FRED MORRIS

FRED MORRIS Height: 6:04 Weight: 195 College: Syracuse’ 25
Frederick Thomas Morris Born: Sep 21, 1902 Died: Nov 9, 1995 Hometown: Lansingburgh, NY
Fred “Big Boy” Morris REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1922-23 Syracuse (Frosh” College
1923-24 Syracuse College Did Not Play
1924-25 Syracuse College 1 0 0 0 0.0
1925-26 Syracuse College Did Not Play
1925-26 Troy National Guard AAU
1926-27 Troy Indep
1927-28 Troy MBL 5 2 5 9 1.8
1927-28 Troy Stars Indep
1927-28 Albany Eries Indep
1928-29 Troy Trojans Indep
1928-29 Albany Whirlwinds Indep
1929-30 Troy Porfessionals Indep
1929-30 Troy Trojans Indep
1929-30 Albany Indep
1930-31 Ithica School of Physical Education College Did Not Play
1931-32 Utica Boosters Indep
Major League Totals 5 2 5 9 1.8

GEORGE WILCOXON

George Wilcoxon earned two varsity letters in both football and basketball ay Mt. Union College on Ohio. Wilcoxon earned All-Ohio honors in both sports, both years and helped win two conference titles in football for Mt.Union. Wilcoxon briefly played independent professional basketball and played five games with for the Canton Orphans in the National professional Basketball League. Wilcoxon earned a degree from the School of Medicine at Chicago University and a Master of Science from the University of Illinois. Wilcoxson returned to hos hometown, Alliance, Ohio to practice medicine. He simultaniosly embarked on a very successful career as the football and basketball coach at Alliance High School. Over the next thirteen years, the football team posted an 83-19-2 reord.  His 1932 team was undefeated. During the same years, Wilcoxson coached the the basketball team to an 83-37 record. In 1940, Wilcoxon retied from coaching to devote his entire time to his medical practice. Wilcoxson served in World War II as a flight surgeon with the Army Air Corp. in Europe.

 

 

GEORGE WILCOXON Height: 6:00 Weight: 175 College: Mt.Union’27
Dr. George Mansel Wilcoxon Born:  Aug 2, 1905 Died: Feb 6, 1989 Hometown: Alliance, Oh.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1924-25 Mt. Union (Frosh) College
1925-26 Mt. Union College
1926-27 Mt. Union College
1927-28 Alliance Studebakers College
1928-29 Alliance Studebakers Indep
1928-29 Salem Althouse Indep
1928-29 Canton Orphans Indep
1929-30 Canton NPBL 5 8 3 19 3.8
Major League Totals 5 8 3 19 3.8

LEO STURM

 

LEO STURM Height: 5:10 Weight: 170 College: None
Lee Sturm Born:Feb 11, 1894 Died:Jan 4, 1955 Hometown: Gloversville, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1915-16 Gloversville NYSL 6 1 1 3 0.5
Major League Totals 6 1 1 3 0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARTY FONTANA

MARTY FONTANA Height: 5:08 Weight: 175 College: None
Martin Lewis Fontana Born: Sep 26, 1904 Died: Jun 30, 1974 Hometown: Amsterdam, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1922-23 Amsterdam NYSL 2 0 0 0 0.0
1923-24 Amsterdam KofC Indep
1924-25 Amsterdam CNYSL 9 9 21 39 4.3
1925-26 Amsterdam HRL
1926-27 Amsterdam American-Italian Indep
1927-28 Amsterdam Amicus Indep
1928-29 Amsterdam Amicus Indep
1928-29 Amsterdam Karnaks Indep
Major League Totals 2 0 0 0 0.0

JOHNNY JORDAN

John “Johnny” Jordan was  a Chicago prep star at Quigley Seminary, where he was studying for the priesthood. In 1931, Jordan left the seminary and entered Notre Dame University where he played three years of varsity basketball.  He captained the Irish in 1935.  Jordan played two games of professional basketball during the 1935-36 season for the Chicago Duffy Florals in the Midwest Basketball Conference. The same season, Jordan embarked on a career as a high school basketball coach. Except for  three years of military service, during World War II, Jordan coached at Mt. Carmel High School in Chiacgo from 1935 to 1949. After coaching Loyola UNiversity in Chicago for the 1950-51 season, Jordan  succeeded former Irish teammate, Moose Krause, as head basketball coach at  Notre Dame. Jordan coached the Irish from 1951 to 1964, fashioning a 199-131 record and  reaching the NCAA tournament five times.

