)

Biography

• Pine 

Biography

• Marty Powers (March 27, 1928 - December 21, 1991)

Biography
 

• Max Scharf (January 31, 1918 - January 14, 1981)

Biography

• Lou Simon (February 13, 1916 - December 1973)

Biography

• Ed "Red" Stevens 

Biography 

Don Otten signed with the club but haven't seen his name in a box score yet. Not all box scores have been located,

Jerry Bussell

Gerard James Bussell


Born:
October 17, 1919
New York, NY

Died:
October 2, 1995
Jacksonville, FL


Career
1939-40 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (NY) (College)
1940-41 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (NY) (College)
1941-42 St. Francis College - Brooklyn (NY) (College)
1945-46 New York Gothams (ABL)
1945-46 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1945-46 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 Hartford Pros (NEBL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)
1946-47 Bronx-Bergen (NYNJ)

Born to Francis and Frances Bussell in New York City, Bussell grew up in Brooklyn and attended St. Francis. After graduating, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War 2. He played some pro basketball after the war and worked for many years as a plant manager at Ann Page Corporation in Horseheads, New York. He retired and moved to Florida.

He married Marie Timoney (d. 1991) and had three sons and one daughter.

Source:


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

Abe Novak

Abraham Novak


Born:
September 23, 1917
New York, NY ??

Died:
September 30, 1987
Delray Beach, FL


Career
1934-35 James Monroe High School - Bronx (High School)
1935-36 James Monroe High School - Bronx (High School)
1936-37 New York Orhbach’s (AAU)
1937-38 New York Orhbach’s (AAU)
1938-39 New York Orhbach’s (AAU)
1939-40 New York Orhbach’s (AAU)
1940-41 New York Orhbach’s (AAU)
1942-43 Aberdeen Proving Ground (Military)
1943-44 Aberdeen Proving Ground (Military)
1944-45 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1944-45 Washington Capitols (ABL)
1945-46 Aberdeen Proving Ground (Military)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/abe-novak/

Sol Broder

Saul Broder


Born:
July 13, 1920
New York, NY

Died:
June 21, 2004



Career
NYU (College) ??
1944-45 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1944-45 Hartford (Independent)
1945-46 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)

Raised in the Bronx, Broder may have gone to NYU and served in the U.S. Army during World War 2. He would play a few seasons in the ABL.



Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/sol-broder/

Swede Masin

Seymour "Swede" Masin


Born:
June 7, 1920
Newark, NJ

Died:
September 10, 2005
Edison, NJ


Career
1936-37 Weequahic High School - Newark (High School)
1937-38 Weequahic High School - Newark (High School)
1939-40 Panzer College (College)
1940-41 Panzer College (College)
1941-42 Panzer College (College)
1942-43 New York Jewels (ABL)
1942-43 Harrisburg Senators (ABL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Whirlwinds (NYSL)

Masin, a star athlete in Newark and a World War 2 veteran, was the inspiration for one of the primary characters in Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "American Pastoral." He later worked as a liquor salesman in New Jersey.

Source:
The Dispatch (Moline, IL), September 14, 2005

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/swede-masin/

Lou Simon

Louis H. Simon


Born:
February 13, 1916
New York, NY

Died:
December 1973



Career
1940-41 Long Island University (College)
1940-41 Saratoga (NYSL)
1941-42 Saratoga (NYSL)
1941-42 New York Jewels (ABL)
1942-43 Long Island Gruman Wildcats (Independent)
1943-44 New York Americans (ABL)
1943-44 Tetterboro Bendix Aviation (Independent)
1944-45 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1944-45 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Jersey City Atoms (ABL)
1947-48 Jersey City Atoms (ABL)



Source:


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

Sid Blair

Sidney Blair


Born:



Died:




Career
1941-42 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1941-42 Saratoga (NYSL)  
1944-45 Washington Capitols (ABL)
1945-46 Long Island Bombers (Independent)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL)
1947-48 Elizabeth Braves (ABL)
1947-48 Brooklyn Gothams (ABL)

Updated 5/31/24

Removed infor for Sidney Blair (1917-1982). That Sidney Blair was only 5'4

Real Sid Blair served in US Navy during World War 2 and stood 6'0

Source:


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

Jackie Peters

John Marquette Peters


Born:
April 17, 1916
Tottenville, NY

Died:
January 27, 1995
Clearwater, FL


Career
St.John’s University - New York (College) Freshmen
1940-41 New York Jewels (ABL)
1940-41 Yonkers Caseys (Independent)
1941-42 Yonkers Caseys (Independent)
1942-43 New York Jewels (ABL)
1942-43 Harrisburg Senators (ABL)
1941-42 Yonkers Caseys (Independent)
1944-45 Washington Capitols / Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1944-45 Wilmington Bombers (ABL)
1945-46 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1945-46 Worcester (NEBL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Brooklyn (NYNJ)
1946-47 Queens (LIPBL)
1947-48 Long Island Bombers (Independent)

