Ed Wineapple

Edward "Lefty" Wineapple


Born:
August 10, 1905
Boston, MA

Died:
June 23, 1996
Delray Beach, FL


Career
1922-23 Salem High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1923-24 Salem High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1924-25 Salem High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1925-26 Syracuse University (College) Freshmen
1926-27 Providence College - Rhode Island (College)
1927-28 Providence College - Rhode Island (College)
1928-29 Providence College - Rhode Island (College)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1930-31 Miami Collegians (Independent)


Wineapple was a pitcher as well as a basketball player. After graduating from Salem HS in Massachusetts, where he once scored all 57 points in his school's 57-0 rout of a rival HS, he went to Syracuse where he would play basketball and baseball in his freshmen year. He transferred to Providence College, and was the only Jewish player on the team. His senior year, he became the first Jewish athlete to be named basketball All-American. He was signed by the Washington Senators after graduating from Providence and pitched in one game for them, throwing four innings against Detroit on September 15, 1929. He would bounce around the minor leagues through 1935, never again making it back to the majors. His professional basketball career was brief, with stops in Syracuse and Miami.

Ed and his wife Maxine had a son and a daughter.


Major League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wineaed01.shtml

Source:
Jews In Sports

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

Willie Roach

William D. Roach


Born:
May 2, 1907
Syracuse, NY

Died:
September 1986
Camillus, NY


Career
1927-28 Syracuse All-Americans (Independent)
1928-29 Syracuse All-Americans (Independent)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)

Born in Syracuse to James and Audrey Roach.

He married Anna Lankiewicz sometime after 1960.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/willie-roach/

Gotch Carr

Harlan Bradley "Gotch" Carr


Born:
April 30, 1903
Springport, NY

Died:
November 24, 1970
Auburn, NY


Career
Auburn High School - New York (High School)
1924-25 Syracuse University (College)
1925-26 Syracuse University (College)
1926-27 Syracuse University (College)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)

Born in Springport, New York, Harlan "Gotch" Carr grew up in Auburn, New York, and was a well-known football player who played and coached at Syracuse University. He played one year in the NFL, with Buffalo and Pottsville in 1925. He also played semi-pro baseball and played pro basketball with the All-Americans in 1929-30. After many years as an assistant football coach at SU, he moved to Miami, Florida, where he worked for the city as a recreation director. He retired in 1967 and returned to New York, where he died in 1970. He also owned a restaurant in Syracuse and also Carr-Ney Beverage. The restaurant was destroyed by fire in 1977.

Married Dorothy Kelley (1906-1982) in 1932 and they had one son and two daughters.

NFL Stats
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CarrHa20.htm

Source:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=carr--000got
News Journal (Mansfield, OH), October 26, 1970
Orange Hoops

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/gotch-carr/

1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)

1929-30 SYRACUSE ALL-AMERICANS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (I)
First Half:
4-20 .167, 7th place

The team dropped on January 6, 1930. The remaining four games of their first half were forfeited.

Head Coaches: 

• Ted Kearns (June 1, 1883 - April 20, 1935) Also played. See below

PLAYERS:

• Tommy Allen (August 17, 1903 - November 7, 1981)

Biography

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

Biography

• Marty Barry (May 7, 1899 - November 26, 1983)

Biography

• Gotch Carr (April 30, 1903 - November 24, 1970)

Biography 

• Chuck Gillium (May 2, 1905 - August 10, 1935)

Biography 

• Nat Holman (October 19, 1896 - February 12, 1995)

Biography 

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

Biography

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

Biography

• Dick Page (January 1907 - October 7, 1944)

Biography

• Buck Pierson (January 25, 1904 - March 20, 1973)

Biography

• Willie Roach (May 2, 1907 - September 1986)

Biography 

• Tony Schiffer (February 17, 1905 - April 25, 1954)

Biography

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

Biography

• Fritz Wesslock (October 20, 1905 - March 5, 1972)

Biography

• Ed Wineapple (August 10, 1905 - June 23, 1996)

Biography

Dick Page

Charles Richard "Dick" "Big Boy" Page


Born:
January 1907
NJ

Died:
October 7, 1944
New Brunswick, New Jersey


Career
1922-23 New Brunswick High School - New Jersey (High School)
1923-24 New Brunswick High School - New Jersey (High School)
1924-25 Michelin - New Jersey (Independent)
1924-25 Janeway Interwoven - New Jersey (Independent)
1924-25 St Peter's Lyceum - New Brunswick, New Jersey (Independent)
1925-26 St John's University - New York (College)
1928-29 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Pattison (EBL)
1929-30 St Peter's Lyceum - New Brunswick, New Jersey (Independent)
1930-31 St Peter's Lyceum - New Brunswick, New Jersey (Independent)
1931-32 Keyport - New Jersey (Independent) 
1931-32 Boy's Club - Elizabethtown, NJ (Independent)
1931-32 St. Stephen's - New Jersey (Independent)

Lucky to find this guy, given that his first name is Charles. Happened across his obituary by sheer luck.

