Hank Thomas

David George "Hank" Thomas


Born:
July 8, 1896
Pulaski, VA

Died:
September 9, 1982
Edison Township, NJ


Career
1921-22 Gloversville Glovers (NYSL)
1922-23 Schenectady Dorpians (NYSL)
1922-23 Brooklyn Pros (MBL)
1923-24 Schenectady Doprians (NYSL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1923-24 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony (MBL)
1925-26 Perth Amboy Amboyans (MBL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1926-27 Paterson Crescents (MBL)


Born to Mathew and Mary Thomas in Pulaski, Virginia, Thomas grew up in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. While playing for Perth Amboy on December 18, 1925, Thomas was punched during a game against Trenton by opposing player Tommy Barlow. Thomas had his jaw broken, and missed most of the season. In early 1926, he filed a $15,000 law suit against Barlow for his injuries and lost wages.

Source:
Central New Jersey Home News, October 11, 1926

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/hank-thomas/

Jerry Sullivan

Jerry Daniel Sullivan


Born:
June 5, 1896


Died:
March 17, 1972
Wantagh, NY


Career
1916-17 New York All-Stars (IBL)
1919-20 Albany Senators (NYSL)
1919-20 Pittsfield (NYSL)
1919-20 Gloversville Glovemakers (NYSL)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (IBL)
1919-20 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (IL)
1919-20 Brooklyn Big Atlantics (Independent)
1919-20 New York MacDowell Lyceum (Independent)
1920-21 Gloversville Glovers (NYSL) Head coach / player
1920-21 Hartford Wyanokas / Turners Falls Athletics (IL)
1920-21 Westfield Whip City AC (IL)
1921-22 Gloversville Glovers (MYSL) Head coach / player
1921-22 Kingston (NYSL)
1921-22 New York MacDowell Lyceum (MBL)
1921-22 Westfield Whip City AC (IL)
1921-22 Ware Wonders (IL)
1921-22 Mt.Vernon Armory Big Five (Independent)
1922-23 Troy Trojans (NYSL)
1922-23 Amsterdam (NYSL)
1922-23 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1922-23 New York MacDowell Lyceum (MBL)
1923-24 Amsterdam Flashes (NYSL)
1923-24 Utica Utes (NYSL)
1923-24 Mohawk Indians (NYSL)
1923-24 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony (MBL)
1924-25 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony (MBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1924-25 Pottsville Big Five (AnBL)
1925-26 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony (MBL)
1925-26 Pottsville Miners (EBL)
1926-27 Greenpoint*Trenton (NLN)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1927-28 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 Dayton Kellys (NPBL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1930-31 Wilmington (TSBL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Moose (EBL)


After a year in pro basketball, Sullivan served in the U.S. Army during World War 1.

Source:


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

Lefty Stern

Hyman "Lefty" Stern


Born:
March 30, 1907
Baltimore, MD

Died:
June 30, 1993
Baltimore, MD


Career

1923-24 Baltimore City College (College)
1924-25 Allied Club - Baltimore (Independent)
1924-25 Baltimore City College (College)
1925-26 Baltimore City College (College)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1929-30 Baltimore Pros (Independent)
1931-32 Stonewall Democrats - Baltimore (Independent) 
1933-34 Stephen Seth and Company - Baltimore (Independent)
1934-35 Westenders - Baltimore (Independent)

Stern was a talented athlete who played football, baseball and basketball, plus wrestled. He played for the Baltimore Orioles in the ABL, and also played some pro baseball for Salisbury in the Eastern Shore League. He would later operate an ice delivery business and worked as a taxi driver.

He married Selma Lehem (d. 1974) in 1945 and they had two sons.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=stern-001---

Source:
Baltimore Sun, July 4, 1993

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/lefty-stern/

Earl Moser

John Earle "Earl" Moser


Born:
May 28, 1906
Fort Myer, VA

Died:
August 10, 1953



Career
1926-27 Baltimore Oriole (ABL)
1928-29 Altoona Works (Independent)


Moser was also a semi-pro baseball player.

