PLAYER PROFILE

HAGAN ANDERSEN

STATISTICS & HISTORY

Hagan “Hook” Andersen was never among the top scorers or the flashiest players of his era, but he was nevertheless a star throughout his college and professional career. Andersen was a hard-working, team oriented performer whose selfless style always improved the play of his teammates. Howard Cann, the legendary coach of New York University , called Andersen the most fundamentally sound player he ever coached. In his senior year, Andersen was the linchpin of the Violets undefeated 1933-34 season. In the last game of the season, NYU played Nat Holman’s also undefeated City College of New York squad. Andersen played what coach Cann described as a “perfect game” to lead NYU to a 24-18 victory. He was named first-team All American. Anderson turned pro with the Jersey Reds in the 1934-35 season. He played on two championship teams during his pro career. Jersey won the 1937-38 American Basketball League championship and eight years later, he helped Baltimore capture the ABL title. After retiring as a player, Andersen began a second successful career in basketball as a longtime professional and college referee.

 

HAGAN ANDERSEN Height: 5:11 Weight: 175 College: N.Y.U.’34
Hook Andersen Born:   April 8, 1912 Died: Sep 23, 1975 Hometown: New York, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1930-31 N.Y.U. College
1931-32 1930-31 (Frosh) N.Y.U. College
1932-33 1930-31 N.Y.U. College
1933-34 1930-31 N.Y.U. College
1933-34 New Britain ABL 7 4 4 12 1.7
1934-35 Jersey ABL 27 53 70 176 6.5
1935-36 Jersey ABL 4 5 3 13 3.3
1936-37 Jersey ABL 5 8 11 19 .579 27 5.4
1937-38 Jersey ABL 33 35 55 125 3.8
1937-38 Binghamton NY-PA 2 2 6 10 5.0
1938-39 Jersey ABL 30 42 69 153 5.1
1939-40 Jersey–New York ABL 16 19 12 50 3.1
1940-41 New York ABL 29 51 33 135 4.7
1941-42 New York–Washington ABL 10 18 7 43 4.3
1941-42 Kingston-Pittsfield NYSL 13 35 41 111 8.5
1942-43 New York–Harrisburg ABL 9 24 23 71 7.9
1942-43 Brooklyn Jewels Indep
1943-44 NewYork ABL 20 49 36 134 6.7
1943-44 Brooklyn Jewels Indep
1944-45 New York ABL 18 47 42 136 7.6
1945-46 Baltimore ABL 33 79 92 250 7.6
1945-46 Jersey Reds Indep
1946-47 Bergen NYNJ 16 46 77 169 10.6
Major League Totals 241 434 457 1325 5.5
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1936-37 Jersey ABL 7 10 10 30 4.3
1937-38 Jersey ABL 6 8 24 40 6.7
1938-39 Jersey ABL 5 8 15 31 6.2
1939-40 New York ABL 6 6 3 15 2.5
1945-46 Baltimore ABL 6 23 19 65 10.8
1945-46 Baltimore WBT 5 13 13 17 .765 39 7.8
1946-47 Bergen NYNJ 1 0 1 1 1.0
Major League Totals 35 68 84 220 6.3

 

 

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