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/

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/

1934-35 Newark / New Britain Mules (ABL)

1934-35 NEWARK / NEW BRITAIN MULES
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
First Half:
12-12 .500, 4th place
Second Half:
9-9 .500, T-3rd place

On January 18, 1935, the New Britain Jackaways withdrew from the leagues. The Newark Mules were then relocated to New Britain.


Head Coaches: 

• Honey Russell (May 31, 1902 - November 15, 1973) 9-10 ?? Also played. See below.
• Joe Dreyfus (December 11, 1892 - April 29, 1974)  12-10?

PLAYERS:

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

Biography 

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

Biography

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

Biography 

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

Biography

• Tiny Hearn (June 3, 1905 - December 20, 1962)

Biography

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

Biography

• Happy Reilly 

Biography 

• Honey Russell (May 31, 1902 - November 15, 1973)

Biography

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

Biography

• Lute Share (May 9, 1908 - July 25, 1970)

Biography 

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

Biography

• Lou Spindell (December 16, 1908 - December 3, 1997)

Biography

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

Biography 

• Fats Wyka (September 19, 1907 - June 15, 1992)

Biography

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/

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/

Tiny Hearn

William Waller "Tiny" Hearn


Born:
June 3, 1905
Eatonton, GA

Died:
December 20, 1962
Eatonton, GA


Career
1920-21 Eatonton High School - Georgia (High School)
1924-25 Georgia Tech (College)
1925-26 Georgia Tech (College)
1926-27 Georgia Tech (College)
1927-28 Thorpe Indians (Independent)
1928-29 Haskell Indians (Independent)
1929-30 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1932-33 Paterson Continentals (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Visitation (MBL)
1932-33 Jersey City Palace Diamonds (MBL)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia Jaspers (EBL)
1932-33 Tunkhannock (PSL)
1933-34 Trenton Moose (ABL)
1933-34 Plymouth (PSL)
1933-34 Philadelphia Passon (EBL)
1934-35 Newark / New Britain Mules (ABL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1936-37 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 Binghamton (NYPA)

Born to Henry and Mary Hearn in Eatonton, Georgia, the ironically-nicknamed 6'9 Hearn played at Georgia Tech before going pro. He played for various teams for almost a decade, including seven seasons in the ABL.

He married Stella Weglicka (1910-2006) and they had one son.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/tiny-hearn/

Fats Wyka

Albert J. "Fats" Wyka


Born:
September 19, 1907
Passaic, NJ

Died:
June 15, 1992
NJ


Career
1925-26 Passaic Collegiates - New Jersey (Independent)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1929-30 Archibald (PSL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1930-31 Archibald (PSL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)
1932-33 Jersey City Palace Diamonds (MBL)
1934-35 Newark Mules (ABL)
1934-35 Utica (NYSL)
1934-35 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1935-36 Tunkhannaock (PSL)
1937-38 Passiac Kenyons (Independent)
1938-39 Jersey Reds (ABL)


He was married to Jean Simonton (1910-1989).

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/fats-wyka/

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/

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/