Source:


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

Jammy Moskowitz

Harry "Jammy" Moskowitz


Born:
October 9, 1904
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
March 4, 1999
North Miami Beach, FL


Career
1920-21 Commercial High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1921-22 Commercial High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1922-23 Savage School of Physical Education - New York (High School)
1923-24 Savage School of Physical Education - New York (High School)

1924-25 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony (MBL)
1925-26 NY Lou Geherig All Stars (Independent)
1926-27 Ridgewood*Orange (NYN)
1926-27 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1927-28 New Haven (CBL)
1927-28 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1928-29 New York Hakoahs (ABL)
1928-29 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1929-30 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1929-30 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1930-31 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1930-31 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1931-32 Brooklyn Jewish Center (MBL)
1931-32 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1931-32 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1932-33 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1932-33 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1933-34 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1933-34 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1934-35 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1934-35 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1935-36 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1935-36 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1936-37 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1936-37 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1937-38 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1937-38 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1938-39 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1938-39 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College)  Head coach
1939-40 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1940-41 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1941-42 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1942-43 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1943-44 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1944-45 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1945-46 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1946-47 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1947-48 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1948-49 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1949-50 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1950-51 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1951-52 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1952-53 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1953-54 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1954-55 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1955-56 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1956-57 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1957-58 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1958-59 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1959-60 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1960-61 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1961-62 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1962-63 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1963-64 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1964-65 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1965-66 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1966-67 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach 
1967-68 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach
1968-69 James Madison High School - New York City (High School) Head coach

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Harry was nicknamed "Jammy" for his habit of eating jam sandwiches before every game to calm his stomach. He went to Savage School after graduating from high school, and after that went on to play professional and semi-professional basketball around New York before landing a coaching job at Madison. He coached there for 43 years before retiring and moving to Florida, where he would die in 1999.

Source:
"When Basketball Was Jewish: Voices of Those Who Played the Game" Douglas Stark
Miami New Times, March 27, 1997
Jews In Sports

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jammy-moskowitz/

Dutch Lentz

Valentine William "Dutch" Lentz


Born:
August 3, 1897
Baltimore, MD

Died:
May 20, 1980
Fayetteville, NC


Career
1915-16 Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (High School)
1917-18 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College)
1919-20 Baltimore (Independent)
1920-21 Baltimore (Independent)
1921-22 Baltimore St.Andrews Five (Independent)
1922-23 Baltimore Orioles (Independent)
1923-24 Hagerstown Elks (Independent)
1923-24 Calvert Hall College - Maryland (High School) Head coach
1924-25 Hagerstown Elks (Independent)
1924-25 Calvert Hall College - Maryland (High School) Head coach
1925-26 Baltimore Orioles (Independent)
1925-26 Calvert Hall College - Maryland (High School) Head coach
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Calvert Hall College - Maryland (High School) Head coach
1927-28 Calvert Hall College - Maryland (High School) Head coach
1931-32 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1932-33 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1933-34 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1934-35 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1935-36 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1936-37 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1937-38 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1938-39 St. John's College - Annapolis, Maryland (College) Head coach
1939-40 Army (College) Head coach
1940-41 Army (College) Head coach
1941-42 Army (College) Head coach
1942-43 Army (College) Head coach
1923-24 Calvert Hall College - Maryland (High School) Head coach

Lentz went to Baltimore Poly, where he played basketball in his senior year and has selected captain despite having never played before. He would go on to play at St. John's College in Annapolis and after graduating, he served in the U.S. Army. After World War 1, he would return to Maryland and take up professional basketball, playing for 8 seasons before going into teaching and coaching. He would coach baseball, basketball and football at St. John's for 8 seasons before taking his coaching skills to West Point. He was recommissioned for World War 2, serving in Northern Africa. After World War 2, he taught mathematics before retiring in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

He married Pauline Raabe and they had four sons and a daughter.

