STATISTICS & HISTORY
Fred Jacobs was a three sport star at Woodward High School in Toledo, Ohio. In the early 1930s, Jacobs played both semi-pro basketball and football. Jacobs also made some appearances on the major league level with Toledo-based teams. During the 1932-33 season, Jacobs was a starter for the Toledo Crimson Coaches who made it all the way to the National Professional Basketball League championship finals. Jacobs’ brother Amos, under the stage name Danny Thomas, was a famed comedian, whose career spanned five decades.
| FRED JACOBS | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 170 | College: | None | |||||
| Fred Francis Jacobs | Born: Sep 14, 1907 | Died: May 9, 1978 | Hometown: | Toledo, Oh | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1928-29 | Toledo Red Men | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Toledo | NPBL | 11 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1.5 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Toledo | ABL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Dayton Kellys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Toledo Pip Koehler Champs | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Toledo | NPBL | 12 | 17 | 10 | 44 | 3.7 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 24 | 25 | 14 | 64 | 2.7 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Toledo | NPBL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Toledo | NPBL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | ||||||