 

JOHNNY JORDAN Height: 5:11 Weight: 170 College: Notre Dame’35
John J. Jordan Born:  Oct 23, 1910     Died:  Jun 13, 1991 Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1931-32 Notre Dame (Frosh) College
1932-33 Notre Dame College
2933-34 Notre Dame College
1934-35 Notre Dame College
1935-36 Chicago MBC 2 2 0 4 2.0
Major League Totals 2 2 0 4 2.0
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1935-36 Chicago MBC 1 1 5 7 7.0
Major League Totals 1 1 5 7 7.0

LEO MALONE

For much of his nineteen-year professional basketball career, Leo Malone was rated as one of the best centers in the game. When he was just sixteen years old, Malone was recruited to join the St. James Triangles, one of the most powerful  independent teams in Brooklyn. Malone possessed  a combination of  size and athleticism that was unique for the era. He was a clever defender and was a decent shot away from the basket. He also was a fine free-throw shooter. During the peak years of his career, just after World War I, he played for a half dozen teams each season and was busy every night of the week on a court somewhere in Connecticut, New York, or Eastern Pennsylvania.

 

LEO MALONE Height: 6:03 Weight: 190 College: None
Leo Gleason Malone Born: Dec 12, 1890 Died:  May, 1960 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1911-12 Brooklyn St.James Triangles Indep
1912-13 Brooklyn St.James Triangles Indep
1913-14 Brooklyn St.James Triangles Indep
1914-15 Brooklyn St.James Triangles Indep
1914-15 Brooklyn St.Michael’s Indep
1915-16 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons Indep 1 5 1 11 11.0
1915-16 Norwalk Indep
1915-16 Homestead Long Island Indep
1916-17 Jersey CityNewark National Turners IBL 32 52 120 224 7.0
1916-17 Scranton PSL 11 10 27 1 47 4.3
1917-18 SrantonWilkes-Barre PSL 38 42 125 12 209 5.5
1917-18 Bridgeport CSL 4 4 4 12 3.0
1917-18 Jersey City Greenville CC Indep
1918-19 Ansonia Indep
1919-20 Bridgeport IBL 13 16 30 62 4.8
1919-20 Wilkes-Barre PSL 29 56 86 139 .619 18 198 6.8
1919-20 Schenectady NYSL 4 11 9 31 7.8
1919-20 Philadelphia De Neri EBL 12 16 37 70 .529 5 69 5.8
1919-20 Turners Falls IL 4 17 6 40 10.0
1919-20 Brooklyn St.James Triangles Indep
1919-20 Newark National Turners Indep
1920-21 Wilkes-Barre PSL 38 52 143 247 6.5
1920-21 Reading EBL 12 11 37 57 .649 4 59 4.9
1920-21 Thompsonville IL 1 3 1 7 7.0
1920-21 Brooklyn Arcadians Indep
1920-21 Brooklyn Pros Indep
1921-22 Brooklyn Pros MBL 19 29 69 127 6.7
1921-22 Wilkes-BarreReading EBL 25 22 68 151 .450 7 112 4.5
1921-22 Troy NYSL 1 1 6 8 8.0
1922-23 Brooklyn Pros MBL 39 44 85 173 4.4
1922-23 TroySchenectady NYSL 12 11 45 67 5.6
1923-24 Yonkers MBL 40 52 120 224 5.6
1923-24 Mohawk NYSL 2 1 2 4 2.0
1924-25 YonkersTrenton MBL 34 35 101 171 5.0
1925-26 New YorkNewark MBL 24 27 61 115 4.8
1926-27 Newburg*JerseyCity– Ridgewood*Newburgh NYNL 13 26 33 85 6.5
1926-27 GreenpointPaterson MBL 15 17 41 75 5.0
1927-28 PatersonTroy MBL 3 6 5 17 5.7
1927-28 Utica All Stars Indep
1928-29 BrooklynClevelandPaterson ABL 21 10 3 23 1.1
1929-30 Paterson ABL 5 11 3 25 5.0
Major League Totals 451 582 1267 2431 5.4
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1920-21 Reading EBL 2 3 6 12 6.0
1921-22 Glens Falls NYSL 1 2 4 8 8.0
1926-27 Paterson MBL 3 4 11 19 6.3
Major League Totals 6 9 21 39 6.5

