Frank Radice

Francesco Antonio Radice


Born:
February 7, 1907
New York, NY

Died:
September 28, 1986
Trenton, NJ


Career
1927-28 Trenton (SJL)
1928-29 Corley (EBL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)



Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/frank-radice/

Elijah Norris

Elijah Mount Norris


Born:
May 1903
Hightstown, NJ

Died:
July 26, 1952
Rochester, NY


Career
1926-27 Columbia University (College)
1927-28 Columbia University (College)
1928-29 Rochester Centrals (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)


Born to James and Sadie Norris

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/elijah-norris/

Peanuts Gorczynski

Frank "Peanuts" Gorczynski


Born:
June 4, 1905


Died:
February 16, 1993
Trenton, NJ


Career
1925-26 St. Hedwig - Trenton (Independent)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 Holy Cross AA - Trenton (Independent)
1930-31 Trenton (TSL)

Grew up in Trenton, New Jersey.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/peanuts-gorczynski/

Frank DeBoskey

Francis Joseph "Butch" DeBoskey


Born:
August 31, 1908
Trenton, NJ

Died:
May 28, 1953
Trenton, NJ


Career
1927-28 Trenton (SJL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 Wilmington-Pattison (EBL)
1930-31 Trenton (TSL)
1934-35 Trenton (EBL)

Born in Trenton to Paul and Mary DeBoskey. Can't find much about his death. Gravestone says 1908 - 1953.

Source:


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/frank-deboskey/

Al Cooper

Albert Cooper, Jr.


Born:
February 23, 1904
Trenton, NJ

Died:
1993



Career
1922-23 Trenton Tigers (EBL)
1923-24 Trenton Royal Bengals (MBL)
1923-24 Burlington (Independent)
1924-25 Washington Palace-Five (Independent)
1925-26 Trenton Bengals (EBL)
1927-28 Trenton (SJL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1930-31 Community Club - Milltown, NJ (Independent)
1930-31 Reading (TSL)
1930-31 Reading (EBL)

Born to Albert and Harriet Cooper

He married Katherine Keeley (1915-2005) in 1940 and they had one son and one daughter.

Source:
Katherine's Obituary, 2005

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/al-cooper-jr/

Jimmy Ahlbach

James Francis Ahlbach


Born:
July 11, 1903
Trenton, NJ

Died:
December 31, 1995
Trenton, NJ


Career
1919-20 Cottage Club Reserves - Trenton (Independent)
1920-21 De Laval - Trenton (Independent)
1921-22 St Joseph's T.B.A. - Trenton (Trenton Catholic League)
1921-22 Laurel Reserves - Trenton (Independent)
1923-24 Laurels - Trenton (Independent)
1923-24 Catholic Institute - Trenton (College)
1924-25 Catholic Institute - Trenton (College)
1925-26 St. Hedwig - Trenton (Independent)
1925-26 Trenton Bengals (EL)
1927-28 Trenton Dengals (SJL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 Camden (EL)
1930-31 Kennett Sqaure (EL)
1930-31 Wilmington (TSL)

From Trenton, New Jersey, Dr. Ahlbach supposedly went to Rutgers, but he does not appear on their all-time roster. His son, James Jr, did, so this might be the discrepancy.

He married Bertha Neeff (1909-1993) in 1935 and they had a son, James (1941-2011) and a daughter, Carole.

Source:
Son's Obituary
Bertha's Obituary, Central New Jersey Home News, October 25, 1993

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

Paulie Adamo

Paul Ferdinand Adamo


Born:
January 11, 1907
Hoboken, NJ

Died:
February 29, 1972
Hoboken, NJ


Career
Panzer College of Physical Education  - East Orange, NJ (College)
1928-29 Hoboken Saints (Independent)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1929-30 Wilmington (EL)
1930-31 Wilmington (TSL)
1930-31 Hoboken Saints (Independent)
1931-32 Wilmington Cardinals (EBL)
1931-32 Union City Reds (NBL)
1931-32 Hoboken Lisas (MBL)
1932-33 Wilmington Cats (EBL)
1932-33 Hoboken Lisas (MBL)
1933-34 Hoboken Thoutots / Camden Brewers (ABL)
1933-34 Union City Reds (ABL)
1934-35 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1936-37 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1937-38 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1937-38 Pittston (NYPA)
1938-39 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1939-40 Jersey Reds (ABL) Head coach / player
1941-42 Pittsfield (NYSL)
1942-43 Original Celtics (Independent)
1945-46 Jersey Reds (Independent) Head coach / player
1946-47 Jersey City Atoms (ABL) Head coach

Born in New Jersey to Baldwin and Concetta Adamo, Pail went to the old Panzer College of Physical Education in New Jersey (which in 1958 would merge with Montclair State Teachers College to become Montclair University). He would be one of the leading scorers in the American and Eastern leagues. He served in the Army during World War 2, and after the war, returned to the Jersey Reds, now an independent team, as a player and head coach. He would quit as a player after the year, but started the 1946-47 season as the head coach of the Jersey City Atoms. He was dismissed after the club lost their first four games.

Paulie married Margaret Kenny (1908-1997) in 1930

Source:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 1, 1938

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/paulie-adamo/

1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)

1928-29 TRENTON ROYAL BENGALS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (I)
First Half:
12-16 .429, 6th place
Second Half:
4-8 .333, 6th place


Head Coaches: 

• Tom Barlow (July 9. 1896 - September 26, 1983) 6-9 Also played. See below
• Harry Hough (June 1, 1883 - April 20, 1935) 4-6 
• Lou Sugarman  (October 10, 1889 - June 14, 1951) 6-9 Also played. See below

PLAYERS:

• Paulie Adamo (January 11, 1907 - February 29, 1972)

Biography

• Jimmy Ahlbach (July 11, 1903 - December 31, 1995)

Biography 

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

Biography

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

Biography

• Al Cooper (February 23, 1904 - 1993)

Biography

• Frank DeBoskey (August 30, 1908 - May 28, 1953)

Biography

• Peanuts Gorczynski (June 4, 1905 - February 16, 1993)

Biography 

• Mark Harper (August 11, 1904 - September 17, 1995)

Biography 

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

Biography

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

Biography

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

Biography

• Elijah Norris (May 1903 - July 26, 1952)

Biography 

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

Biography

• Frank Radice (February 7, 1907 - September 28, 1986)

Biography 

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

Biography

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

Biography

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

Biography

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

Mark Harper

Marquis L. "Mark" Harper


Born:
August 11, 1904
Peoria, IL

Died:
September 17, 1995
Peoria, IL


Career
1921-22 Peoria Central High School - Illinois (High School)
1922-23 Peoria Central High School - Illinois (High School)
1923-24 Peoria Central High School - Illinois (High School)
1926-27 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1927-28 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1927-28 Brooklyn Visitations (ABL) 
1928-29 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1928-29 Trenton Royal Bengals (ABL)
1928-29 Fort Wayne Hoosiers (ABL)
1929-30 Detroit Olympics / Jackson (NPBL)
1930-31 Chicago Majestic Radios (Independent)
1930-31 House of David (Independent)
1931-32 House of David (Independent)
1932-33 House of David (Independent) 
1933-34 House of David (Independent)
1934-35 Peoria Armory (Independent)
1935-36 Detroit Hed-Aids (MBC)

Born to Charles and Blanche Harper, Marcus grew up in Peoria, lettering in track, baseball, basketball and football in high school. He would go on to play basketball in the ABL for three years, and later with the House of David during the Depression.

Mark married Faye Greenwalt (1901-1988) and they had one son and one daughter.

Source:



Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/mark-harper/