Source:
Baltimore Sun, May 21, 1980

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/dutch-lentz/

Moyer Krakovitch

Moyer Krakovitch


Born:
November 14, 1907
Passaic, NJ

Died:
February 21, 1985
Miami, FL


Career
1924-25 Passaic High School - NJ (High School)
1925-26 Union High School - NJ (College)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Paterson Crescents (MBL)
1926-27 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1927-28 St.Louis Americans (Independent)
1928-29 St.Louis Americans (Independent)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)

Like fellow pro basketball player Fritz Knothe, Krakovitch played at Passaic High School during that school's basketball success. After his junior year, he was coaxed into transferring to Union High School to help the basketball team. After graduating in 1926, he went right into the professional game, signing with the Baltimore Orioles in the ABL. He spent three season playing pro basketball.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/moyer-krakovitch/

Fritz Knothe

Wilfred Edgar "Fritz" Knothe


Born:
May 1, 1903
Passaic, NJ

Died:
March 27, 1963
Passaic, NJ


Career
1921-22 Passaic High School - New Jersey (High School)
1922-23 Passaic High School - New Jersey (High School)
1923-24 University of Pennsylvania (College) Freshmen
1925-26 Passaic Mets (MBL)
1926-27 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1927-28 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1927-28 Rochester Centrals (ABL)

Born to Gottleib and Augusts Knothe, Fritz was a member of the Passaic High School basketball team that won 159 straight games over 10 seasons. He was also a baseball player, and after graduating, he spent some time at Penn before pursuing an athletic career. He signed with Bay City in baseball's Michigan-Ontario League. He also took up professional basketball at this time, playing for Passaic and Kingston before signing with the Baltimore Orioles in the ABL in 1926-27. After another season with the Colonials and also the Rochester Centrals, he left basketball behind to focus on baseball and headed to the Pacific Coast League. After four seasons out west, including two .300 seasons with Seattle in 1930 and 1931, his contract was purchased by the Boston Braves of the National League and he spent the 1932 season in Boston, batting .238 in 89 games as a third baseman. In June of 1933, the Braves traded him to the Phillies, and he spent next few month there before being sent to Albany in the International League. He would not return to the majors, and would be done with professional baseball after 1934. He returned to Passaic and became a police officer. On March 17, 1963, Fritz suffered a massive stroke and he died ten days later.

Knothe's brother, George, also played major league baseball and both brothers debuted in the same season (1932).


MLB Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knothfr01.shtml

Source:
SABR.org

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/fritz-knothe/

Walter Jamieson

Walter J. Jamieson


Born:
February 2, 1904
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
March 23, 1993
Manhasset, NY


Career
1922-23 Brooklyn Owls (Independent)
1923-24 Brooklyn Owls (Independent)
1924-25 Rockaway Veterans (Independent)
1925-26 Brooklyn St.Rose Owls (Independent)
1926-27 Brooklyn Celtics (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Brooklyn St. Rose Owls (Independent)
1927-28 Brooklyn St. Rose Owls (Independent)
1928-29 Rockaway Pros (Independent)
1929-30 Brooklyn St. Rose Owls (Independent)
1931-32 Brooklyn St. Rose Owls (Independent)
1932-33 Brooklyn St. Rose Owls (Independent)
1933-34 Brooklyn St. Rose Owls (Independent)

Born to Charles and Rose Jamieson in Brooklyn, Walt played basketball for a dozen season around Brooklyn, save a partial season with the Baltimore Orioles.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/walter-jamieson/

Joe Hoffman

Joseph Hoffman


Born:



Died:




