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HERB SCHEFFLER

 

HERB SCHEFFLER Height: 6:03 Weight: 210 College: Illinois College’37/Oklahoma’40
Herbert G. Scheffler Born:  Nov 5, 1917 Died:  Jan 20, 2001 Hometown: Springfield, Ill.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1935-36 Illinois College College
1936-37 Illinois College College
1938-39 Oklahoma College
1939-40 Oklahoma College
1940-41 Herb Scheffler Illinios All Stars Indep
1940-41 Decatur Schnozzle Five Indep
1941-43 U.S. Army Military Service
1946-47 Detroit NBL 33 43 40 67 .597 126 3.8
Major League Totals 33 43 40 67 .597 126 3.8

OSSIE SCHECTMAN

Ossie Schectman  was a basketball star at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn.  Schectman played three years of varsity basketball at Long Island University under famed coach, Clair Bee.  In Schectman’s sophomore season, LIU won the National Invitational Tournament and as a senior  he was named to the Converse All-American first team. Schectman spent the early , World War II interrupted, years of of his pro basketball career with the Philadelphia Sphas. He finished second in American Basketball League  scoring during the 1943–44 season. in 1946, Schectman signed to play for the New York Knicks in the newly-established Basketball Association of America.  On November 1, 1946 in Toronto, in the first ever game ever played in the BAA (now the NBA), Schectman made the first basket.  Schectman had a fine year for the Knicks, but declined the opportunity to return for a second season because of business opportunities in New York that prevented him from taking long road trips.  Instead, he played for Paterson in the regionally-limited  American Basketball League for the next two seasons.

 

OSSIE SCHECTMAN Height: 6:00 Weight: 175 College: LIU’41
Oscar Benjamin Schectman Born:  Mar 30, 1919 Died:   Jul 30, 2013 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG 5
1937-38 L.I.U. (Frosh) College
1938-39 L.I.U. College
1939-40 L.I.U. College
1940-41 L.I.U. College
1941-42 hiladelphia ABL 20 47 13 107 5.4
1941-42 Long Island Grumman Flyers Indep
1942-45 US Army Air Corps Military Service
1942-43 Philadelphia ABL 3 9 0 18 6.0
1941-42 Long Island Grumman Wildcats Indep
1943-44 Brooklyn–Philadelphia ABL 19 89 21 199 10.5
1944-45 Philadelphia ABL 16 49 19 117 7.3
1944-45 Long Island Grumman Hellcats Indep
1945-46 Philadelphia ABL 35 133 61 327 9.3
1946-47 New York BAA 54 162 111 179 .620 109 435 8.1
1947-48 Paterson ABL 31 51 25 127 4.1
1948-49 Paterson ABL 21 51 32 55 .582 134 6.4
Major League Totals 147 489 225 1203 8.2
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG 6
1941-42 Long Island Gruman Flyers WBT 4 7 3 8 .375 17 4.3
1943-44 Philadelphia ABL 7 23 8 54 7.7
1944-45 Philadelphia ABL 5 14 7 35 7.0
1944-45 Long Island Gruman Hellcats WBT 1 1 3 4 .750 5 5.0
1945-46 Philadelphia ABL 4 14 2 30 7.5
1945-46 Pittston PSL 2 6 2 14 7.0
1947-48 Paterson ABL 5 17 14 48 9.6
Major League Totals 21 59 23 141 6.7

 

 

RAY SCHECHTERLY

RAY SCHECHTERLY Height: 5:09 Weight: 155 College: None
Raymond Clarence Schechterly Born: Jul 6, 1894        Died:  Feb 18,1948 Hometown: Nanticoke, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1914-15 Nanticoke PSL 16 18 0 36 2.3
1915-16 Nanticoke PSL 35 38 134 18 210 6.0
1916-17 Nanticoke PSL 10 11 7 29 2.9
1917-18 Nanticoke PSL 8 4 11 19 2.4
Major League Totals 69 71 152 294 4.3

SUSIE SCHECTER

Myron “Susie” Schecter was born in Russia in 1905 and came to the United States at the age of 4. He attended  to Northeastern High School in Detroit . Schecter was a three-year basketball letterman at City Colleg of Detroit (later known as Wayne State) . He captained the famed “point-a-minute” team his senior year in 1928.  . That year, his team finished 18-1, the best mark in the school’s history.  Schecter also played professional basketball in the 1930’s for the Flint Buick Flyers.

