HUGH KLING		Height:	5:11		Weight:		150		College:		None
Hugh Julius Kling		Born:  Oct 29, 1887			Died:  Dec, 1977				Hometown:		Schenectady, NY
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1913-14	Schenectady St.Michael’s	Indep
1914-15	Schenectady	Indep
1915-16	Schenectady	NYSL	38	24	36				84	2.2
1916-17	Schenectady	NYSL	22	17	18				52	2.4
1919-20	Schenectady	NYSL		15	19				49	1.3
1920-21	Schenectady–Amsterdam	NYSL	20	8	21				37	1.9
	Major League Totals		117	64	94				222	1.9

Leo Klier, was a two-time consensus first-team All-American (1944 and 1946) at Notre Dame.  He missed the 1944-45  serving in the Navy during World War II. Klier had a successful five-year professional basket career for three different Indiana teams: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Anderson.

 

LEO KLIER		Height:	6:02		Weight:		170		College:		Notre Dame’46
Leo Anthony Klier		Born:  May 21, 1923			Died:  Jun 4, 2005				Hometown:		Washington, In.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Notre Dame (Frosh)	College
1942-43	Notre Dame	College
1943-44	Notre Dame	College	19	117	59	98	.602		293	15.4
1944-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Notre Dame	College	21	147	61	115	.530		355	16.9
1946-47	Indianapolis	NBL	44	162	93	128	.727		417	9.5
1947-48	Indianapolis	NBL	56	227	152	223	.682		606	10.8
1948-49	Fort Wayne	BAA	47	125	97	137	.708	56	347	7.4
1949-50	Fort Wayne	NBA	66	157	141	190	.742	121	455	6.9
1950-51	Anderson	NPBL	31	105	89	118	.354		299	9.6
	Major League Totals		200	644	776	572	.719		2124	8.7
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Indianapolis	NBL	5	16	9	12	.750		41	8.2
1946-47	Indianapolis	WBT	3	17	2	4	.500		36	12.0
1947-48	Indianapolis	NBL	4	16	17	23	.739		49	12.3
1947-48	Indianapolis	WBT	1	5	3	7	.429		13	13.0
1949-50	Fort Wayne	NBA	2	0	1	1	1.000	3	1	0.5
	Major League Totals		15	54	32	47	.681		140	9.3

 

Irwin “King Kong” Klein was a two-sport star at New York University in the mid-thirties.  He was an All American end on the Violets’ football team and the starting center on the basketball team that compiled a 49-5 record over three seasons. Klein played professional football for the New York Yankees in the American Football League. Klein played himself in the 1936 Hollywood film The Big Game.

 

KING KONG KLEIN		Height:	6:03		Weight:		210		College:		NYU’36
Irwin Klein		Born:  Mar 23,1911			Died:  Aug 16, 1972				Hometown:		Yonkers, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1930-31	C.C.N.Y.	College
1931-32	C.C.N.Y.	College
1932-33	C.C.N.Y.	College
1933-34	C.C.N.Y.	College
1935-36	Buffalo	MBC	1	0	0				0	0.0
1936-37	New York King Kong Kleins	Indep
	Major League Totals		1	0	0				0	0.0

Dick Klein was a Big Ten All-America basketball player at Northwestern University.  During World War II, he was a member of a the Great Lakes Naval Training all-star basketball team. After the war, he played 15 games in the National Basketball League the Chicago Gears during the 1945-46 season. Klein had a successful 20-year career in sales and organizing venture capitalists. In January of 1966, Klein headed up a group of investors that was acquired a NBA expansion franchise for Chicago. Klein served as general manager of the Bulls who reached the NBA playoffs in their initial season, the only time in the history of the league that has occurred. KLein stepped down as general manager after three seasons but remained a part-owner until 1972 when the team was sold to to a group headed by Arthur Wirtz, owner of the National Hockey League Chicago Blackhawks.

 

 

DICK KLEIN		Height:	6:03		Weight:	215			College:		Northwestern’41
Dick Oland Klein		Born: Sep 16, 1920			Died: Oct 10, 2000				Hometown:		Fort Madison, Ia.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1938-39	Northwestern (Frosh)	College
1939-40	Northwestern	College
1940-41	Northwestern	College
1941-45	U.S. Navy	Military Service
1945-46	Chicago	NBL	15	30	13				73	4.9
1946-47	Gary Ingots	Indep
	Major League Totals		15	30	13				73	4.9

Charlie Klein  was  one of the first great long distance set shooters in the pro game. In 1896, Klein  debuted with the South End Athletic Club  in the powerful Trenton city  league.  By 1897-98, he was the top scorer on the mighty Trenton Athletic Club which compiled 27-1 record.  When the National Basketball League formed the following season, Klein was among the most sought after players, but he signed instead with the independent Mercer County Wheelman. Klein finally joined the NBL in 1899, when he signed with the new Bristol entry. Klein led the NBL for the next three seasons in field goals. During the 1901-02 season, Klein teamed with Harry Hough to bring the NBL title to Bristol. When the NBL folded in 1903, Klein declined high- paying opportunities to play professionally in Massachusetts in order to remain in the Trenton area where he had embarked on a career in banking. When the Central Basketball League was formed in 1906, Klein again was besieged with offers to move west and play in the new major-league circuit, but once again declined. Klein continued to work in the banking business and remained active playing with independent teams around Trenton. When the Eastern Basketball League was formed in 1909-10, Klein signed with his hometown team. He finished third in the league in field goals and was a key element in Trenton’s capture of the championship. Klein sacrificed many of his prime years as a player to establish himself in business. Despite his relatively few active seasons, he deserves to be remembered as one of the first great offensive stars of the early pro game.

 

CHARLIE KLEIN		Height:	5:07		Weight:		135		College:		None
Charles Louis Klein		Born: Dec 9, 1879			Died:  Dec 24, 1973				Hometown:		Trenton, NJ
Brother of Harry Klein					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1896-97	Chambersburg South End AC	Indep
1807-98	Trenton Trentons	Indep
1898-99	Mercer County Wheelmen	Indep
1899-00	Bristol	NBL	24	88	12				188	7.8
1900-01	Bristol	NBL	28	121	17				259	9.3
1901-02	Bristol	NBL	39	145	73				363	9.3
1902-03	Bristol–Burlington	NBL	21	120	96				336	16.0
1903-04	Trenton	ABL	1	6	5				17	17.0
1904-05	Trenton	Indep
1905-06	Trenton YMCA	Indep
1906-07	Trenton	Indep
1907-08	Trenton	Indep
1908-09	Trenton Nationals	Indep
1908-09	De Neri	PBL	12	27	14				68	5.7
1909-10	Trenton	EBL	25	90	0				180	7.2
1910-11	Trenton	EBL	3	4	0				8	2.7
	Major League Totals		152	595	212				1402	9.2