Career

1919-20 Baltimore City College - Maryland (College)
1921-22 Allied Club - Baltimore (Independent)
1922-23 Paramount - Baltimore (Independent)
1923-24 YMHA - Baltimore (Independent)
1923-24 Allied Club - Baltimore (Independent)
1923-24 Calvert AC - Baltimore (Independent) Head coach
1924-25 YMHA - Baltimore (Independent)
1924-25 Olympic Club - Baltimore (Independent)
1924-25 Meredith Realty - Florida (Independent)
1925-26 Coral Gables - Florida (Independent)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1927-28 Miami Collegians - Florida (Independent)
1928-29 Paul's Tires - Florida (Independent)
1929-30 Paul's Tires - Florida (Independent)
1929-30 Fort Lauderdale Elks - Florida (Independent)
1930-31 Fort Lauderdale Elks - Florida (Independent)
1930-31 Redman's Sport Shop - Miami (Independent)
1931-32 YMHA - Baltimore (Independent)
1931-32 Stonewall - Baltimore (Independent)

He played baseball and basketball at Baltimore City College before playing around the Baltimore area in the 1920's. He also spent some time in Florida, playing basketball down there.

Quite possibly Joseph Edward Hoffman (1898-1985). Son of William Holmes Hoffman  (1857-1942) and Sarah "Sally" Carr (1854-1925). Brother of Adelaide Hoffman Pula (c. 1891), John (c.1894) and Maurice R. Hoffman. Appears in Census as "Edward" sometimes. His military records say he is 5'7, which could very well be the Hoffman in the photo shown here.


I saw another Joseph Hoffman, born in 1902 in Maryland, living in Miami in 1930. 

Source:


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

Nick Harvey

Alexander Turner "Nick" "Alex" Harvey


Born:
February 6, 1892
Paterson, NJ

Died:
September 21, 1963
Paterson, NJ


Career
1911-12 Paterson Crescents (HRL)
1911-12 Cohoes Co. B / Schenectady (NYSL)
1912-13 Paterson Entre Nous (Independent)
1913-14 Union Hill (NJ) Troys (Independent)
1913-14 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1913-14 Paterson Crescents (NYSL)
1914-15 Paterson Crescents (NYSL)
1915-16 Paterson Crescents (IBL)
1915-16 Norwalk Co. 6 (Independent)
1915-16 Danbury Wooster AC (Independent)
1915-16 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1916-17 Paterson Crescents (IBL)
1917-18 Jersey City Skeeters / Danbury (CSL)
1917-18 Norwalk 1st Home Guard (CSL)
1917–18 Ansonia Wrightlets (CSL)
1917-18 Providence (PSL)
1917–18 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1918-19 Paterson Kleen Maids (Independent)
1919-20 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (IBL)
1919-20 Paterson Kleen Maids (Independent)
1920-21 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1920-21 Reading Bears (EBL)
1920-21 Stamford (IBL)
1920-21 Bruggy All-Stars (Independent)
1921-22 Scranton Miners (EBL)
1921-22 Brooklyn Pros (MBL)
1921-22 Kingston (NYSL)
1922-23 Kingston (NYSL)
1922-23 Elizabeth (MBL)
1922–23 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1923-24 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1923-24 Schenectady Dorpians (NYSL)
1923–24 Cohoes Trojans (NYSL)
1924-25 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1924–25 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1924-25 Tamaqua-Hazelton (AnBL)
1925-26 Perth Amboy Amboyans / Passiac Mets (MBL)
1926-27 Paterson Legionaires / Kingston Raiders (NLN)
1926-27 Paterson Crescents (MBL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1927-28 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1927-28 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)

Born to John and Janet Turner, Harvey (who played under the name Alex and later Nick) was a 5'5 guard who played basketball for many years.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/nick-harvey/

Doc Edelstein

Isadore Samuel "Doc" Edelstein


Born:
January 22, 1903
New York, NY

Died:
February 3, 1973
Syracuse, NY


Career
1921-22 CCNY (College)
1922-23 CCNY (College)
1923-24 CCNY (College)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1928-29 New York Hakoahs (ABL)

The captain of the basketball team at CCNY, Edelstein played pro basketball before becoming an ophthalmologist. Practicing in Brooklyn Heights, New York, until 1971, he died in 1973.

