STATISTICS & HISTORY
Cfy Kaselman graduated from South Philadelphia High School. At age 20, he joined the SPHAS for the 1929-30 season and remained with the team for next thirteen seasons. Kaselman won two consecutive Eastern Basketball League scoring titles in 1931 and 1932. The SPHAS style emphasized a balanced scoring attack, but Kaselman as a shooter was always considered first among equals. After the SPHAS joined the American Basketball League in 1933, Kaselman finished among the league’s top-ten scorers for five years in a row. Kaselman possessed a deadly two-handed set shot. His skills as a shooter were such that he was the only player ever mentioned as a possible rival to Bobby McDermott as the best long-distance shooter of the 1930’s. He also possessed excellent quickness with the ball, was an accomplished passer and steadily improved during the course of his career as a defensive player. Kaselman lost his starting spot to Pete Rosenberg during 1938-39 season, but stayed on with the SPHAS as a key reserve for three more seasons. After military service during World War II, Kaselman served as his assistant coach during Philadelphia’s early years in the Basketball Association of America.
| CY KASELMAN | Height: | 5:10 | Weight: | 165 | College: | None | |||||
| David Kaselman | Born: May 1, 1909 | Died: Jul 3, 1971 | Hometown: | South Philadelphia, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1928-29 | AAU | ||||||||||
| 1929-30 | Philadelphia SPHAS | EBL | 27 | 49 | 83 | 181 | 6.7 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Philadelphia SPHAS | EBL | 40 | 111 | 171 | 393 | 9.8 | ||||
| 1931-32 | Philadelphia SPHAS | EBL | 39 | 92 | 241 | 425 | 10.9 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Philadelphia SPHAS | EBL | 33 | 102 | 137 | 341 | 10.3 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Philadelphia | ABL | 39 | 115 | 102 | 332 | 8.5 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Philadelphia Turners | EBL | 6 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Nanticoke | PSL | 25 | 105 | 130 | 340 | 13.6 | # | |||
| 1934-35 | Philadelphia | ABL | 44 | 110 | 102 | 322 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1934-35 | Wilkes Barre/Plymouth | PSL | 20 | 51 | 85 | 187 | 9.4 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Philadelphia | ABL | 39 | 80 | 58 | 218 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Philadelphia | ABL | 38 | 93 | 79 | 265 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Tunkhannock/Nanticoke | PSL | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 9.7 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Philadelphia | ABL | 42 | 117 | 93 | 327 | 7.8 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Wilkes Barre | NYPA | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Reading | TCL | 3 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 9.7 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Philadelphia | ABL | 26 | 54 | 27 | 135 | 5.2 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Philadelphia | ABL | 24 | 20 | 5 | 45 | 1.9 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Philadelphia | ABL | 19 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 1.4 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Philadelphia | ABL | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1942-45 | Military Service | ||||||||||
| Major League Totals | 347 | 797 | 863 | 2457 | 7.1 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Philadelephia SPHAS | EBL | 4 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 12.3 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Philadelephia SPHAS | EBL | 4 | 10 | 27 | 47 | 11.8 | ||||
| 1931-32 | Philadelephia SPHAS | EBL | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4.5 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Philadelephia SPHAS | EBL | 4 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 9.8 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Philadelephia | ABL | 6 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 7.8 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Nanticoke | PSL | 4 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 11.0 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Philadelephia | ABL | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 2.7 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Philadelephia | ABL | 7 | 13 | 28 | 54 | 7.7 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Reading | TCL | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Philadelephia | ABL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Philadelephia | ABL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Philadelphia | ABL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2.5 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 34 | 55 | 84 | 194 | 5.7 | ||||||