Moe Weisman

Moe Weisman


Born:



Died:




Career
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)

Played one game for Newark. Not much else to go on.

There was a Morris Weisman (1906-2003) who was born and raised in Newark. Maybe?


Source:


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

Moe Spahn

Morris C. Spahn


Born:
May 3, 1912
New York, NY

Died:
June 11, 1991
Manhattan, NY


Career
1927-28 Bryant High School - Queens (High School)
1928-29 Bryant High School - Queens (High School)
1929-30 Bryant High School - Queens (High School)
1930-31 CCNY (College)
1931-32 CCNY (College)
1932-33 CCNY (College)
1932-33 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1932-33 Original Celtics (Independent)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 New Britain Palace (ABL)
CCNY (College) Assistant coach
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways (ABL)
1934-35 Boston Trojans
1934-35 New Britain Mules (ABL)
1934-35 Freeland-Pittston (PSL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1935-36 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Pittston (PSL)
1936-37 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1936-37 Pittston (PSL)
1937-38 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1937-38 Pittston (NYPA)
1937-38 Reading (TCL)
1938-39 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1938-39 Original Celtics (Independent)
1939-40 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1939-40 New York Jewels (ABL)
1940-41 New York Jewels (ABL)
1941-42 New York Jewels (ABL)
1941-42 Wilmington Blue Bombers (ABL)
1941-42 Saratoga (NYSL)
1942-43 Camden/Brooklyn Indians (ABL)
1942-43 Original Celtics (Independent)
1942-43 Wilmington Clippers (Independent)

After leading CCNY to a 41-6 record over his three seasons on the varsity squad, Spahn would go on to be one of the best players in the ABL. He lead the league in scoring in his rookie year, and was the runner up to the MVP award 1935-36 and 1936-37 before winning it outright in 1937-38. He was on five ABL championship teams, all while working as assistant coach at CCNY where he was earning his Master's Degree. He would eventually go on to NYU to earn his Ph.D.  His post-basketball life was dedicated to education. He was the headmaster at Franklin School in Manhattan for 25 years as well as a camp director at Camp Winaukee in New Hampshire and Tripp Lake Camp in Maine.

Moe died of heart failure in 1991. He and his wife and one son and one daughter.



Source:
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Jews In Sports
Obituary, NY Times, June 13, 1991


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

Mickey Reichardt

Michael "Mickey" Reichardt


Born:
February 17, 1912
Trenton, NJ

Died:
May 22, 1983
Miami, FL


Career
Trenton High School (High School)
1930-31 Rider University (College)
1931-32 Rider University (College)
1932-33 Rider University (College)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 Trenton Wonders (Independent)
1934-35 Trenton (EBL)
1935-36 Atlantic City (EBL)

Born in Trenton to Adam and Mary Reichardt, Mickey graduated from Rider and player a few seasons of professional basketball. He played one game for Newark of the ABL in 1933-34

Mickey and his wife, Lucie, had one son.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/mickey-reichardt/

Ernie McCoy

Ernest B. McCoy


Born:
July 20, 1904
Pittsburgh, PA

Died:
September 16, 1980
University Park, PA


Career
1926-27 University of Michigan (College)
1927-28 University of Michigan (College)
1928-29 University of Michigan (College)
1929-30 Detroit Olympics / Jackson (NPBL)
1932-33 Montclair AC (Independent)
1932-33 Montclair College - New Jersey (College) Head coach
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 Montclair College - New Jersey (College) Head coach
1947-48 University of Michigan (College) Assistant coach
1948-49 University of Michigan (College) Head coach
1949-50 University of Michigan (College) Head coach
1950-51 University of Michigan (College) Head coach
1951-52 University of Michigan (College) Head coach

McCoy was born in Pittsburgh but grew up in Detroit. He would go on to play at the University of Michigan and after graduating played in the NPBL in Detroit (the club would move to Jackson later that year.) He headed out east to work as a coach and teacher at Montclair High School while getting his Masters Degree in Physical Education at Columbia. Coaching football, he was also named Athletic Director there and later at Montclair Teachers College. He returned to Michigan in 1940, working as assistant football coach and assistant AD under Fritz Crisler. He was also an assistant coach for the basketball team for a year before being named head coach. He left Michigan in 1952 to become AD at Penn State, and would stay there until retiring in 1970. His retirement was short-lived, as in November of 1971 he became AD at Miami in Florida. He finally retired for good in 1973.