He had one son and two daughters.

Source:
NY Times Obituary

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/doc-edelstein/

Jack Cremen

John Joseph "Jack" Cremen


Born:
July 1, 1900
Newark, NJ

Died:
December 1953



Career
St. Benedict - New Jersey (High School)
1920-21 Signal Five - New Jersey (Independent)
1921-22 Troy Trojans (NYSL)
1922-23 Elizabeth (MBL)
1923-24 Glens Falls Garries (NYSL)
1925-26 Newark Mets (MBL)
1926-27 Ridgewood / Orange (NBL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Canton Orphans (CBL)
1927-28 Beloit Fairies - Wisconsin (Independent)
1928-29 Beloit Fairies - Wisconsin (Independent)
1929-30 New York Celtics (ABL)

Born to Dennis and Anna Cremens, his birthdate is from his Military Draft records. The month and year of his death date from SSDI says January 1954, but his widow's obituary says he died in 1953. Given SSDI reports used to not list the date of death but the date of the filing of death, he likely died in December of 1953..

Was married to Gertude Neary, sister of boxer Gerald Neary.

Source:


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

Duke Byron

Milton Lester "Duke" Byron


Born:
June 6, 1903
Erie, PA

Died:
July 30, 1991
Multnomah County, OR


Career
1922-23 Cornell University (College)
1923-24 Cornell University (College)
1925-26 Mores Industries - Ithaca, NY (Independent)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)

Graduated from Cornell in 1924 with a degree in chemistry.

He was married to Margaret.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/duke-byron/

Johnny Beckman

John Albert Beckman


Born:
October 26, 1892
New York, NY

Died:
June 22, 1968
Miami, FL


Career
1912-13 New York St.Gabriel’s (Independent)
1913-14 Union Hill (NJ) Troys (Independent)
1913-14 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1913-14 Sheepshead Bay Gabriels (Independent)
1913-14 Brooklyn (TSL)
1913-14 Kingston Colonials (NYSL)
1914-15 Paterson Crescents (NYSL)
1915-16 De Neri Duddies (EBL)
1915-16 Paterson Crescents (NYSL)
1915-16 Danbury Woosters AC (Independent)
1915-16 Union Hill Troys - New Jersey (Independent)
1915-16 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1916-17 Danbury Danburians (IBL)
1916-17 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (IBL)
1916-17 Newark Turners (IBL)
1916-17 Reading Bears (EBL)
1917-18 De Neri Duddies (EBL)
1917-18 Danbury/Jersey City Skeeters (CBL)
1917-18 Nanticoke Nans (PSL)
1917-18 New Brunswick Wright-Martin Aeroplane Co. (Independent)
1917-18 Newark Turners (Independent)
1918-19 Newark Turners (Independent)
1918-19 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1918-19 Nanticoke (Independent)
1918-19 Staten Island Standard Ship Yard (Independent)
1919-20 Nanticoke Nans (PSL)
1919-20 De Neri Daisies (EBL)
1919-20 Adams (NYSL)
1919-20 New York Treat 'Em Roughs / Paterson Silk Sox (IBL)
1919-20 Jersey City Skeeters / Brooklyn Dodgers (IBL)
1919-20 Thompsonville Big-Harts (IL)
1919-20 Brooklyn St. James Triangles (Independent)
1919-20 Jordan Bay Big-Five (Independent)
1919-20 Stamford (Independent)
1920-21 Nanticoke Nans (PSL) Head coach / player
1920-21 Stamford (CSL)
1920-21 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1920-21 Trenton Bengals (EBL)
1920-21 Thompsonville Bigelow-Hartfords (IL)
1920-21 Original Celtics (Independent)
1920-21 Beckman All-Stars (Independent)
1921-22 Original Celtics (Independent)
1921-22 New York Celtics (EBL)
1922-23 Original Celtics (Independent)
1922-23 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (EBL)
1922-23 New York Original Celtics (MBL)
1923-24 Original Celtics (Independent)
1924-25 Original Celtics (Independent)
1925-26 Original Celtics (Independent)
1926-27 New York Celtics (NYN)
1926-27 Brooklyn Celtics (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL) Head coach / player
1927-28 Paterson (MBL)
1927-28 Detroit Cardinals (ABL) Head coach / player
1927-28 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1928-29 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1929-30 New York Celtics (ABL)
1929-30 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1929-30 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1973

