STATISTICS & HISTORY
During Pete Berenson’s three seasons of varisty basketball at City College of New York, the Lavenders posted a 43-3 record, the best three-year record in the storied history of CCNY basketball. On a well-balanced team, Berense\on stoodout for his defensive prowess. In 1934, he began his professional basketball career with the Brooklyn Visitation, a legendary team that had been ucharacteristically mediocre during the past two American Basketball League seasons. Berenson, along with 20-year-old sensation, Bobby McDermott, brought a renewd energy to the Visitation who went on to win the 1935 ABL championship. Brooklyn returned to the ABL finals againin 1936, but lost the championship to the Philadelphia Sphas in seven games. Berenson remained among the top echelon of ABL players for the next six seasons and won a second ABL championship as a member of the 1940 Kingston Colonials. After serving in the army during World War II, Berenson returned in 1945 for his pro basketball swan song with the New York Gothams .
| PETE BERENSON | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 180 | College: | C.C.N.Y.’34 | |||||
| Peter Berensen | Born: Oct 16, 1912 | Died: Jan 6, 2000 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1930-31 | C.C.N.Y. (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | C.C.N.Y. | College | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | C.C.N.Y. | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | C.C.N.Y. | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Brooklyn | ABL | 44 | 73 | 109 | 255 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Brooklyn | ABL | 40 | 79 | 101 | 259 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1936-37 | New York Celtics | ABL | 19 | 40 | 72 | 152 | 8.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | New York Celtics | ABL | 38 | 106 | 110 | 322 | 8.5 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kingston | ABL | 24 | 53 | 56 | 162 | 6.8 | ||||
| 1938-39 | New York Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Kingston–Troy | ABL | 32 | 44 | 47 | 135 | 4.2 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Brooklyn–Washington | ABL | 26 | 39 | 35 | 113 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Washington | ABL | 19 | 35 | 41 | 111 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Pittsfield | NYSL | 4 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | New York | ABL | 16 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0.9 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Troy Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 258 | 472 | 579 | 1523 | 5.9 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1934-35 | Brooklyn | ABL | 5 | 5 | 21 | 31 | 6.2 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Brooklyn | ABL | 7 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kingston | ABL | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1938-39 | New York | WBT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| 1939-40 | 40Troy | ABL | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 23 | 28 | 47 | 103 | 4.5 | ||||||