STATISTICS & HISTORY
Eddie Younger, who stood just a few inches over 5-feet tall in high school, dazzled opponents with his speed and ball-handling skills. Younger, along with teammates Bobby Wanzer and Sonny Woods, led Benjamin Franklin High School to the 1940 New York City High School championship. Younger played at Long Island University for two seasons, serving as captain of the team the second year. Younger turned professional in 1944 when he joined the famed New York Rens.
| EDDIE YOUNGER | Height: | 5:07 | Weight: | 145 | College: | LIU’44 | |||||
| Edward Younger | Born: Jan 7, 1923 | Died: Mar 18, 1985 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| Rabbit Younger | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | L.I.U | College | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | L.I.U | College | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Scranton | ABL | 13 | 7 | 12 | 21 | .571 | 26 | 2.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Mohawk | NUSL | 22 | 241 | 11.0 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | Scranton | ABL | 34 | 22 | 19 | 32 | .594 | 26 | 63 | 1.9 | |
| 1950-51 | Saratoga | ABL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 4 | 13 | 1.4 | |
| 1951-52 | Carbondale | ABL | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2.2 | ||||
| 1952-53 | Saratoga | ABL | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2.8 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1945-46 | New York Rens | WBT | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1946-47 | New York Rens | WBT | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 7.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | New York Rens | WBT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Scranton | ABL | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 3.5 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Mohawk | NYSL | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | Scranton | ABL | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2.4 | |||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 12 | 2.4 | ||||