 

SUSIE SCHECTER Height: 6:01 Weight: 165 College: City College of Detroit’29
Myron Schecter Born:  Sep 15, 1905 Died:  Feb 20, 1989 Hometown: Detroit, Mi.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1925-26 City College of Detroit College
1926-27 City College of Detroit College
1927-28 City College of Detroit College
1927-28 Detroit Tool Shop Indep
1928-29 City College of Detroit College
1928-29 Detroit Tool Shop Indep
1929-30 Pontiac/Detroit NPBL 10 14 12 40 4.0
1930-31 Flint Buick Flyers Indep
Major League Totals 10 14 12 40 4.0

 

 

DOLPH SCHAYES

Dolph Schayes attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York. He played basketball at New York University for four years from 1944 to 1948. Schayes signed to play professional basketball with the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League in 1948 . He chose the Nats over his hometown New York Knicks because they offered him  a substantially better contract.  Schayes played his entire career (1948-1964) with the Nats and their successor, the Philadelphia 76ers. Late in his career, he became the team’s player-coach and after retirement as a player, remainded as coach. Schayes’s favorite shot was a high-arching outside set-shot, but he was was very adapt at driving to the  basket for lay-ups. Schayes was named a NBA first-team all-star six times. In 1972, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time.

 

DOLPH SCHAYES Height: 6:08 Weight: 220 College: NYU’48
Adpolph Schayes Born:     May 19, 1928 Died: Dec 10, 2015 Hometown: New York, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1944-45 N.Y.U. College 11 46 23 115 10.5
1945-46 N.Y.U. College 22 54 41 149 6.8
1946-47 N.Y.U. College 21 66 63 195 9.3
1947-48 N.Y.U. College 26 124 108 356 13.7
1948-49 Syracuse NBL 63 271 267 370 .722 809 12.8
1949-50 Syracuse NBA 64 348 376 486 .774 259 1072 16.8
1950-51 Syracuse NBA 66 332 457 608 .752 251 1121 17.0
1951-52 Syracuse NBA 63 263 342 424 .807 182 868 13.8
1952-53 Syracuse NBA 71 375 512 619 .827 227 1262 17.8
1953-54 Syracuse NBA 72 370 488 590 .827 214 1228 17.1
1954-55 Syracuse NBA 72 422 489 587 .833 213 1333 18.5
1955-56 Syracuse NBA 72 465 542 632 .858 200 1472 20.4
1956-57 Syracuse NBA 72 496 625 691 .904 229 1617 22.5
1957-58 Syracuse NBA 72 581 629 696 .904 224 1791 24.9
1958-59 Syracuse NBA 72 504 526 609 .864 178 1534 21.3
1959-60 Syracuse NBA 75 578 533 597 .893 256 1689 22.5
1960-61 Syracuse NBA 79 594 680 783 .868 296 1868 23.6
1961-62 Syracuse NBA 56 268 286 319 .897 120 822 14.7
1962-63 Syracuse NBA 66 233 181 206 .879 175 647 9.8
1963-64 Philadelphia NBA 24 44 46 57 .807 48 134 5.6
Major League Totals 1059 6144 6979 8274 .843 19267 18.2
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1948-49 Syracuse NBL 6 27 32 41 .780 86 14.3
1949-50 Syracuse NBA 11 57 74 101 .733 28 188 17.1
1950-51 Syracuse NBA 7 47 49 64 .766 20 143 20.4
1951-52 Syracuse NBA 7 41 60 78 .769 15 142 20.3
1952-53 Syracuse NBA 2 4 10 13 .769 1 18 9.0
1953-54 Syracuse NBA 13 64 80 108 .741 24 208 16.0
1954-55 Syracuse NBA 11 60 89 106 .840 40 209 19.0
1955-56  Syracuse NBA 8 52 73 83 .880 27 177 22.1
1956-57 Syracuse NBA 5 29 49 55 .891 14 107 21.4
1957-58 Syracuse NBA 3 25 30 36 .833 6 80 26.7
1958-59 Syracuse NBA 9 78 98 107 .916 41 254 28.2
1959-60 Syracuse NBA 3 30 28 30 .933 8 88 29.3
1960-61 Syracuse NBA 8 51 63 70 .900 21 165 20.6
1961-62 Syracuse NBA 5 24 9 13 .692 5 57 11.4
1962-63 Syracuse NBA 5 20 11 12 .917 7 51 10.2
Major League Totals 103 609 755 917 .823 1973 19.2

BUTCH SCHAUB

 

BUTCH SCHAUB Height: 5:08 Weight: 160 College: None
Harry Jacob Schaub Born:  Mar 4, 1891 Died:  Jun 16, 1957 Hometown: Freeland, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1912-13 Freeland Basketball  Association Indep
1913-14 Freeland Indep
1914-15 Freeland PSL 18 30 184 346 .532 244 13.6
1915-16 Freeland PSL 42 73 4 20 150 3.6
1916-17 Freeland–Hazleton PSL 34 29 76 17 134 3.9
1917-18 Hazleton PSL 43 59 93 10 211 4.9
1918-19 Hazleton Indep
1918-19 Nanticoke Indep
1919-20 Nanticoke PSL 44 32 102 14 166 3.8
1920-21 Nanticoke PSL 36 20 90 16 130 3.6
1921-22 Wilkes-Barre EBL 1 1 0 0 .000 0 2 2.0
1921-22 Pottsville Indep 24 28 53 126 109 4.5
1922-23 Plymouth PSL 10 17 22 56 5.6
Major League Totals 218 244 549 1037 4.8
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1917-18 Hazleton PSL 4 2 9 13 3.3
1919-20 Nanticoke PSL 4 0 4 4 1.0
1922-23 Plymouth PSL 2 2 4 8 4.0
Major League Totals 8 2 13 17 2.1

