PLAYER PROFILE

DINNY SHEEHAN

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Dennis “Dinny” Sheehan was a high school basketball star in Brooklyn. He played professional basketball with the Brooklyn St. James Triangles for three seasons and later had two successful seasons in the Interstate Basketball League. Shortly after the start of World War II, he enlisted in the Naval Militia. Sheehan died in October of 1917 in boiler explosion while serving on a patrol boat off the coast of Fire Island near Long Island, New York.

 

DINNY SHEEHAN Height: 5:06 Weight: 135 College: None
Dennis Francis Sheehan Born: April 4, 1892 Died:  Oct 16, 1917 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1910-11 Brooklyn St. James Triangles Indep
1911-12 Brooklyn St. James Triangles Indep
1912-13 Brooklyn St. James Triangles Indep
1913-14 Brooklyn Kirkhan AA Indep
1913-14 Brooklyn NYSL 8 13 7 33 4.1
1914-15 Cohoes NYSL 4 1 1 3 0.8
1915-16 PatersonStamford IBL 23 33 28 94 4.1
1916-17 BridgeportNewark Turners IBL 18 26 30 82 4.6
1916-17 Newark Trianagles-Newark Turners ECBL 7 24 9 57 8.1
1917-18 U.S. Navy Military Service
Major League Totals 53 73 66 212 4.0
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