 

JOE HYDE

Joseph Hyde Jr. was a popular sports figure from Camden, New Jersey who played played professional basketball and baseball during the 1910s and  and 1920s. He made his major league professional basketball debut during the 1919-20 season with the Camden Skeeters of the Eastern Basketball League. The  Sheeters, with Hyde in a backup role, won the EBL championship. Hyde played pro basketball for another decade but never won another championship. Hyde played his first two years of professional baseball for Jersey City in the International Leauge, just one step from a potential major league career. Midway through his second season, however, he left the team after a dispute with manager “Wild Bill Donavan” and signed to play in a Pennsylvania “outlaw”  league. Hyde ended up being banned from organized baseball for five seasons and by the time he was finally reinstated in 1928, his dreams of playing major league baseball had vanished.

 

JOE HYDE Height: 5:09 Weight: 155 College: None
Joseph Francis Hyde Jr. Born:1908 Died: Nov 6, 1955 Hometown: Camden, NJ
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1917-18 Gloucester A.A. Indep
1918-19 West Philadelpiha Victrix ABL 4 8 2 1 18 4.5
1918-19 Camden Hog Island-New York Shipbuilding Yard DRSL 13 25 18 68 5.2
1919-20 Camden EBL 11 3 6 9 .667 5 12 1.1
1920-21 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1920-21 Springfield IL 4 8 5 21 5.3
1921-22 Adams IL 15 18 20 56 3.7
1921-22 Philadelphia St. Elizabeth Five Indep
1922-23 Philadelphia Holy Name PBL 14 21 22 64 4.6
1923-24 Philadelphia  -Holy Name- PHiladelphia SPHAS PBL 6 6 15 38 6.395 27 4.5
1923-24 Eddie Holly’s Majors Indep
1923-24 South Phildelphia Arcada AA Indep
1924-25 South Phildelphia Arcada AA Indep
1925-26 Did Not Play
1926-27 Camden SJL 11 12 8 25 .320 32 2.9
1927-28 Philadelphia Elks PBL 3 4 3 11 3.7
1927-28 Camden SJL 21 24 24 50 .480 72 3.4
1928-29 Camden EBL 16 14 10 38 2.4
Major League Totals 50 56 68 180 3.6

 

 

 

 

MOULTY FULLMER

MOULTY FULMER Height: 5:09 Weight: 150 College: Ball State’29
Stephen Moulton Babcock Fulmer Born: Jul 9, 1906 Died: Jul 20, 1989 Hometown: Muncie, In.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1925-26 Ball State College
1926-27 Ball State College
1927-28 Ball State College
1928-29 Ball State College 16 43 18 104 6.5
1929-30 Muncie Indep
1930-31 Muncie Indep
1931-32 Muncie Indep
1932-33 Muncie NPBL 3 6 1 13 4.3
1933-34 Muncie Indep
1934-35 Muncie Moore Co. Indep
Major League Totals 3 6 1 13 4.3

BILL REEVES

BILL REEVES Height: 5:10 Weight: 165 College: Danville Normal(In)’32
William Orville Reeves Born:  Dec 5, 1904 Died:   Dec 16, 1983 Hometown: West Point, In..
Brother of Floyd Reeves REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS  AVG
1928-29 Danville Normal College
1929-30 Danville Normal College
1930-31 Danville Normal College
1931-32 Danville Normal College
1932-33 Akron Firestones NPBL 8 9 6 24 3.0
1933-34 Akron Firestone Indep
1934-35 Akron Firestone Indep
1934-35 Lafayette Monon AC Indep
1935-36 Akron Firestones MBC 18 32 15 79 4.4
1936-37 Akron Firestones MBC 16 20 4 44 2.8
1937-38 Akron Firestones NBL 8 5 4 14 1.8
1938-39 Columbus Hilltop Merchants Indep
Major League Totals 42 57 23 137 3.3
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1932-33 Akron Firestones NPBL 3 1 2 4 1.3
1935-36 Akron Firestones MBC 2 1 2 4 2.0
1936-37 Akron Firestones MBC 2 2 1 5 2.5
1937-38 Akron Firestones NBL 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 5 3 3 9 1.8