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/

Reds Sherr

Louis "Reds" Sherr


Born:
February 2, 1905
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
August 4, 1978
Wynnewood, PA


Career
1922-23 South Philadelphia High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1923-24 Judaic Union - Philadelphia (Independent)
1924-25 University of Pennsylvania (College)
1925-26 University of Pennsylvania (College)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1926-27 Hakoah (PBL)
1926-27 Wildwood (SJL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Elks (PBL)
1927-28 Wildwood (SJL)
1928-29 New York Hakoahs (ABL)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1928-29 Millville (SJL)
1928-29 Kennett Square (EBL)
1928-29 Philadelphia Sphas (Independent)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (MBL)
1929-30 Kennett Square (EBL)
1929-30 Wilkes Barre (PSL)
1930-31 Philadelphia Elks-SPHA's (EBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia SPHA's (EBL)
1933-34 Philadelphia Passon (EBL)

Sherr was going to law school at Penn while playing professional basketball. He would play through the mid-30's while continuing to hone his legal skills. He worked for many years as an attorney in the Philly area before his death from leukemia in 1978.

Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 6, 1978

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/reds-sherr/

Johnny Schrey

John Frank Schrey


Born:
December 18, 1906
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
August 3, 1996
Palm Beach, FL


Career
1925-26 Philadelphia Pollock & Hudson (Independent)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1926-27 Quartermaster (PBL)
1926-27 Ocean City (SJL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Elks (PBL)
1927-28 Salem (SJL)
1928-29 Philadelphia Elks (EBL)
1928-29 Salem (SJL)
1929-30 Philadelphia Elks (EBL)
1930-31 Reading Bears (TCL)
1930-31 Philadelphia Elks (EBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia WPEN (EBL)
1933-34 Philadelphia Moose-Enterprise (EBL)
1933-34 Wilkes Barre (PSL)
1934-35 Germantown (EBL)
1935-36 Germantown (EBL)
1937-38 Philadelphia Jaspers (NBL)
1937-38 Carpenter Steel (TCL)

Shrey was also a minor league baseball player, playing first base for Toronto and Binghamton.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=schrey001joh

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/john-schrey/

Harry Riconda

Henry Paul "Harry" Riconda


Born:
March 17, 1897
New York, NY

Died:
November 15, 1958
Mahopac, NY


Career
1918-19 Staten Island Minesweepers (Independent)
1919-20 Albany Senators (NYSL)
1919-20 Westfield Whip City AC (IL)
1919-20 New York Whirlwinds (Independent)
1919-20 NY MacDowell Lycieum (Independent)
1920-21 Albany Senators (NYSL)
1920-21 Westfield Whip City AC (IL)
1920-21 Brooklyn Arcadians (Independent)
1921-22 Amsterdam (NYSL)
1921-22 Albany Senators (NYSL)
1921-22 Brooklyn Pros (MBL)
1921-22 New York Celtics (EBL)
1921-22 Coatesville Coats (EBL)
1921-22 Easthampton Hampers (IL)
1921-22 Springfield Gunners (IL)
1921-22 Brooklyn Brooklyns (Independent)
1922-23 Albany Senators (NYSL)
1922-23 Brooklyn Pros (MBL)
1922-23 Philadelphia Jewels (EBL)
1923-24 Schenectady Dorpians (NYSL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1923-24 Greenpoint Knights of St Anthony (MBL)
1924-25 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1925-26 Perth Amboy Amboyans / Passiac Mets (MBL)
1925-26 Philadelphia SPHAS (Independent)
1926-27 Paterson Legionaires / Kingston Raiders (NYN)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Albany Senators (MBL)
1927-28 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1929-30 New York Celtics (ABL)

A notable athlete from New York City, Riconda signed to play the infield for Springfield, Massachusetts, baseball team in 1916, and in 1917 moved on to New Haven. He would enter the U.S. Army in 1917 and served his country in World War 1. After his return from the war, he returned to athletics. He began play pro basketball while continuing to pursue his baseball career. He returned to the diamond in New Haven, and after a 1922 season that saw him bat .335, he was purchased by Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. Through 1931, he would bounce back and forth between the minors and majors with time on the Pirates, Dodgers, Reds and the Braves. The baseball off-season was very busy for him during this time. He played for various basketball teams each winter around the Mid-Atlantic states.