ABE SCHARTOFF

 

ABE SCHARTOFF Height: 6:00 Weight: 180 College: None
Abraham Schartoff Born:  Oct 24, 1898       Died:  Oct 18, 1965 Hometown: Newark, NJ
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1916-17 Newark Indep
1917-18 Newark Indep
1918-19 Newark Whirlwinds AA Indep
1919-20 Newark City AC Indep
1919-20 Passaic AA Indep
1919-20 Passaic Blue & Whites Indep
1919-20 Newark Eagles Indep
1920-21 Nanticoke PSL 9 10 14 34 3.8
1920-21 Newark/Coatsville EBL 4 2 5 9 2.3
1920-21 Paterson Hacs Indep
1920-21 Passaic Blue & Whites Indep
1921-22 Newark Hebrew AC Indep
1921-22 Paterson Hacs Indep
1921-22 Passaic Blue & Whites Indep
1922-23 Long Branch Norwoods Indep
1923-24 Newark Indep
1924-25 Nearrk Indep
1925-26 Newark YMHA Indep
1926-27 aMewark Indep
1927-28 Newark Hebrew Club Giants Indep
Major League Totals 13 12 19 43 3.3

BEN SCHARNUS

 

BEN SCHARNUS Height: 6:02 Weight: 175 College: Seton Hall’42
Benedict Michael Scharnus Born: Dec 11, 1917 Died: Mar 19, 1982 Hometown: Newark, NJ
Whitey Scharnus REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1935-36 Newark Iron Dukes Indep
1936-37 Newark Iron Dukes Indep
1937-38 Newark Iron Dukes Indep
1938-39 Newark Iron Dukes Indep
1939-40 Seton Hall College
1940-41 Seton Hall College
1941-42 Seton Hall College
1942-44 U.S.Navy Military Service
1943-44 Brooklyn–Wilmington ABL 15 10 12 32 2.1
1944-45 Baltimore ABL 29 68 35 171 5.9
1945-46 Baltimore–New York ABL 29 74 58 206 7.1
1946-47 Cleveland BAA 51 33 37 59 .627 103 2.0
1947-48 Brooklyn-Wilmington ABL 10 15 9 19 .474 39 3.9
1948-49 Providence BAA 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
1948-49 Cohoes NYSL 4 11 2.8
Major League Totals 125 185 142 512 4.1
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1944-45 Baltimore ABL 4 8 2 18 4.5
1945-46 New York ABL 1 1 1 3 3.0
Major League Totals 5 9 3 21 4.2

 

BENNY SCHALL

 

BENNY SCHALL Height: 5:09 Weight: 165 College: Toledo’37
Benjamin J. Schall Born:  Dec 8, 1917 Died:  Feb 9, 1998 Hometown: Toledo, Oh
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1936-37 Toledo College
1941-42  Toledo NBL 2 0 1 1 0.5
1942-46 US Army Military Service
1946-47 Toledo NBL 5 1 0 0 .000 2 0.4
Major League Totals 7 1 1 3 0.4
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1941-42 Toledo WBT 1 0 1 2 .500 1 1.0
Major League Totals 1 0 1 2 .500 1 1.0

JACK SHAFFER

 

JACK SHAFFER Height: 6:03 Weight: 190 College: Grand Island College’29
Jack Cleo Shaffer Born:  Aug 13, 1909 Died:  Jun 17, 1963 Hometown: Grand Island, Ne.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1926-27 Grand Island College
1927-28 Grand Island College
1928-29 Grand Island College
1933-34 Olsen’s Terrible Swedes Indep
1934-35 Olsen’s Terrible Swedes Indep
1935-36 Akron Firestone MBC 18 63 10 136 7.6
1936-37 Akron Firestone MBC 16 76 12 164 10.3
1937-38 Akron Firestone NBL 6 16 2 34 5.7
1940-41 Fort Wayne Pistons Indep
Major League Totals 40 155 24 334 8.4
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1935-36 Akron Firestone MBC 2 8 2 18 9.0
1936-37 Akron Firestone MBC 2 1 1 3 1.5
1940-41 Fort Wayne WBT 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Major League Totals 5 9 3 1 21 4.2