STATISTICS & HISTORY
Jackie Goldsmith starred at Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and the Union Temple in the late 1930’s before entering the U.S. Army during World War II. Following the war, he joined Long Island University’s basketball team in the fall of 1945. LIU finished 14-9 and Goldsmith was named Helms second team All-America and first team All-Metropolitan, leading LIU and the New York Metropolitan area in scoring. with 395 points (17.2 average). During the year, he set LIU game and season scoring records. Famed LIU coach, Clair Bee, called Goldsmith the best setshooter in all of college basketball. Goldsmith played professional basketball during the 1947-48 season appearing with Toledo in the National Basketball League and with Portland of the Pacific Coast Basketball League. Goldsmith retired at the end of the season to concentrate on his other sports’ interest – illegal gambling and point shaving of college basketball games. Over the next six years, Goldsmith was heavily involved in the point-shaving scandals that rocked college basketball in the late 40’s and early 50’s. Goldsmith was arrested in April of 1951 and pleaded guilty in May of 1952 to bribery charges. Goldsmith was eventually sentenced to 2 1/2 to 4 years in prison for his participation in the scandal.
| JACKIE GOLDSMITH | Height: | 5:07 | Weight: | 155 | College: | Long Island’47 | |||||
| John Goldsmith | Born: | Jan 21, 1921 | Died: Oct 23, 1968 | Hometown: | New York, NY | ||||||
| Brother of George Goldsmith | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Brooklyn Union Temple | AAU | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Long Island University (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | New London | CBL | 4 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1942-43 | New London Bears | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Coast Guard | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Long Island University | College | 25 | 175 | 54 | 404 | 16.2 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Long Island University | College | 21 | 84 | 32 | 200 | 9.5 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Toledo | NBL | 12 | 20 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 46 | 3.8 | ||
| 1947-48 | Portland | PCL | 16 | 204 | 12.8 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | Brooklyn | ABL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 12 | 20 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 46 | 3.8 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | New London | CBL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||