In 1958, Riconda took a vacation away from his home in New York City at nearby Lake Mahopac. While there, he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Major League Baseball Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riconha01.shtml

Source:


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

Harry Passon

Harry Joseph Passon


Born:
April 1, 1897
Kiev, Russia

Died:
February 16, 1954
Philadelphia, PA


Career
1917-18 De Neri Duddies (EBL)
1917-18 Philadelphia YMCA (ALP)
1918-19 Philadelphia SPHA's (ALP)
1919-20 De Neri Daisies (EBL)
1920-21 Philadelphia SPHA's (ALP)
1921-22 Philadelphia SPHA's (Independent)
1926-27 Philadelphia Elks (PBL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL) Head coach / player

Passon was born in Kiev, but after the family came to the United States (including fellow future pro baskball players / brother Chick and Nat), Harry took to sports and quickly became on of the larger figures in the semi-pro and pro sports world in Philadelphia. He organized various leagues and tournaments for baseball and basketball, and opened a very successful sporting good store in Philly. Passon owned and managed all-black baseball teams and also worked with other black semi-pro teams in the city. Passons' own team, the Bacarach Giants, competed with the established Negro League Philadelphia Stars and was able to secure fields of play in a time when that was difficult for black-owned sports teams. Passon also fought against the "Blue Laws" in the state, which prevented sports from being played on Sunday. This law was appealed in 1934.

Passon was approached by Cumberland Posey to have his baseball team, the Giants, to join to new National Negro Association being formed. However, the Philly Stars, owned by Ed Bolden and Ed Gottlieb, raised a protest against Passon's team joining. (Gottlieb was both a friend and a rival of Passon. Gottlieb was one of the co-founders of the SPHA's along with Harry.)

On February 16, 1954, Passon was supposed to meet with his brother Nat at a bank conference, but did not show. The next morning, Nat arrived at the store to open for business and intended to turn off the burglar alarm, but since the alarm was not turned on the night before, it went off and the police answered the alarm. Nat thought it was odd the alarm was not turned on, but did not think much of it at the time. Later in the day, with still no sign of his brother Harry and thinking back about the alarm, Nat and his employees began to look around the shop to see if maybe something was wrong. One of his employees found the body of Harry inside the store's gun vault. He had shot himself in the head.

He and his wife, Tillie, had two daughters.

Source:
Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), February 17, 1954
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 17, 1954
SABR.org

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

Chick Passon

Herman Charles "Chick" Passon


Born:
May 30, 1900
Kiev, Russia

Died:
February 27, 1989
Philadelphia, PA


Career
1918-19 SPHA's - Philadelphia (ALP)
1919-20 University of Pennsylvania (College) Freshmen
1919-20 SPHA's - Philadelphia (ALP)
1920-21 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1920-21 Philadelphia Nativity (ALP)
1921-22 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL)
1921-22 Philadelphia SPHA's (Independent)
1922-23 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (EBL)
1922-23 Philadelphia Jewels (EBL)
1922-23 St.Peter’s (PBL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1923-24 SPHA's - Philadelphia (PBL)
1924-25 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1924-25 SPHA's - Philadelphia (PBL)
1925-26 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1925-26 SPHA's - Philadelphia (EBL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1928-29 Bridgeton (SJL)
1928-29 Philadelphia SPHA's (Independent)
1929-30 Philadelphia SPHA's (EBL)
1930-31 Philadelphia SPHA's (EBL)
1930-31 Philadelphia Elks (EBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia SPHA's (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia SPHA's (EBL)
1933-34 Philadelphia Passon (EBL) Head coach / player
1934-35 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL) Head coach
1935-36 Philadelphia Phillies (EBL) Head coach
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL) Head coach
1937-38 Consohohocken (NBL) Head coach

Born in Russia, Passon and his family came to the United States in 1906 and settled in Philadelphia. In the 1920's, Passon was a part-owner of one of the largest sporting good stores in Philly, and he also played pro basketball all the while and was a leader and organizer for sports and recreation with the state government as well as the city. His brothers Harry and Nathan also played pro basketball.

Chick was married to Pearl Bader and they had one son and one daughter.

