STATISTICS & HISTORY
Joe Dreyfus was born in Brooklyn. As a youth he played basketball with various semi-pro teams around the city. He quickly earned a reputation as a clever, intuitive player who excelled on defense. Dreyfus began his pro career with the St. James Triangles in Brooklyn. His outstanding defensive play earned him a promotion in 1913 to the New York State League. Dreyfus’ status as a player continued to grow until his career was interrupted in 1917 when he entered the Navy to serve during World War I. In the post-war years, Dreyfus was ranked among the elite guards in professional basketball and was in great demand. He consistently played between 125 and 150 games a season. During the 1919-20 season, Dreyfus played for teams in five leagues in addition to duties with four independent teams. An irony of Dreyfus’ career was that such a hardworking, team-oriented player never played on a championship team. With Reading in the Eastern League, he made it to the finals in 1921, but lost to the Nat Holman-led Germantown team.
| JOE DREYFUS | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 165 | College: | None | |||||
| Joseph J. Dreyfus | Born: Dec 11, 1892 | Died: Apr 25, 1974 | 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 | |||||||||
| 1912-23 | Brooklyn St.James Triangles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1913-14 | Poughkeepsie/Brooklyn/Newark | NYSL | 48 | 79 | 43 | 201 | 4.2 | ||||
| 1914-15 | Cohoes–Kingston | NYSL | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1.1 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Rosedale (NJ) | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Norwalk 6th Co. | Indep | 12 | 28 | 0 | 56 | 4.7 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Stamford | IBL | 34 | 53 | 51 | 157 | 4.6 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Stamford–Danbury–Newark Turners | IBL | 34 | 79 | 65 | 223 | 6.6 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Scranton | PSL | 7 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1916-17 | De Neri | EBL | 19 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 2.4 | |||
| 1917-18 | Norwalk | CSL | 14 | 43 | 37 | 123 | 8.8 | ||||
| 1917-18 | De Neri | EBL | 5 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | |||
| 1918-19 | Military Service | ||||||||||
| 1918-19 | Newark Turners | Indep | |||||||||
| 1918-19 | Staten Island Minesweepers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1918-19 | Staten Island Downey Shipyard | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Pittston | PSL | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | |
| 1919-20 | Jersey City | IBL | 10 | 15 | 26 | 56 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1919-20 | De Neri–Reading | EBL | 34 | 57 | 59 | 150 | .393 | 48 | 173 | 5.1 | |
| 1919-20 | Pittsfield | NYSL | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1919-20 | Holoyke | IL | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1919-20 | Brooklyn Non-Pereils | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Reading | EBL | 27 | 38 | 56 | 138 | .406 | 37 | 132 | 4.9 | |
| 1920-21 | Norwalk | CSL | 3 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 8.7 | ||||
| 1920-21 | Plymouth | PSL | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3.7 | ||||
| 1920-21 | Brooklyn Prospect Big-Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Reading | EBL | 25 | 43 | 33 | 83 | .398 | 23 | 119 | 4.8 | |
| 1921-22 | Utica | NYSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Brooklyn Pros | MBL | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Springfield | IL | 8 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 5.3 | ||||
| 1922-23 | Schenectady–Amsterdam | NYSL | 10 | 18 | 19 | 55 | 5.5 | ||||
| 1922-23 | Philadelphia | EBL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| 1922-23 | Brooklyn Pros | MBL | 34 | 44 | 60 | 148 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1922-23 | Northamapton | IL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1923-24 | Albany/Gloversville | NYSL | 11 | 24 | 32 | 80 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1923-24 | Greenpoint–BrooklynVisitation | MBL | 32 | 36 | 66 | 138 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1924-25 | Trenton–Yonkers | MBL | 31 | 48 | 63 | 159 | 5.1 | ||||
| 1925-26 | New York–Paterson–Newark | MBL | 8 | 9 | 21 | 39 | 4.9 | ||||
| 1926-27 | Newburgh*Jersey City | NLN | 10 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 2.5 | ||||
| 1926-27 | Paterson | MBL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1927-28 | New York | ABL | 16 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1927-28 | Catskill | MBL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1927-28 | Dunmore | PSL | 18 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 2.7 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 450 | 688 | 717 | 2093 | 4.7 | ||||||
| ##### | PLAYOFF RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1916-17 | Bridgeport | IBL | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5.0 | ||||||