IRV RIZZI		Height:	5:11		Weight:		180		College:		Georgetown (DC) ’41
Irving Steven Rizzi		Born: Jun 29, 1919			Died:  Aug 6, 2008				Hometown:		West New York, NJ
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	Georgetown (DC) (Frosh)	College
1938-39	Georgetown (DC)	College	21						117	5.9
1939-40	Georgetown (DC)	College	16						99	5.4
1940-41	Georgetown (DC)	College	19						84	4.4
1941-42	Washington	ABL	8	7	2				16	2.0
1942-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
	Major League Totals		8	7	2				16	2.0

Julie Rivlin was the star of the great Marshall University teams of the late thirties. During Rivlin’s three varsity seasons, Marshall won 75 games and lost only 13. In 1938, he was the second-leading scorer in the nation. Military Service in World War II short circuited Rivilin’s pro career. He played briefly in the National Basketball League  and enjoyed success in the late-forties as the player-coach of Wheeling in the minor-league All-American Basketball League. In the early fifties he owned a sporting goods store in Wheeling until he was hired in 1955 as the head basketball coach at Marshall University. In eight seasons, Rivlin posted an 82-94  record.

 

 

 

JULIE RIVLIN		Height:	5:11		Weight:		165		College:		Marshall’39
Julius Leon Rivlin		Born:  Feb 2, 1917			Died:   Sep 23, 2002				Hometown:		Wheeling, VV
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1936-37	Marshall (Frosh)	College
1937-38	Marshall	College
1938-39	Marshall	College
1939-40	Marshall	College
1939-40	Akron Goodyears	Indep
1940-41	Akron Goodyear	NBL	21	20	11	28	.393		51	2.4
1941-42	U.S. Army Air Corp.	Military Service
1945-46	Toledo Whites	Indep
1946-47	Toledo	NBL	44	105	70	90	.778		280	6.4
1947-48	Toledo	NBL	40	28	16	25	.640		72	1.8
1948-49	Wheeling	AAL	30						219	7.3
1949-50	Wheeling	AAL	23	61	32				154	6.7
1950-51	Wheeling	AAL	5	5	1				11	2.2
1951-52	Wheeling Blues	Indep
	Major League Totals		105	153	97				403	3.8
					POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Toledo Jim Whites	WBT	1	3	2	2	1.000		8	8.0
1946-47	Toledo	NBL	5	8	11	13	.846		27	5.4
1946-47	Toledo Jeeps	WBT	4	6	7	7	1.000		19	4.8
1948-49	Wheeling	AAL	5						35	7.0
1949-50	Wheeling	AAL	4						25	6.3
1950-51	Wheeling	AAL	5						29	5.8
	Major League Totals		10	17	20	22	.909		54	5.4

 

Charlie Ritter died on January 2, 1909 during a Philadelphia League game between North Wales  and Stratton. In the midst of the contest,  he dropped unconscious to the floor of the cage and was carried to a dressing room where he died a few minutes later. Dr. Charles Bossert, a Philadelphia physician, who was a player on the Stratton team,  rushed to Ritter’s aid and worked unsuccessfully to save his life. The coroner’s  report indicated that Ritter had died from heart failure.

 

CHARLIE RITTER		Height:	5:10		Weight:		150		College:		None
Charles L. Ritter		Born:	Mar, 1884		Died: Jan 2, 1909				Hometown:		Trenton, NJ
Brother of William Ritter					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1900-01	Trenton Capital City	Indep
1901-02	Trenton	Indep
1902-03	Trenton Waldrons	Indep
1902-03	Trenton Hills	Indep
1903-04	Trenton Kerns	Indep
1904-05	Trenton All-Trentons	Indep
1905-06	Trenton/Baldwin	PBL	14	60	0				120	8.6
1906-07	De Neri–North Philadelphia	PBL	11	34	0				68	6.2
1907-08	Philadelphia Rookwoods	Indep
1907-08	Trenton Nationals	Indep
1908-09	South Side–Greensburg	CBL	3	3	0				6	2.0
1908-09	North Wales	PBL	7	16	0				32	4.6
1908-09	Philadelphia Rookwoods	Indep	3	20	0				40	13.3
	Major League Totals		35	113	0				226	6.5

 