Known as the "Babe Ruth of Basketball" during his playing career, Beckman was a drawing card wherever he played, and was once sold for an unheard amount of $10,000. His reputation on the court as a leader and skilled player, as well as a coach and youth educator, got him elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973, five years after his death at 75 years of age.



Source:
Miami News, August 31, 1947

Stats:
probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/johnny-beckman/

Tom Barlow

Thomas Bryan "Tarzan" Barlow


Born:
July 9. 1896
Trenton, NJ

Died:
September 26, 1983
Point Pleasant, NJ


Career
1911-12 Trenton CC (TCL)
1912-13 Trenton (Independent)
1913-14 East Trenton Laurels (Independent)
1914-15 East Trenton Laurels (Independent)
1915-16 East Trenton Laurels (Independent)
1915-16 Trenton Marshalls (Independent)
1915-16 Trenton Tigers (EBL)
1916-17 Trenton Royal Bengals (EBL)
1916-17 De Neri Duddies /Allentown (EBL)
1917-18 De Neri Duddies (EBL)
1917-18 East Trenton Laurels (Independent)
1918-19 Military Service
1919-20 Trenton Royal Bengals (EBL)
1919-20 Wilkes-Barre Barons (PSL)
1919-20 Passaic A.A. (IBL)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (IBL)
1920-21 Trenton Bengals (EBL)
1920-21 Wilkes-Barre Barons (PSL)
1921-22 Trenton Royal Bengals (EBL)
1922-23 Trenton Tigers (EBL)
1922-23 Greenpoint Knights of St.Anthony (MBL)
1922-23 Brooklyn Knights of St.Anthony (Independent)
1923-24 Greenpoint Knights of St.Anthony (MBL)
1923-24 Trenton Tigers (MBL)
1923-24 Holy Name (PBL)
1924-25 Greenpoint Knights of St.Anthony (MBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1924-25 Pottsville Big-Five (AnBL)
1925-26 Greenpoint Knights of St.Anthony (MBL)
1925-26 Trenton Bengals (EBL)
1926-26 Philadelphia Sphas (Independent)
1926-27 Greenpoint Knights of St.Anthony / Trenton (NYN)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1928-29 Philadelphia Sphas (Independent)
1928-29 New York Beckman All-Stars (Independent)
1929-30 Syracuse All Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Wilmington (EBL)
1930-31 Wilmington (TSBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Jaspers (EBL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Moose (EBL)
1931-32 Camden Skeeters (EBL)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1981


Barlow was a talented athlete out of Trenton, playing football and baseball as well as basketball while a youth. He turned pro at the age of 16 with a basketball team in Trenton, beginning a long career that would finish with a ticket to the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1932, he quit playing and became a building inspector in Trenton, as well as operating a construction company with his brother.

Tom and his wife, Mildred, had a son and a daughter.

Source:
http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tom-barlow
Daily Record (Morristown, NJ), September 29, 1983

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/tom-barlow/

1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)

1926-27 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (I)
First Half:
1-20 .048, 8th place
Second Half:
5-16 .238, 8th place

After a brutal first half, the Orioles were able to obtain many stars from the NBL which had dissolved in mid-season. The refurbished roster did little for the club's fortunes, though, as the club only improved by four wins in the second half.