Source:


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

Stretch Meehan

Francis Patrick "Stretch" Meehan


Born:
April 17, 1897
New Jersey

Died:
February 5, 1968
Newark, NJ


Career
1915-16 Seton Hall University (College)
1916-17 Seton Hall University (College)
1916-17 Danbury Danburians (IBL)
1916-17 Hoboken Hobs (IBL)
1917-18 Seton Hall University (College)
1917-18 Providence (PSL)
1917-18 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1917-18 Norwalk 1st Home Guard (CSL)
1917-18 Jersey City (Independent)
1919-20 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1919-20 Germantown Germaniums (EBL)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (IBL)
1919-20 Newark K0fC Picadill’s (Independent)
1919-20 Jersey City Greenvilles (Independent)
1919-20 Stamford (Independent)
1920-21 Germantown Geraniums (EBL)
1920-21 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1920-21 Easthampton Hampers (IL)
1921-22 Trenton Royal Bengals (EBL)
1921-22 New York MacDowell Lyceum (MBL)
1922-23 Trenton Tigers (EBL)
1922-23 New York MacDowell Lyceum (MBL)
1922-23 Cohoes Cohosiers (NYSL)
1922-23 SPHAS - Philadelphia (PBL)
1923-24 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1923-24 Cleveland Rosenblooms (Independent)
1924-25 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1924-25 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1925-26 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1925-26 Trenton Bengals (EBL)
1925-26 Philadelphia Sphas (Independent)
1926-27 Ridgewood*Orange (NLN)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Utica All-Utica (Independent)
1928-29 New York Hakoahs (ABL)
1928-29 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1928-29 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 New York Celtics (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Paterson Whirwinds (ABL)

The 6'7 Meehan was the tallest player in college basketball during his time at Seton Hall. He would play professional basketball through the 1920's in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connectcut and Rhode Island. He would also found himself in the ABL for three seasons before his career ended.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/stretch-meehan/

Danny McNichol

Daniel Joseph McNichol


Born:
October 12, 1898
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
May 19, 1963
Narberth, PA


Career
1918-19 University of Pennsylvania (College)
1919-20 University of Pennsylvania (College)
1920-21 University of Pennsylvania (College)
1921-22 Atlantic City K of C (Independent)
1922-23 Atlantic City Garden Pier Five (Independent)
1922-23 Tri-Council Caseys (PBL)
1923-24 Tri-Council Caseys (PBL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1923-24 University of Pennsylvania (College) Freshmen - Head Coach
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)

Born to James and Anastasia McNichol, Daniel was a well-known athlete who played football, basketball and baseball at Penn. He would sometimes play exhibition games with his four brothers, Eddie, Jimmy, Johnny and Harry (not positive Harry was actually a brother, but he is in the McNichol Family line-up.) Eddie was the coach at Penn when Danny went there. He played some pro basketball after graduating, and also was an assistant coach back at Penn on the their basketball team. In 1927, McNichol signed with the Quakers, but in his only game, McNichol scored no points. He died of a heart attack in 1963.

He was married to Rita and had at least one son, Daniel Jr.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/danny-mcnichol/

Charles Lester

Charles R. Lester


Born:
December 14, 1904
Allentown, PA

Died:
February 21, 1973
Emmaus, PA


Career
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)

Born to Charles and Agnes Lester in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lester played one season with the Quakers in the ABL. He was working as a watchman when he died in 1973.

Source:


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

Al Kellett

Alfred Henry Kellett


Born:
October 30, 1901
New York, NY

Died:
July 14, 1960
New York, NY


Career
1917-18 Morris High School - New York (High School)
1918-19 Columbia University (College)  - Not sure he actually played basketball
1922-23 Bronx Dodgers (Independent)
1922-23 Brooklyn Dexter Big Five (Independent)
1923-24 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1924-25 Brooklyn (MBL)
1924-25 Eddie Holly’s Majors (Independent)
1924-25 New York Nationals (Independent)
1924-25 New York Cliftons (Independent)
1925-26 New York–Newark (MBL)
1925-26 Pottsville (EBL)
1925-26 Brooklyn Fernwoods (Independent)
1925-26 Philadelphia SPHAS (Independent)
1925-26 New York Nationals (Independent)
1926-27 Newburgh / Jersey City–Ridgewood / Newburgh (NLN)
1926-27 Youngstown (CBL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1928-29 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1929-30 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1929-30 Philadelphia SPHAS (Independent)
1930-31 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1930-31 Carbondale (PSL)
1930-31 Bridgeton (TSL)
1931-32 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1931-32 Carbondale (PSL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Visitation (MBL)
1932-33 Bronx St. Martin (MBL)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gams (EBL)
1932-33 Carbondale (PSL)
1933-34 Bronx Americans (ABL)
1933-34 Dunmore (PSL)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)
1934-35 Kingston Legionnaires (Independent)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passaic Reds (ABL)
1936-37 New York Celtics (ABL)
1937-38 New York Celtics (ABL)
1938-39 Troy Haymakers (ABL)
1939-40 New York Celtics (Independent)
1940-41 New York Celtics (Independent)