A popular basketball star from New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dick played at St. John's before playing two seasons in the ABL. He was also a firefighter. Page died in 1944 following a brief illness.

He married Alice Griffin (1907-1956) and they had a son, Philip (1939-1960) and a daughter, Patricia (1938-2016).

Source:
Central New Jersey Home News, April 9, 1925
Central New Jersey Home News, October 8, 1944

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/dick-page/

Horse Gillium

Charles Reed "Horse" Gillium


Born:
May 2, 1905
New Castle, PA

Died:
August 10, 1935
Shenango, PA


Career
1920-21 Montgomery High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1921-22 Montgomery High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1922-23 New Castle Five (AAU)
1923-24 New Castle Five (AAU)
1924-25 New Castle Five (AAU)
1925-26 Grove City - Pennsylvania (College)
1926-27 Grove City - Pennsylvania (College)
1927-28 Grove City - Pennsylvania (College)
1928-29 Syracuse All-Americans (Independent)
1928-29 Vic Hanson All-Stars Independent)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Dayton Kellys (NPBL)
1930-31 Toledo Red Men (ABL)
1930-31 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1930-31 Dayton Kellys (Independent)


Born to Charles and Susanna Gillium, "Horse" was a very popular player around Pennsylvania and New York. Gilliam contracted pulmonary tuberclosis and was only 30 years old when he died in 1935.

He had not married.


Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/chuck-gillium/

Fritz Wesslock

Frederick L. "Fritz" Wesslock


Born:
October 20, 1905
Staten Island, NY

Died:
March 5, 1972
Morrisville, PA


Career
1926-27 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1927-28 Carbondale (PSL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1928-29 Carbondale (PSL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Carbondale (PSL)
1930-31 Carbondale-Honesdale (PSL)
1930-31 Reading (TCL)

Born to August and Minnie Wesslock, Wesslock played four seasons in the ABL concurrently with four in the Penn State League. Fritz would serve in the U.S. Army during World War 2.

Fritz married Kathryn South (1910-1986)

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/freddie-wesslock/

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/

Tony Schiffer

Anthony Louis Schiffer Jr.


Born:
February 17, 1905
Manhattan, NY

Died:
April 25, 1954
Easton, CT


Career
Ridgefield High School - New Jersey (High School)
1926-27 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1927-28 New York (Independent)
1928-29 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1928-29 New York Beckman All Stars (Independent)
1929-30 Paterson Whirlwinds (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1930-31 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
1930-31 Trenton (TCL)
1930-31 Wilmington Cardinals (EBL)
1931-32 Philadelphia Jaspers (EBL)
1931-32 Camden Skeeters (EBL)
1931-32 Long Island Pro-Imps (MBL)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)

Born in Manhattan to Anthony and Gertrude Schiffer, Tony grew up in New Jersey before a seven seasons of professional basketball. He was only 49 when he died in 1954, but I have yet to find a cause of death.

Source:


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

Buck Pierson

Irving "Buck" Pierson


Born:
January 25, 1904
Rochester (?), NY

Died:
March 20, 1973
Miami, FL


Career
1925-26 Rochester Kodaks (Independent)
1926-27 Rochester Kodaks (Independent)
1926-27 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1926-27 Rochester Clermonts (Independent)
1927-28 Rochester Kodaks (Independent)
1927-28 Rochester Olds (Independent)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1928-29 Rochester Olds (Independent)
1928-29 New York Beckman AS (Independent)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Rochester Aviators (Independent)
1930-31 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1931-32 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1932-33 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1933-34 Rochester Centrals (Independent)

The Rochester native put in a lot of time playing basketball for various local outfits for almost a decade. His younger brother William "Bucky" Irving also played pro basketball.