Head Coaches: 

• Lou Sugarman (October 10, 1889 - June 14, 1951) 1-20. Also played. See Below
• Johnny Beckman (October 26, 1892 - June 22, 1968) 5-16. Also played. See Below

PLAYERS:

• Tom Barlow (July 9. 1896 - September 26, 1983)

Biography

• Johnny Beckman (October 26, 1892 - June 22, 1968)

Biography

• Whitey Bernot (June 15, 1901 - February 16, 1974)

Biography

• Buddy Bushman (December 18, 1902 - August 9, 1961)

Biography 

• Duke Byron (June 6, 1903 - July 30, 1991)

Biography

• Jack Cremen (July 1, 1900 - December 1953)

Biography

• Snooks Dowd (December 20, 1897 - April 4, 1962)

Biography

• Doc Edelstein (January 22, 1903 - February 3, 1973)

Biography

• Nick Harvey (February 6, 1892 - September 21, 1963)

Biography

• Joe Hoffman 

Biography

• Walter Jamieson (February 2, 1904 - March 23, 1993)

Biography

• Ted Kearns (January 1, 1900 - December 21, 1949)

Biography

• Fritz Knothe (May 1, 1903 - March 27, 1963)

Biography

• Moyer Krakovitch (November 14, 1907 - February 21, 1985)

Biography

• Dutch Lentz (August 3, 1897 - May 20, 1980)

Biography

• Stretch Miller (March 7, 1901 - April 21, 1998)

Biography

• Earl Moser (May 28, 1906 - August 10, 1953)

Biography

• Jammy Moskowitz (October 9, 1904 - March 4, 1999)

Biography

• Mike Mumby (July 25, 1900 - September 7, 1975)

Biography

• Jiggs O'Dell (September 22, 1897 - August 21, 1934)

Biography

• Main Rich (December 20, 1903 - September 13, 1970)
  

Biography

• Sam Siegel (June 4, 1904 - October 20, 1995)

Biography

• Lefty Stern (March 30, 1907 - June 30, 1993)

Biography

• Lou Sugarman (October 10, 1889 - June 14, 1951)

Biography

• Jerry Sullivan (June 5, 1896 - March 17, 1972)

Biography

• Hank Thomas (July 8, 1896 - September9,  1982)

Biography
 

• Joe Wallace (May 15, 1901 - January 12, 1972)

Biography

Joe Wallace

Clarence MacNair "Joe" Wallace


Born:
May 15, 1901
Middletown, PA

Died:
January 12, 1972
Hummelstown, PA


Career
1918-19 Middletown High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1919-20 Middletown High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1921-22 Dickinson College - Pennsylvania (College)
1922-23 Dickinson College - Pennsylvania (College)
1923-24 Dickinson College - Pennsylvania (College)
1924-25 Tremont (Independent)
1925-26 Brooklyn Arcadians (ABL)
1926-27 Brooklyn Arcadians (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1927-28 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1928-29 Middleton Aviators - Pennsylvania (Independent)
1929-30 Kennett Square (EBL)
1929-30 Middleton Aviators - Pennsylvania (Independent)

Wallace was a baseball and basketball player in high school, and moved on to Dickinson College. He played basketball professionally before leaving in 1930 to study at Jefferson Medical School where he would study to become a doctor. He passed the boards in 1936 and practiced in Philadelphis before joining the Army in World War 2.

