STATISTICS & HISTORY
Ed Plate captained both the basketball and baseball team at Newtown High School in Queens, New York. While still in high school, Plate barnstormed on weekends in New England on a team headlined by George Yerkes, a well-known Queens pro basketball player. It was the beginning of a career that would span 24 seasons. In the rough and tumble day’s of basketball’s center jump after every basket and two-handed dribbling, Ed Plate was as rugged as they come. At 6:04 and 220 pounds, Plate was an imposing figure in an era where most players where considerably less than six feet tall. Plate was best known for his twelve seasons with the Long Island Imperials and Pro-Imps.
| ED PLATE | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 220 | College: | None | |||||
| Edward Chester Plate | Born: Dec 23, 1907 | Died: Oct, 1977 | Hometown: | Queens, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1924-25 | Woodside Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Woodside Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Astoriia KofC | QBL | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Long Island Pro Triangles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Masprth St. Stanisalaus Catholic Club | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Long Astoria Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Long Island | MBL | 12 | 22 | 7 | 51 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Long Island | MBL | 15 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 1.7 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Astoria Long Island Pros | Indep
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| 1933-34 | Astoria Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | AStoriaLong Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | AStoria Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | AStoria Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Astoria Arrows | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Longs Island City Bears | LIPL | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Queens James J. Parelli | LIPL | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Queens Our Lady of Lourdes Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Long Island | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Long Island | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Jackson Heights Blessed Sacrament | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Long Island | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Flushing Bayer Bombers | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 27 | 33 | 10 | 76 | 2.8 | ||||||