Buck married Mary Goldfarb (1908-1994) and they had one daughter.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/buck-pierson/

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/

Nat Holman

Nathan Holman


Born:
October 19, 1896
New York, NY

Died:
February 12, 1995
New York, NY


Career
Commerce High School - New York (High School)
1916-17 Savage School (College)
1916-17 Hoboken Hobs (IBL)
1917-18 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (CSL)
1917-18 Jersey City Greenvilles (Independent)
1918-19 Newark Whirlwind AA (Independent)
1918-19 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1919-20 Germantown Geraniums (EBL)
1919-20 Jersey City Skeeters / Brooklyn Dodgers (IBL)
1919-20 Scranton Miners (PSL)
1919-20 Albany Senators (NYSL)
1919-20 Newark Whirlwind AA (Independent)
1919-20 Brooklyn Van & Schneck (Independent)
1919-20 New York Whirlwinds (Independent)
1919-20 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons (Independent)
1919-20 Danbury (Independent)
1919-20 Jersey City Greenvilles (Independent)
1919-20 Newark City AC (Independent)
1919-20 Passaic AA (Independent)
1919-20 CCNY (College) Head coach
1920-21 Germantown Geraniums (EBL)
1920-21 Norwalk Co. K (CSL)
1920-21 Pittsfield Hillies (NYSL)
1920-21 Westfield Whip City AC (IL)
1920-21 Original Celtics (Independent)
1920-21 CCNY (College) Head coach
1921-22 Original Celtics (Independent)
1921-22 New York Celtics (EBL)
1921-22 CCNY (College) Head coach
1922-23 New York Original Celtics (MBL)
1922-23 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (EBL)
1922-23 Original Celtics (Independent)
1922-23 CCNY (College) Head coach
1923-24 Original Celtics (Independent)
1923-24 CCNY (College) Head coach
1924-25 Original Celtics (Independent)
1924-25 CCNY (College) Head coach
1925-26 Original Celtics (Independent)
1925-26 CCNY (College) Head coach
1926-27 New York Celtics (NYN)
1926-27 Brooklyn Celtics (ABL)
1926-27 CCNY (College) Head coach
1927-28 New York Celtics (ABL)
1927-28 CCNY (College) Head coach
1928-29 New York Hakoahs (ABL)
1928-29 CCNY (College) Head coach
1929-30 New York Celtics (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)

1929-30 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1929-30 CCNY (College) Head coach
1930-31 CCNY (College) Head coach
1931-32 CCNY (College) Head coach
1932-33 CCNY (College) Head coach
1933-34 CCNY (College) Head coach
1934-35 CCNY (College) Head coach
1935-36 CCNY (College) Head coach
1936-37 CCNY (College) Head coach
1937-38 CCNY (College) Head coach
1938-39 CCNY (College) Head coach
1939-40 CCNY (College) Head coach
1940-41 CCNY (College) Head coach
1941-42 CCNY (College) Head coach
1942-43 CCNY (College) Head coach
1943-44 CCNY (College) Head coach
1944-45 CCNY (College) Head coach
1945-46 CCNY (College) Head coach
1946-47 CCNY (College) Head coach
1947-48 CCNY (College) Head coach
1948-49 CCNY (College) Head coach
1949-50 CCNY (College) Head coach
1950-51 CCNY (College) Head coach
1951-52 CCNY (College) Head coach
1954-55 CCNY (College) Head coach
1955-56 CCNY (College) Head coach
1958-59 CCNY (College) Head coach

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1964

Holman was one of the game's first true innovators, both as a player and as a coach. After attending the Savage School of Physical Education, he played professional basketball while coaching basketball at CCNY. He was best known on the court as a player for the famous Original Celtics, but played for many different teams both barnstorming and in leagues. As a coach, he started at CCNY in 1919 and would coach through the 1958-59 season, with a couple year gaps in the late 50's. He was one of the first proponents of the man-to-man defensive scheme, which helped his squad to become the first school to win the NIT and NCAA tournament in 1950. The point-shaving scandal that rocked CCNY and college sports in the 1950's virtually destroyed CCNY's athletic program. He would work with high school and junior high school teams as a mentor, and died at the age of 98

Source:
Jews In Sports
http://digital-archives.ccny.cuny.edu/exhibits/holman/intro.html
NY Times Obituary, February 13, 1995