Source:
http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/baskmen/baskmaa/mccoyaa.htm


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/ernie-mccoy/

Skeets Lonoff

Abraham "Skeets" Lonoff


Born:
October 26, 1898
Russia

Died:
May 1967
Maplewood, NJ


Career
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1939-40 Hebrew Club - Newark (Independent) Head coach

Played two games for Newark. Born in Russia, Lonoff's family moved to the U.S. in 1903.

Update 12/20/18 
I found a couple newspaper articles that speak of a Newark-area basketball star named Abe. I am reasonably certain the player is Abe, and not "Al." He was married to Olga (d. 1965)

SSDI and his WW2 draft card says he was born Oct 12, 1897, but his WW1 registration card says October 26, 1898. I am going with the WW1 registration for now.


Source:
The Record (Hackensack, NJ), April 5, 1939
The Daily Standard (Red Bank, NJ), January 5, 1940

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/skeets-lonoff/

Mooney Levine

Solomon A. "Mooney" or "Monone" Levine


Born:
July 27, 1912
Passaic, NJ

Died:
November 1, 1976
Passaic, NJ


Career
1931-32 Passaic High School - New Jersey (High School)
1932-33 Wooley City - New Jersey (Independent)
1932-33 Passaic YMHA - New Jersey (Independent)
1932-33 Hackensack Jewish Five - New Jersey (Independent)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1935-36 Passaic Reds (ABL)
1936-37 Amsterdam (NYSL)
1938-39 Binghamton Triplets (NYSL)
1939-40 Amsterdam (NYSL) 

Mooney Levine, was a star at Passaic High School before playing professionally in New Jersey and New York.


Source:
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) December 2, 1939
Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) December 29, 1938

The Herald News (Passaic, NJ), November 2, 1976

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/mooney-levine/

Jimmy Lennon

James J. Lennon Jr.


Born:
December 7, 1906
Montclair, NJ

Died:
April 12, 1988
Irvington, NJ


Career
1933-34 Camden Brewers (ABL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1934-35 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1934-35 Newark Mules (ABL)
1934-35 Kingston (NYSL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)


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

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jimmy-lennon/

Harry Hamilton

Harry Hamilton


Born:



Died:




Career
(High School)
Fordham University (College) ??
1933-34 Camden Brewers (ABL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)

Does not appear on Fordham's All-Time Roster

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/harry-hamilton/

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/

Lefty Budnetz

David H. "Lefty" Budnetz (Budde)


Born:
March 5, 1910
New York, NY

Died:
November 17, 1984
Lake Worth, FL


Career
1932-33 Bronx St. Martins / Americans (MBL)
1933-34 Bronx Americans (ABL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1935-36 Alabama Pitts All-Stars (ABL)
1935-36 Hartford YMHA - Connecticut (Independent)
1938-39 Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL)

Budnetz would eventually go by the name "Budde."

Source:


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

Dave Bass

David Bass


Born:
June 21, 1911
Spencer, MA

Died:
December 13, 1996
Miami, FL


Career
1929-30 Textile - Brooklyn (High School)
1930-31 Bank of United States (Independent)
1931-32 Brooklyn Jewels (Independent)
1931-32 Brooklyn Jewels (MBL)

1931-32 Yonkers Chippewas (Independent)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans–Brooklyn Jewels (MBL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 New Britain Palace (ABL)
1934-35 New Britain Jackaways - New Britain Mules (ABL)
1935-36 Hartford YMHA (Independent)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passaic Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Freeland (PSL)
1936-37 Hazleton (PSL)
1936-37 New York Celtics (ABL)
1937-38 New York Yankees (ABL)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL) Head coach / player
1939-40 Troy Celtics (ABL)
1941-42 Hartford Gems (CSL)

Bass was a talented guard who played through the 30's. While with Kingston in 1937-38, he was named coach when Pop Morganweck stepped down in January of 1938. Bass miss the 38-39 season due to a bad knee injury but returned to play for Troy in 1939.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/dave-bass/

1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)

1933-34 NEWARK JOE FAYS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
First Half:
9-17 .346, 7th place
Second Half:
4-5 .444, 5th place

• Head Coach: Abe Schartoff (October 24, 1897 - October 18, 1965)

PLAYERS:

• Dave Bass (June 21, 1911 - December 13, 1996)

Biography 

• Benny Borgmann (November 2, 1898 - November 11, 1978)

Biography

• Lefty Budnetz (March 5, 1910 - November 17, 1984)

