Walter “Bricktop” Wright” was a star athlete at New York’s Textile High School. Directly out of high school, Wright began playing basketball with one of the cities’ top independent teams, the New York Collegians. Wright attended Lincoln College in Pennsylvania for three years. Wright’s basketball career spanned over two decades and included time with elite black teams such at the New York Rens, Washington Bears and the New York Harlem Yankees.
| BRICKTOP WRIGHT |
Height: |
5:10 |
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Weight: |
185 |
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College: |
Lincoln(Pa)’34 |
| Walter J. Wright |
Born: Nov 20, 1908 |
Died: Aug 11, 1972 |
Hometown: |
New York, NY |
| Played Negro League Baseball |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1927-28 |
New York Ritz Klub |
Indep |
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| 1927-28 |
New York Collegians |
Indep |
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| 1928-29 |
New York Collegians |
Indep |
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| 1929-30 |
New York Collegians |
Indep |
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| 1930-31 |
Lincoln (Pa) |
College |
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| 1931-32 |
Lincoln (Pa) |
College |
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| 1932-33 |
New York Lido Gems |
Indep |
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| 1933-34 |
Lincoln (Pa) |
College |
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| 1934-35 |
New York Alphas |
Indep |
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| 1936-37 |
New York Alphas |
Indep |
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| 1937-38 |
New York Alphas |
Indep |
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| 1938-39 |
New York Alphas |
Indep |
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| 1938-39 |
All Collegian Big Five |
Indep |
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| 1938-39 |
Harlem Yankees |
Indep |
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| 1939-40 |
New York
Harlem Yankees |
Indep |
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| 1940-41 |
Washington Bruins |
Indep |
2 |
5 |
2 |
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12 |
6.0 |
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| 1941-45 |
US Army Air Corp. |
Military Service |
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| 1941-42 |
New York Harlem Yankees |
Indep |
17 |
23 |
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2 |
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48 |
2.8 |
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| 1941-42 |
Washington Bears |
Indep |
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| 1942-43 |
New York Rens |
Indep |
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| 1942-43 |
Washington Bears |
Indep |
2 |
9 |
3 |
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21 |
10.5 |
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| 1943-44 |
Washington Bears |
Indep |
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| 1944-45 |
New York Rens |
Indep |
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| 1945-46 |
Brooklyn Brown Bombers |
Indep |
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| 1946-47 |
Washington Bears |
Indep |
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| 1946-47 |
Bayone |
NY-NJBL |
8 |
7 |
6 |
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20 |
2.5 |
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| 1947-48 |
New York Harlem Yankees |
Indep |
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| 1948-49 |
New York Harlem Yankees |
Indep |
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PLAYOFF RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1944-45 |
New York Rens |
WBT |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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0 |
0.0 |
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Major League Totals |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
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0 |
0.0 |
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Jack Butterworth was a star all-around athlete at Bosse High School in Evansville, Indiana where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. After graduation in 1932, Butterfield spent the next seven years playing college basketball, He spent two years at both Evansville College and Oregon Normal before he completed his collegiate career with three years at George Washington University. Butterworth remained active for another decade in AAU and Independent basketball and played one season of minor league professional basketball with Portland in the Pacific Coast Basketball League.
| JACK BUTTERWORTH |
Height: |
6:04 |
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Weight: |
200 |
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College: |
Evansville’33 – Oregon Normal’ 36 – George Washington’39 |
| Jack urtis. Butterworth |
Born: |
Jun 19, 1914 |
Died: Oct 19, 1998 |
Hometown: |
Evansville, In. |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1932-33 |
Evansville |
College |
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| 1933-34 |
Evansville |
College |
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| 1934-35 |
Oregon Normal |
College |
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| 1935-36 |
Oregon Normal |
College |
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| 1936-37 |
George Washington |
College |
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| 1937-38 |
George Washington |
College |
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| 1938-39 |
George Washington |
College |
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| 1939-40 |
Eugene Rubenstein Oregonians |
AAU |
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| 1940-41 |
Eugene Rubenstein Oregonians |
AAU |
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| 1940-41 |
Cottage Grove Independents |
Indep |
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| 1941-42 |
Eugene Rubenstein Oregonians |
AAU |
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| 1941-42 |
Cottage Grove Independents |
Indep |
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| 1942-43 |
Portland Boilermakers |
AAU |
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| 1943-44 |
|
Military Service |
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| 1943-44 |
Albina Hellships |
AAU |
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| 1944-45 |
Midland Dows |
Indep |
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| 1945-46 |
San Francisco Dardi AC |
AAU |
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| 1946-47 |
Portland Indians |
PCL |
37 |
|
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|
81 |
2.2 |
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| 1947-48 |
Oregon Firs |
AAU |
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POST SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1944-45 |
Midland Dows |
WBT |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
.667 |
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2 |
1.0 |
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| 1946-47 |
Portland |
PCL |
9 |
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|
29 |
3.2 |
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| 1946-47 |
Portland Indians |
WBT |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
.800 |
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6 |
6.0 |
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Major League Totals |
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3 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
.750 |
|
8 |
2.7 |
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