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/nat-holman/

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/

Teddy Kearns

Edward Joseph "Teddy" Kearns


Born:
January 1, 1900
Trenton, NJ

Died:
December 21, 1949
Trenton, NJ


Career
1917-18 Trenton High School - New Jersey (High School)
1918-19 Trenton High School - New Jersey (High School)
1919-20 Perkiomen Prep School - New Jersey (High School)
1920-21 Trenton Bengals (EBL)
1920-21 Trenton Bengals (PSL)
1920-21 Springfield Gunners (IL)
1921-22 Trenton Royal Bengals (EBL)
1922-23 Trenton Tigers (EBL)
1922-23 New York MacDowell (MBL)
1922-23 Cohoes Cohosiers (NYSL)
1923-24 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL) Head coach / player
1923-24 Gloversville Wonder Workers (NYSL)
1924-25 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1924-25 Kingston Colonials (MBL)
1924-25 Tri-Council (PBL)
1924-25 Pottsville Big-Five (AnBL)
1925-26 Trenton Bengals (EBL) Head coach / player
1925-26 Newark Mets (MBL)
1925-26 Perth Amboy Amboyans (MBL)
1925-26 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1926-27 Greenpoint / Trenton (NLN)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All Americans (ABL) Head coach / player
1930-31 Reading (TSL)
1930-31 Reading (EBL)
1932-33 Trenton Moose (EBL) Head coach
1933-34 Trenton Moose (ABL) Head coach
1941-42 Trenton Tigers (ABL) Head coach
1942-43 Trenton Tigers (ABL) Head coach
1943-44 Trenton Tigers (ABL) Head coach

Born on the first day of the century, Kearns was a baseball and basketball star in Trenton. He played pro basketball for many years, as well as having a lengthy baseball career that saw him catch some time in the major leagues. He later become a public official, serving as the city commissioner in Trenton for 5 years and ran for freeholder in 1937. In 1939, he was named the state investigator for the state relief administration and then returned to the Trenton City Commissioner office from 1942-44. He was working as the athletic director at John A. Roebling's Sons Company at the time of his death from a heart attack at 49 years of age.

Teddy and his wife had five children.

Major League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kearnte01.shtml

Source:
Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), December 22, 1949

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Teddy-Kearns/

Marty Barry

Martin James Barry


Born:
May 7, 1899
Troy, NY

Died:
November 26, 1983
Albany, NY


Career
1919-20 Troy Knights of Columbus (NYSL)
1919-20 Cohoes Trojans (NNYL)
1920-21 Cohoes Trojans (NYSL)
1920-21 Westfield Whip City AC (IL)
1921-22 Cohoes Cohosiers (NYSL)
1921-22 Albanay All-Stars (Independent)
1922-23 Cohoes Cohosiers (NYSL)
1922-23 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1923-24 Utica Utes (NYSL)
1923-24 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1924-25 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1925-26 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1926-27 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1927-28 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1927-28 Utica All-Stars (Independent)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1929-30 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1930-31 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1931-32 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1932-33 Rochester Centrals (Independent)


Marty was basketball star in high school, and played professionaly after graduating while attending RPI. One of the more visible players of the ABL, he was also pursing a law degree, and eventually had to quit playing as his law practice demanded more and more of his time.

Marty married Olive Exner Vandermeulen in 1941

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Marty-Barry/

Tommy Allen

Thomas R. Allen


Born:
August 17, 1903
Syracuse, NY

Died:
November 7, 1981
Syracuse, NY


Career
1927-28 New Process Gearmakers - New York (Independent)
1928-29 New Process Gearmakers - New York (Independent)
1928-29 Syracuse All-Americans (Independent)
1929-30 Syracuse All-Americans (ABL)
1929-30 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1930-31 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1930-31 Dayton (Independent)
1931-32 Syracuse Shamrocks (Independent)
1931-32 Rochester Centrals (Independent)
1932-33 Syracuse (Independent)
1933-34 Babe Dridrikson All-Americans (Independent)
1934-35 Syracuse (Independent)
1935-36 Buffalo Bisons (MBC)

Allen joined the All-Americans in his hometown of Syracuse in 1928, and the team joined the ABL in the next season. However, the All-Americans folded near the end of the first half of the season, and Allen was sent to the Centrals for the remainder of the season. He moved over to the Bruins in 1930, but before the end of the season was returned to Rochester. He bounced around a few indie teams in New York before signing with the Bisons of the Midwest Conference.

He was married to Harriet Sickly Just.

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http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/tommy-allen/