After graduating from high school, Kellett enrolled at Princeton but after one year there he entered the U.S. Army. After his discharge from the service, he began playing semi-pro baseball and was signed by Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics in June of 1923. He had five unimpressive outings with the Athletics, and end the end of the season was sold to Portland in the PCL, but stayed east and found his way into one game with the Boston Red Sox, but walked both batters he faced without a strike before getting the hook. His basketball career, though, was flourishing. He would spend 18 seasons playing professionally mainly around New York City. He played 11 seasons in the ABL, and before retiring from the game in 1941 to join the Merchant Marines, played with the New York Celtics, too.

Kellett suffered a fractured skull and a laceration of the brain and died at the age of 58 in 1960.

MLB Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kelleal01.shtml

Source:
SABR.org

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/al-kellett/

Eddie Dolin

Edwin Thomas Dolin


Born:
August 1, 1892
Staunton, VA

Died:
July 25, 1970
Cherry Hill, NJ


Career
1910-11 Washington and Jefferson (College) Freshmen
1910-11 Homestead (Independent)
1911-12 Charleroi Magics (CBL)
1912-13 Camden Alphas (EBL)
1913-14 Camden Alphas (EBL)
1914-15 Camden Alhpas (EBL)
1915-16 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1916-17 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1917-18 Wilmerding (ICBLWP)
1918-19 Wilmerding Airbrakes (Independent)
1919-20 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1919-20 Plymouth Shawnees (PSL)
1920-21 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1921-22 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1922-23 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1922-23 Brooklyn Dodgers (MBL)
1922-23 St.Henry (PBL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1923–24 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1923-24 Camden Atlantics (PBL)
1923-24 Holy Name (PBL)
1924-25 Philadelphia Shanahan (PBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1925-26 Wildwood (SJL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1926-27 Wildwood (SJL)
1927-28 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1927-28 Camden (SJL)

Dolin was a very popular player in Camden in the late 1910's and 1920's, and his pro hoop career last over 17 seasons. He would later work as a bridge attendant for the state of New Jersey.

He was married to Marion Merkle (d. bofore eddie)

Source:
Camden Courier-Post, July 30, 1970

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

Neil Deighan

Cornelius Francis "Neil" Deighan


Born:
July 7, 1892
Florence, NJ

Died:
May 2, 1967
Camden, NJ


Career
1913-14 Camden Pyne Pt. AC (Independent)
1913-14 Camden Alphas (EBL)
1914-15 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1915-16 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1916-17 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1917-18 Camden Crusaders (EBL)
1919-20 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1920-21 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1921-22 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1922-23 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1922-23 Paterson Legionaires (MBL)
1922-23 Tri-Council Caseys (PL)
1922-23 Philadelphia Wilburs (PML)
1923-24 Tri-Council Caseys (PBL)
1923-24 Holly Majors (Independent)
1925-26 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1926-27 Ocean City (SJL)
1927-28 Camden (SJL)
1928-29 Camden (EBL)
1928-29 Penns Grove (SJL)

Neil was a basketball and semi-pro baseball player out of Camden, New Jersey. The brother of another pro basketball player, Richie Deighan, Neil played with the Camden Skeeters until World War One, where he served his country as an instructor in aerial balloon reconnaissance. After the war, he returned to the Skeeter, playing for them through 1923. He also played some minor league baseball at this time, too.

Neil bounced around with a few different basketball teams in the 1920's, including a short stint with the Philadelphia Quakers of the ABL. In 1929, he left basketball to run a restaurant in Pennsauken, New Jersey. As the 21st Amendement was passed and prohibition was lifted, Neil would become president of the New Jersey License Beverage Association, as well as running a bar and restaurant that still exists with the name "The Pub."

Neil married Anna Kilian (1899-1974) and they had three sons.