EDDIE RISKA		Height:	6:00		Weight:		185		College:		Notre Dame’41
Edward Joseph Riska		Born:  Oct 4, 1919			Died: Aug 3, 1992				Hometown:		Chicago, Ill.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	Notre Dame (Frosh)	College
1938-39	Notre Dame	College	21	70	62				203	9.6
1939-40	Notre Dame	College	21	85	62				232	11.0
1940-41	Notre Dame	College	17	61	52				174	10.2
1941-42	Oshkosh	NBL	16	24	15				63	3.9
1942-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1943-44	Brooklyn	ABL	1	1	2				4	4.0
1945-46	Oshkosh	NBL	32	38	47	69	.681		123	3.8
1946-47	Oshkosh	NBL	44	81	71	102	.696		233	5.3
1947-48	Oshkosh	NBL	18	21	15	24	.625		57	3.2
1948-49	Oshkosh	NBL	42	42	61	93	.656		145	3.5
	Major League Totals		153	207	211				625	4.1
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG	5
1941-42	Oshkosh	NBL	5	3	12				18	3.6
1941-42	Oshkosh	WBT	4	16	13	20	.650		45	11.3
1945-46	Oshkosh	NBL	5	4	4	5	.800		12	2.4
1945-46	Oshkosh	WBT	6	6	7	13	.538		19	3.2
1946-47	Oshkosh	NBL	7	16	22	27	.815		54	7.7
1946-47	Oshkosh	WBT	4	11	6	10	.600		28	7.0
1947-48	Oshkosh	NBL	4	1	8	10	.800		10	2.5
	Major League Totals		35	57	72				186	5.3

Arnie Risen attended Ohio State Ohio University,  becoming the All-Big Ten center in 1944 and a Helms Foundation second-team All-American in 1945.  He helped the Buckeyes reach the NCAA Final Four in both 1944 and 1945. Despite  his lanky 6-foot-9, 210-pound frame, Risen was comfortable playing near the basket where he was a skillful scorer and effective  rebounder. Risen began his professional career in 1945 with the Indianapolis Kautskys of the National Basketball League. After two and a half years in Indianapolis, Risen played seven-plus years with the Rochester Royals. He enjoyed his best all-around season in 1950-51 when he averaged 16.3 points and 12 rebounds per game and let the Royals to the National Basketball Association championship. Risen spent the last three years of his NBA career as a reserve on the Boston Celtics. Risen was elected to the Basketball Hall of fame in 1998.

ARNIE RISEN		Height:	6:09		Weight:		210		College:		Ohio State’45
Arnold Denny Risen		Born:	Oct 9, 1924		Died:   Aug 4, 2012				Hometown:		Williamstown, Ky.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
`942-43	Ohio State	College
1943-44	Ohio State	College	21						266	12.7
1944-45	Ohio State	College	20	102	54				258	12.9
1945-46	Ohio State	College	6	27	8				6.2	10.3

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			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Indianapolis	NBL	18	77	65	110	.591		219	12.2
1946-47	Indianapolis	NBL	44	204	174	276	.630		582	13.2
1947-48	Indianapolis–Rochester	NBL	61	282	241	352	.685		805	13.2
1948-49	Rochester	BAA	60	345	305	462	.660	100	995	16.6
1949-50	Rochester	NBA	62	206	213	321	.664	92	625	10.1
1950-51	Rochester	NBA	66	377	323	440	.734	158	1077	16.3
1951-52	Rochester	NBA	66	365	302	431	.701	150	1032	15.6
1952-53	Rochester	NBA	68	295	294	429	.685	135	884	13.0
1953-54	Rochester	NBA	72	321	307	430	.714	120	949	13.2
1954-55	Rochester	NBA	69	259	279	375	.744	112	797	11.6
1955-56	Boston	NBA	68	189	170	240	.708	88	548	8.1
1956-57	Boston	NBA	43	119	106	156	.679	53	344	8.0
1957-58	Boston	NBA	63	134	114	167	.683	50	382	6.1
1958-59	Rochester	EBL	18	58	59				175	9.7
	Major League Totals		760	3173	2893	4189	.691		9239	12.2
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1945-46	Indianapolis	WBT	1	7	6	11	.545		20	20.0
1946-47	Indianapolis	NBL	5	32	31				95	19.0
1946-47	Indianapolis	WBT	3	11	9	15	.600		31	10.3
1947-48	Rochester	NBL	7	35	30	44	.682		100	14.3
1948-49	Rochester	BAA	4	22	22	33	.667		66	16.5
1949-50	Rochester	NBA	2	7	9	15	.600	4	23	11.5
1950-51	Rochester	NBA	14	93	87	135	.644	33	273	19.5
1951-52	Rochester	NBA	6	33	28	40	.750	9	94	15.7
1952-53	Rochester	NBA	3	11	17	24	.708	2	39	13.0
1953-54	Rochester	NBA	6	28	33	44	.750	4	89	14.8
1954-55	Rochester	NBA	3	17	14	19	.737	5	48	16.0
1955-56	Boston	NBA	3	12	13	18	.722	2	37	12.3
1956-57	Boston	NBA	10	28	19	28	.655	8	75	7.5
1957-58	Boston	NBA	10	12	22	33	.667	9	46	4.6
	Major League Totals		77	348	340				1036	13.5

 

 