Biography

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

Biography 

• Red Conaty (February 12, 1904 - May 27, 1979)

Biography

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

Biography 

• Jimmy Gordon (April 18, 1904 - March 1966)

Biography

• Harry Hamilton   

Biography

• Lloyd Kintzing (November 30, 1905 - January 20, 1972)

Biography

• Jimmy Lennon (December 7, 1906 - April 12, 1988)

Biography

• Mooney Levine (July 27, 1912 - November 1, 1976)

Biography

• Skeets Lonoff (October 26, 1898 - May 1967)

Biography

• Ernie McCoy (July 20, 1904 - September 16, 1980)

Biography 

• Don Nagle (April 1, 1910 - September 16, 1951)

Biography 

• Mickey Reichardt (February 17, 1912 - May 22, 1983)

Biography 

• Happy Reilly 

Biography 

• Moe Spahn (May 3, 1912 - June 11, 1991)

Biography

• Moe Weisman  

Biography

Happy Reilly

William "Happy" Reilly


Born:
c. 1903


Died:




Career

1923-24 Brooklyn Assumption Triangles (Independent)

1924-25 Brooklyn Assumption Triangles (Independent)

1925-26 Brooklyn Assumption Triangles (Independent)

1926-27 Brooklyn Assumption Triangles (Independent)

1926-27 Brooklyn St.Peter’s Club (Independent)

1927-28 Brooklyn Edison Big Five (Independent)

1928-29 Brooklyn St. Lucy’s CC (Independent)
1928-29 Brooklyn St. Lucy’s CC (Independent)

1928-29 Brooklyn Crowns (Independent)
1929-30 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)

1929-30 Carbondale (PSL)
1930-31 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1931-32 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1931-32 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1932-33 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1933-34 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 Brooklyn Dongans (Independent)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)
1934-35 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1934-35 Newark Mules (ABL)
1937-38 Brooklyn Visitations All-Stars (Independent)

Not much info to go on. May be from Staten Islands, but in a 1930 article, Reilly is referred to as an import from Paterson.


Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/happy-reilly/

Don Nagle

Donald G. Nagle


Born:
April 1, 1910
Paterson, NJ

Died:
September 16, 1951
NJ


Career
1926-27 Central High School - Paterson, NJ (High School)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1930-31 Philadelphia Elks (EBL)
1930-31 Chester (TSL)
1930-31 Archibald (PSL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1931-32 Long Island Pro-Imps (MBL)
1931-32 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1932-33 Paterson Continentals (MBL)
1932-33 Wilkes Barre (PSL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1934-35 Utica (NYSL)

Born in Paterson, Nagle grew up in Hawthorne and after high school, he embark on a basketball career that saw him play six seasons including three in the ABL. He would work as a baker, and died in 1951 at the young age of 41.

He married Grace Steinbock and they had one daughter, Judith.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/don-nagle/

Lloyd Kintzing

William Lloyd "Lefty" Kintzing


Born:
November 30, 1905
Lock Haven, PA

Died:
January 20, 1972
Middletown, NJ


Career
1925-26 Bellville Collegiates (Independent)
1926-27 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1926-27 Broolyn Fernwoods (Independent)
1927-28 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1929-30 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Jaspers (EBL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Moose (EBL)
1931-32 Union City Reds (MBL)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1932-33 Paterson Continentals (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1934-35 Newark Mules / New Britain Mules (ABL)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1935-36 Freeland (PSL)
1936-37 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
Lefty was born in Pennsylvania but raised in New Jersey. His younger brother, Fenton, also played some pro basketball. Lefty played for over a decade.

Source:


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

Jimmy Gordon

James Gordon


Born:
April  18, 1904
New York, NY

Died:
March 1966
Miami (?), FL


Career
1922-23 Central High School - Newark (High School)
1925-26 Newark Mets (MBL)
1925-26 Newark Dental Big Five (Independent)
1925-26 Newark YMHA (Independent)
1926-27 Yonkers Leaguers (MBL)
1926-27 Temple Big Five (Independent)
1926-27 Akron Wellocks Motors (CBL)
1927-28 Detroit Cardinals (ABL)
1927-28 Newark Hebrews (Independent)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1929-30 Temple B'Nai Abrahams - New Brunswick, NJ (Independent)
1930-31 Honesdale (PSL)
1930-31 Metuchen Legionnaires - New Jersey (American Legion)
1931-32 Metuchen Legionnaires - New Jersey (American Legion)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1934-35 Newark Mules (Independent)
1935-36 Newark Hebrew Club (Independent)
1950-51 Bakelite Engineers - Bound Brook, NJ (Senior Recreational League)

Born in 1905, Jimmy's father Joseph died that same year. His mother, Eva (Slominsky) would later remarry to George Kamenetsky, The guard from Newark, 5'7 and 130 pounds, was a popular basketball player around Newark before signing larger deals in the midwest, first in Akron and then with the Detroit Cardinals in the ABL. He would eventually return to Newark and player pro and semi-pro for a few more years.

