STATISTICS & HISTORY
In the spring of 1927, eighteen-year old Ray “Buster” Dunne played in three Metropolitan Basketball League games with the Brooklyn Visitation, one of the most famous pro teams of the era. Four years later, in 1931, Dunne would perform in his forth game with the Visitation. In the interm, Dunne had appeared in the uniform of fifteen different Metropolitan area independent teams. Three years later, in 1934, Dunne would close out the last two games of his pro career with the Brooklyn Visitation. By that time, Dunne had added an additional eight more professional teams to his career list. Dunne was a talented player and very popular with Brooklyn fans,but each time he played for the Visiitation, there was a roadblock. The three starting centers during each of his Visitation stints were Bob Grody, Pat Herlihy and Howie Bollerman. All three were in the top echelon of pro centers. Dunne was a good player, but they were all better. While his major league career was limited to just seventeen games, Dunne usually played between 75- 100 games a season for many years, During the 1927-28 season , Dunne appeared on a regular basis for eight different teams playing almost every night of the week from December through March.
| BUSTER DUNNE | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 170 | College: | None | |||||
| Raymond Wilferd Dunne | Born: Jan 12, 1908 | Died:Oct 2, 1990 | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1926-27 | Brooklyn | MBL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn Pros | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn St.Thomas Aquinas Lyceum | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn Waynes | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn St. Malachy’s Catholic Club | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Passaic Germans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn Edison Club | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn Camden Club | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Yonkers Bearcats | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Brooklyn Tuths Association | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Yonkers Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Brooklyn Atlantic Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Masprth Pros | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Passaic Germans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Hempstead Monitors | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Brooklyn | ABL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Brooklyn Lithuanians | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Brooklyn Jewish Fve | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Maspetrh Pros | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Yonkers Clintons Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Long Ilsand Pro Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Brooklyn University Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Brooklyn Hillhouse | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Yonkers Armory Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Yonkers–Brooklyn | MBL | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 2.2 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Brooklyn Hillhouse | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Yonkers Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Brooklyn Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Yonkers Clintons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Brooklyn Hillhouse | Indep | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Brooklyn Visitation | ABL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 17 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 1.6 | ||||||