Elmer Ripley began playing basketball as a teenager at Curtis High School in Staten Island  and remained active in the game as a player and later a coach for the next sixty-six years. Ripley began his pro career on independent teams around New York City. He quicky was recognized as an outstanding defensive player, who was also a capable scorer when needed. Ripley enjoyed some of the best years of his career playing in the Pennsylvania State League where he led two different teams (Carbondale in 1916 and Scranton in 1921) to championships. Ripley played briefly with the famed Original Celtics in the early twenties. In 1925, he joined the Brooklyn entry in the newly-formed American Basketball League and was a key element in the team winning the first-half of the split-season championship. Ripley enjoyed one of the longest and most varied coaching careers in college basketball history. While still active as a player, he began his first coaching job at Wagner University where he remained from 1922 through 1925.   In 1927,  he began the first of his three stints as coach of Georgetown University (1927-29) and departed with an impressive 24-6 record. He coached Yale for six seasons (1929-35) and departed with an 82-50 record. In 1939, he returned to Georgetown University were he was 69-39 over four seasons (1939-43). During World War II, he made brief stops at Columbia University, 16-19 in two seasons (1943-45)  and   Notre Dame, a 17-4 record (1945-46).  Ripley returned to Georgetown University for the third time (1946-49) but posted a disappointing 46-49 record in three seasons. He finished out his college coaching career with two years (1949-51) at John Carroll University with 11-32 record and West Point (1951-52) were he finished up at 19-17. Ripley also coached the 1956  Israeli Olympic Basketball Team and the 1970 Canadian Olympic Basketball Team. In 1973, Ripley was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

 

ELMER RIPLEY		Height:	5:07		Weight:		150		College:		Brown’10
Elmer Horton Ripley		Born: Jul 21, 1891			Died: Apr 29, 1982				Hometown:		Staten Island, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1913-14	Hoboken Rosedale(NJ)	Indep
1914-15	Hoboken Rosedale(NJ)	Indep	25	40	0				80	3.2
1914-15	New York Nationals	Indep
1915-16	Hoboken Rosedale(NJ)	Indep
1915-16	Brooklyn	IBL	31	43	49				135	4.4
1915-16	Carbondale	PSL	19	31	0			6	62	3.3
1915-16	Utica	NYSL	12	9	5				23	1.9
1916-17	Carbondale	PSL	39	75	110			30	260	6.7
1916-17	Hoboken	IBL	4	3	14				20	5.0
1917-18	Carbondale–Wilkes- Barre	PSL	38	51	89			28	191	5.0
1918-19	Bridgeport Blue Ribbons	Indep
1918-19	Staten Island Standard Shipyard	Indep
1919-20	Paterson	IBL	8	14	16				44	5.5
1919-20	Scranton	PSL	43	67	89	172	.517	35	223	5.2
1919-20	Trenton	EBL	1	0	0				0	0.0
1919-20	Newark National Turners	Indep
1920-21	Scranton	PSL	40	64	127			34	255	6.4
1920-21	Germantown	EBL	11	11	22				44	4.0
1920-21	NY Bruggy All Stars	Indep
1921-22	Scranton–Coatesville	EBL	36	61	107	226	.473	15	229	6.4
1921-22	Brooklyn Dodgers	MBL	14	9	26				44	3.1
1921-22	Easthampton–Ware	IL	2	6	3				15	7.5
1922-23	Coatesville	EBL	23	40	63	100	.630	14	143	6.2
1922-23	Elixabeth	MBL	32	50	83				183	5.7
1922-23	Cohoes–Albany	NYSL	10	21	18				60	6.0
1922-23	Brooklyn Nonpareils	Indep
1923-24	Paterson	MBL	16	22	32				76	4.8
1923-24	Cohoes	NYSL	4	5	9				19	4.8
1923-24	Shanahan	PBL	2	2	6				10	5.0
1923-24	Cleveland Rosenblooms	Indep
1923-24	Fort Wayne KofC	Indep
1924-25	Fort Wayne KoC	Indep
1924-25	Canton Oscars	Indep
1924-25	New York Celtics	Indep
1925-26	Brooklyn	ABL	30	59	96				214	7.1
1926-27	Washington	ABL	32	55	80				190	5.9
1927-28	Washington–Cleveland	ABL	33	44	21				109	3.3
1927-28	Carbondale	PSL	4	6	21				33	8.3
1928-29	Fort Wayne	ABL	3	0	1				1	0.3
	Major League Totals		483	742	1066				2550	5.3
			POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1920-21	Scranton	PSL	2	5	8				18	9.0
1920-21	Germantown	EBL	2	0	6				6	3.0
1920-21	Scranton	WS	5	9	14				32	6.4
1922-23	Elizabeth	MBL	3	5	5				15	5.0
1925-26	Brooklyn	ABL	3	5	11				21	7.0
1927-28	Cleveland	ABL	1	1	1				3	3.0
1927-28	Carbondale	PSL	3	3	13				19	6.3
	Major League Totals		16	25	45				95	5.9