Most of this info comes from his 1930 census records that lists his career as a pro basketball player. Still trying to piece the rest of this information together. According to SSDI, he died in March of 1966.

He was married to Rose Cooperman (1909-1978) and they had two daughters, Judith and Barbara (1948-2008).

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jimmy-gordon/

Benny Borgmann

Bernhard Borgmann, Jr.


Born:
November 2, 1898
Haledon, NJ

Died:
November 11, 1978
Hawthorne, NJ


Career
1916-17 Paterson Crescents (IBL)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (EBL)
1919-20 Paterson Kleen Maids (Independent)
1920-21 Paterson (Independent)
1921-22 Paterson Powers Brothers (MBL)
1921-22 Kingston (NYSL)
1921-22 Springfield Gunners (IL)
1922-23 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1922-23 Kingston (NYSL)
1922-23 Springfield Gunners (IL)
1923-24 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1923-24 Cohoes Trojans (NYSL)
1924-25 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1925-26 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1926-27 Paterson Legionaires / Kingston Raiders (NYN)
1926-27 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL) Head coach / player
1927-28 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1928-29 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1929-30 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL) Head coach / player
1930-31 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1930-31 Honsdale (PSL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Moose (EBL)
1931-32 Long Island Pro-Imps (MBL)
1932-33 Paterson Continentals (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1934-35 Newark/New Britain Mules (ABL)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passiac Reds (ABL) Head coach / player
1945-46 Paterson Crescents (ABL) Head coach
1946-47 Syracuse Nationals (NBL) Head coach
1947-48 Syracuse Nationals (NBL) Head coach
1948-49 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1949-50 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1950-51 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1951-52 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1952-53 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach
1953-54 Muhlenberg College (College) Head coach

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1961

A baseball and basketball player, Borgmann was a long time pro basketball player and coach, following a journey that would lead him to be one of the first members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a minor league baseball player for many years, and would go out to be a scout for various teams for 32 years.

He and his wife (Lillian? Connie) had one son.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=borgma001ber


Source:
Morning Call (Allentown, PA), November 16, 1978

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/benny-borgmann/

Red Conaty

John Francis "Red" Conaty


Born:
February 12, 1904
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
May 27, 1979
Brooklyn, NY


Career
1920-21 Brooklyn Prospect Big-Five (Independent)
1921-22 Brooklyn Whirlwinds (Independent)
1921-22 Ware Wonders (IBL)
1922-23 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1922-23 Schenectady Dorpians (NYSL)
1923-24 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1923-24 Gloversville Wonder Workers (NYSL)
1924-25 Brooklyn (MBL)
1924-25 Philadelphia Kayoula (PBL)
1924-25 Washington Palace Five (Independent)
1925-26 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1925-26 Brooklyn Arcadians (ABL)
1926-27 Brooklyn Visitations (NBL)
1926-27 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1927-28 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1927-28 Kingston Colonials (MBL) 
1927-28 Washington Palace Five  / Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1928-29 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1929-30 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1930-31 Dunsmore (PSL)
1930-31 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1931-32 Bridgeton Moose (EBL)
1931-32 Carbondale (PSL)
1931-32 Brooklyn Arcadians (Independent)
1932-33 Brooklyn Hillhouse / Brooklyn Americans / Bronx (MBL) Head coach / player
1932-33 Carbondale (PSL)
1932-33 Pittston (PSL)
1933-34 Newark Joe Fays (ABL)
1933-34 Pittston (PSL)
1934-35 Newark Mules / New Britain Mules (ABL)
1934-35 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1935-36 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1936-37 Tunkhannock (PSL)
1939-40 Baltimore Clippers (ABL) On team prior to season, not sure he played in ABL games
1941-42 Kingston (NYSL) Head coach
1945-46 Syracuse Stars () Head coach

Red's two brothers, Ed and Frank, also played professional basketball.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/red-conaty-2/