Peters played his freshmen year at St. John's before leaving. He played five years of pro basketball in the ABL as well as other leagues around New York and New Jersey. He served in the military during World War 2.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jackie-peters/

Ed Conaty

Edward A. Conaty


Born:
October 28, 1911
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
February 24, 1977
Brooklyn, NY


Career
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1936-37 Tunkhannock (PSL)
1936-37 St.Peter’s CC (Independent)
1938-39 Tunkhannock (NYPA)
1939-40 Baltimore Clippers (ABL)
1939-40 Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL)
1939-40 Hamburg (TCL)
1940-41 Troy (NYSL)  
1941-42 Troy (NYSL)
1941-42 Kingston (NYSL)
1941-42 Pittsfield (NYSL)
1942-43 Brooklyn Indians (ABL)
1942-43 NY Original Celtics (Independent)
1944-45 Washington Capitols (ABL)
1944-45 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1944-45 Union City Reds (Independent)
1945-46 Brooklyn Visitation (Independent)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats / Yonkers Chiefs (ABL)
1946-47 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)

Conaty was the youngest of the three Conaty brothers. Preceding him into the professional basketball ranks were Red and Frank Conaty.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/ed-conaty/

Tony Krygier

Anthony Joseph Krygier


Born:
September 25, 1915
Maspeth, NY

Died:
November 5, 2010
Port St Lucie, FL


Career
1938-39 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1939-40 New York Jewels (ABL)
1940-41 New York Jewels (ABL)
1941-42 New York Jewels (ABL)
1941-42 Albany (NYSL)
1941-42 Pittsfield (NYSL)
1942-43 New York Jewels (ABL)
1942-43 Harrisburg Senators (ABL)
1943-44 Brooklyn Indians (ABL)
1943-44 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1943-44 New York District Coast Guard (Military)
1944-45 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 New York Gothams (ABL)
1945-46 Hartford Pros (NEBL)
1946-47 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Queens (LIBL)

Aside from a lengthy basketball career, Krygier served in the Coast Guard during World War 2 and became a police officer in New York City. He retired and moved to Florida in 1980.

He married Grace in 1943 and they had at least one son.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/tony-krygier/

Jack McGuirk

John Patrick McGuirk


Born:
November 8, 1915
New York, NY

Died:
February 13, 1996
Pompano Beach, FL


Career
1932-33 St. James High School - (High School)
1934-35 Manhattan College (College)
1935-36 Manhattan College (College)
1936-37 Manhattan College (College)
1936-37 New York Celtics (ABL)
1937-38 New York Celtics (ABL)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1938-39 Danbury Guards (CSL)
1939-40 Danbury Guards (CSL)
1941-42 Kingston (NYSL)
1941-42 Albany (NYSL)
1944-45 Washington Capitols / Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1944-45 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Long Island-Bergen (NYNJ)

Jack graduated from Manhattan and immediately join the Celtics with a few of his teammates. In their first game with the Celtics on March 7, 1937, they failed to change the Celtics losing ways. McGuirk would return next year and wound up with a fairly long basketball career, also serving in the Merchant Marines during World War 2.


Source:


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

Moe Goldman

Moe Goldman


Born:
May 30, 1913
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
May 7, 1989
Hollywood, FL


Career
1928-29 Franklin Lane High School - New York, NY (High School)
1929-30 Franklin Lane High School - New York, NY (High School)
1930-31 CCNY (College) Freshmen
1931-32 CCNY (College)
1932-33 CCNY (College)
1933-34 CCNY (College)
1933-34 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1933-34 Wilkes-Barre (PSL)
1934-35 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1934-35 Wilkes-Barre (PSL)
1935-36 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1935-36 Wilkes-Barre-Plymouth (PSL)
1936-37 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1936-37 Freeland (PSL)
1937-38 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1937-38 Binghamton-Tunkhannock (NYPA)
1938-39 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1939-40 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1940-41 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1941-42 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1945-46 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL) Head coach / player
1946-47 Newark Bobcats (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Whirwinds (NYSL) Head coach / player

Goldman had never played basketball prior to his junior year in high school, but he took to the game quickly. He would go on to star at CCNY before joining up with the SPHA's. He would play 9 seasons with them (as well as a couple other minor pro teams at the same time). He served in the navy during World War 2, and would later serve as the Athletic Commissioner for the NY Public School System until retiring in 1977.

He married Mae Berkowitz (1923-2006) and they had a son and two daughters.

Source:
Jews In Sports


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/moe-goldman/