Minor League Baseball Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=deigha001nei

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/neil-deighan/

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/

Babe Artus

George Charles Jacob Artus


Born:
November 29, 1898
Paterson, NJ

Died:
June 11, 1984
Elizabethtown, PA


Career
1919-20 Paterson Kleen Maid (Independent)
1919-20 Paterson Silk Sox (IBL)
1920-21 Paterson Crescents (PSL)
1921-22 Kingston (NYSL)
1921-22 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1922-23 Kingston (NYSL)
1922-23 New York McDowell Lyceum (MBL) 
1922-23 Brooklyn Visitations (MBL)
1923-24 Amsterdam Flashes (NYSL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1924-25 Passaic / Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1924-25 Paterson Legionaires (MBL) 
1925-26 Paterson Legionaires (MBL) 
1925-26 Philadelphia Cranes (EBL)
1925-26 Philadelphia SPHAs (EBL) 
1926-27 Paterson Legionaires / Kingston Raiders (NBL) 
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1929-30 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1930-31 Wilmington Cardinals (EBL)
1930-31 Chester (TSL)
1930-31 Archibald (PSL)
1931-32 Wilmington Cardinals (EBL)
1932-33 Paterson Crescents (MBL)
1932-33 Bridgeton Gems (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia WPEN (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia Jaspers (EBL)
1932-33 Archibald (PSL)
1933-34 Philadelphia Moose (EBL)

Artus, 6'0 and 190 pounds, was a long time basketball player and baseball player. He caught in baseball's minor leagues for five seasons in the 1920's, and his basketball career spans the better part of 15 seasons.

He was married to Kathryn Silcox (1891-1977) in 1936.

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

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/babe-artus/

1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)

1926-27 PHILADELPHIA QUAKERS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (I)
First Half:
14-7 .667, 3rd place
Second Half:
10-11 .476, 4th place

New to the ABL, the Quakers did very well in the first half, but struggled to win in the second half.

Head Coaches

• Harry Passon (April 1, 1897 - February 16, 1954) Also played. See below.
• Eddie Gottleib (September 15, 1898 - December 7, 1979)

PLAYERS:

• Babe Artus (November 29, 1898 - June 11, 1984)

Biography

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

Biography

• Soup Campbell (December 24, 1897 - March 5, 1942)

Biography

• Neil Deighan (July 7, 1892 - May 2, 1967)

Biography

• Eddie Dolin (August 1, 1892 - July 25, 1970)

Biography

• Al Kellett (October 30, 1901 - July 14, 1960)

Biography

• Charles Lester (December 14, 1904 - February 21, 1973)

Biography

• Danny McNichol (October 12, 1898 - May 19, 1963)

Biography

• Stretch Meehan (April 17, 1897 - February 5, 1968)

Biography

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

Biography

• Harry Passon (April 1, 1897 - February 16, 1954)

Biography

• Harry Riconda (March 17, 1897 - November 15, 1958)

Biography 

• Lou Schneiderman (January 10, 1899 - December 18, 1972)

Biography

• John Schrey (December 18, 1906 - August 3, 1996)

Biography

• Reds Sherr (February 2, 1905 - August 4, 1978)

Biography

• Hank Thomas (July 8, 1896 - September 9, 1982)

Biography 

Soup Campbell

James Francis "Soup" Campbell


Born:
December 24, 1897
Homestead, PA

Died:
March 5, 1942
Lakeland, NJ


Career
1914-15 Homestead Shippers (Independent)
1915-16 Tower City - Pennsylvania (Independent)
1916-17 Pitcairn (IBLWP)
1917-18 Pitcairn (IBLWP)
1918-19 Wilmerding Airbrakes (ICL)
1919-20 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1919-20 Nanticoke Nans (PSL)
1920-21 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1920-21 Nanticoke Nans (PSL)
1920-21 Easthampton Hampers (IBL)
1921-22 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1922-23 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1922-23 Brooklyn Pros (MBL)
1922-23 Yonkers Chippewas (MBL)
1922-23 Cohoes Cohosiers (NYSL)
1922-23 Tri-Council (PBL)
1923-24 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1923-24 Kingston Shirtmakers (MBL)
1923-24 Tri-Council Caseys (PBL)
1923-24 Pottsville Big-5 - Pennsylvania (Independent)
1924-25 Passaic / Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1924-25 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1925-26 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1925-26 Pottsville Miners (EBL)
1925-26 Perth Amboy Amboyans (MBL)
1925-26 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1926-27 Philadelphia Quakers (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1927-28 Detroit Cardinals (ABL)
1927-28 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1927-28 Salem (SJL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1928-29 Salem (SJL)
1928-29 Milville (SJL)
1929-30 Camden (EBL)
1932-33 Philadelphia WPEN (EBL)

Campbell died of tuberculosis in 1942 at the age of 44.

He married Gladys (Alive) Frick in 1924 and they had two sons and a daughter.

Source:
Mount Carmel Item, June 5, 1924
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 6, 1942

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/soup-campbell-2/