Howard Ross was a legendary high school athlete in Lorain, Ohio. During three years at Lorain High School, he won twelve letters, three each in basketball, football, baseball and track. In his final year, he was a star  halfback  on the football team, set state records in the javelin, pitched two no-hitters and was named MVP of the basketball team that captured the Ohio State Championship. After graduation, Ross and his high school teammates turned professional and toured the state for three seasons before they joined the Central Basketball League in 1926. Ross was only the second black player to appear in a professional basketball league game. It had been over two decades since the Bucky Lew had completed his final season in the New England Basketball. In 1927, Ross  became the player-coach of the Cleveland Elks an all-black independent team.

Rosenthal graduated from Taylor Alderdice High School. In his senior year. Rosenthal was named All-City in both football and basketball. Rosenthal was a varsity football, basketball, and tennis player at Carnegie Tech for three years. He also ran track and boxed.

Pete “Petey” Rosenberg was one of the most versatile athletes ever to come out of South Philadelphia. Born on the Fourth of July in 1918, he made his mark in both scholastic and professional basketball and baseball. At South Philadelphia High School, Rosenberg played baseball on the 1936 City championship team, He captained the 1937 City Championship basketball team, the team that went on to become the Eastern States Tournament Champions. From Southern, he went to Brown Prep, eventually earning a scholarship to St. Joseph’s College. He played for  St. Joe’s for one year in 1939, before signing with the Philadelphia Sphas, where  he played with them until 1943, at which time he went into military service. In the service, Rosenberg came across a comparative unknown and recommended him to Gottlieb. The unknown was Joe Fulks, and Gottlieb’s Warriors went on to win the NBA Championship with a 49-11 record in 1946-47.

Seymour “Cy” Rosenberg was a scholastic basketball and baseball star at Brooklyn Boys’ High School. Rosenberg remained a well-known basketball fixture on the Brooklyn sports scene for over a decade as the star of the Brooklyn Eighth Ave, Temple team , an AAU powerhouse.