Source:
Evening News, February 4, 1936

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Joe-Wallace/

Lou Sugarman

Louis L. "Doc" Sugarman


Born:
October 10, 1889
New York, NY

Died:
June 14, 1951
Philadelphia, PA


Career
1907-08 Syracuse University (College)
1908-09 Syracuse University (College)
1909-10 Hudson Mixers (HRL)
1910-11 Hudson Mixers (HRL)
1910-11 Uniontown U's (CBL)
1911-12 Kingston Colonials (HRL)
1911-12 Kingston Co. M (NYSL)
1912-13 Gloversville Co. G (NYSL)
1912-13 Cohoes (NYSL)
1913-14 Cohoes Co. B (EBL)
1914-15 Greystock Greys (EBL)
1915-16 Greystock Greys (EBL)
1915-16 Elizabeth Betsys (IBL)
1915-16 Danbury Wooster AC (Independent)
1916-17 Greystock Greys (EBL)
1916-17 New York All-Stars (IBL)
1917-18 Scranton Miners (PSL) Head coach / player
1917-18 Carbondale Pioneers (PSL)
1917-18 Greystock Greys (EBL)
1917-18 Reading Bears (EBL)
1917-18 Philadelphia Beth Israel (ALP)
1918-19 Philadelphia Midvale (ALP)
1919-20 Wilkes-Barre Barons (PSL)
1919-20 Reading Bears (EBL) Head coach / player
1919-20 North Philadelphia Americans (EBL)
1919-20 De Neri Daisies (EBL)
1919-20 Passiac A.A. (IBL)
1920-21 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1920-21 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1920-21 Plymouth Shawnees (PSL)
1920-21 Frank Bruggy All Stars (Independent)
1920-21 Princeton University (College) Head coach
1921-22 Wilkes-Barre Barons (EBL)
1921-22 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL) Head coach / player
1921-22 Coatesville Coats (EBL)
1922-23 Coatesville Coats (EBL) Head coach / player
1922-23 Elizabeth (MBL)
1922-23 Cohoes Cohosiers (NYSL)
1922-23 Philadelphia SPHAS (PBL)
1923-24 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1923-24 West Philadelphia Shanahan (PBL)
1924-25 Philadelphia Kayoula (PBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1924-25 Pottsville Big-Five (AnBL)
1925-26 Washington Palace Five (ABL) Head coach / player
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL) Head coach / player
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL) Head coach / player
1929-30 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL) Head coach

Lou Sugraman graduated from Syracuse and began a long career of professional basketball in the eastern United States. Playing largely around Philadelphia, he was 35 years of age when he was lured to coach the Washington Palace Five in the ABL in 1925. He also played, and would be a player/coach for Baltimore the next year, and for one season with Trenton in 1928-29. He quit playing but would coach one more season, with Fort Wayne.
Sugarman was also a dentist. He died in June of 1951 of a heart attack. When his body was found by friends, he had likely been dead for a few days.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Lou-Sugarman/

Main Rich

JMarion Johnston "Main" Rich


Born:
December 20, 1903
Jamestown, NY

Died:
September 13, 1970

Atlantic City, NJ


Career
Middlebury College - Connecticut (College)
1924-25 Oil City Merchants (WPL)
1925-26 Corry Keystones - Pennsylvania (Independent)
1925-26 Erie (Independent)
1925-26 Buffalo Bisons (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Lorain Lions (CBL)
1927-28 Corry Keystones - Pennsylvania (Independent) 

Rich played basketball at Middlebury College before playing professionally a few years. In the early 1930's, he worked in Oil City, Pennsylvania, as a sports editor for the Oil City Derrick. He and his wife lived in Silver Creek, New York, in 1933. In 1934, Rich and his wife, Marjorie, were driving in a car when it was hit by a train. Main was critically injured, but Marjorie was killed.

He bounced around as a sports writer, working for 51 daily papers in 22 different states. He last worked at the Valley-Times News, (West Point, GA) from around 1960 to 1965. He retired from the newspaper business and was living in Atlantic City as of 1967. That's all I can find.

UPDATED 12/8/2023

Finding one of Rich's guest columns, he referred to his brother Beac in Arling, Vermont. From there, I found Beacom Rich, tracked back to his draft card which mentioned his father's full name, tracked down his father's information (Frederick McCullough Rich)and found his son Marion who died in Atlantic City in 1970. All comes together.


Source:
Oil City Derrick (PA), May 27, 1967

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Main-Rich/