PLAYER PROFILE

EDDIE KEARNEY

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Eddie Keaney played organized basketball for over a decade including prep school, college, independent and professional basketball, but not in the sequence you might imagine. When he was just fifteen years old, Kearney was the captain of the Pittston Orioles who compiled a 32-2 record and won the 1915 Pennsylvania “second class” state independent championhip. The next two seasons, Kearney played professional basketball in the Intercounty League and Pennsylvania State basketball League.  In 1917, Keaney entered Wyoming Seminary, a Methodist college he preparatory school in Kingston  Pennsylvania.  In 1920, Kearney enrolled at Lafayette College where he starred on the football and basketball team.

 

EDDIE KEARNEY Height: 6:00 Weight: 170 College: Lafayette’24
Edward Joseph Kearney Born: Apr, 1898      Died: Hometown: Pittston, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS  AVG
1913-14 Pittston Orioles Indep
1914-15 Pittston Orioles Indep
1915-16 Archibald ICL 10 14 34
1915-16 Scranton PSL 19 9 15 7 33 1.7
1916-17 Scranton PSL 11 6 10 4 22 2.0
1916-17 Jessup ICL 31 92 154
1917-18 Wyoming Seminary Prep School
1918-19 Miltary Service
1919-20 Wyoming Seminary Prep School
1920-21 Lafayette College
1921-22 Lafayette College
1922-23 Lafayette College
1923-24 Lafayette College
Major League Totals 30 15 25 55 1.8
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