Pat Herlihy began playing professional basketball ball when he was just seventeen years old. The following season, he signed with the Brooklyn Visitation, one of the top teams in the American Basketball League . Very raw at first, he gradually matured into one of the better centers in the game. Herlihy battled for many years against Joe Lapchick, the best center of the era, and future Hall of Famer. The two on-court rivals, were off-court friends. In 1934, Herlihy was signed by the famed New York Celtics to backup Lapchick, who was playing less because of reoccurring knee problems. In 1936 , Lapchick retired from the Celtics to take the position of head basketball coach at St. John’s University. Herlihy became the starting center for the Celtics, where he remained until the team disbanded in 1942.
| PAT HERLIHY |
Height: |
6:04 |
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Weight: |
220 |
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College: |
None |
| Patrick J. Herlihy |
Born: |
Feb 28,1909 |
Died: May 17, 1951 |
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Hometown: |
Queens, NY |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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|
| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1926-27 |
Whitestone Warlows |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1926-27 |
Greenpoint*Trenton |
NLN |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
5 |
2.5 |
|
| 1926-27 |
Greenpoint |
MBL |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
1.0 |
|
| 1927-28 |
Kingston |
MBL |
15 |
20 |
27 |
|
|
|
67 |
4.5 |
|
| 1927-28 |
Brooklyn Visitation |
ABL |
5 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
12 |
2.4 |
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| 1927-28 |
Long Island City Pros |
Indep |
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|
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|
|
|
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| 1927-28 |
Whitestone Warlows |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1928-29 |
Brooklyn Visitation |
ABL |
41 |
91 |
22 |
|
|
|
204 |
5.0 |
|
| 1929-30 |
Brooklyn Visitation |
ABL |
53 |
101 |
37 |
|
|
|
239 |
4.5 |
|
| 1930-31 |
Chicago–Brooklyn |
ABL |
36 |
59 |
24 |
|
|
|
142 |
3.9 |
|
| 1931-32 |
Brooklyn Visitation |
MBL |
15 |
33 |
8 |
|
|
|
74 |
4.9 |
|
| 1932-33 |
Long Island |
MBL |
9 |
26 |
5 |
|
|
|
57 |
6.3 |
|
| 1932-33 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1933-34 |
Brooklyn Visitation |
ABL |
4 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
|
14 |
3.5 |
|
| 1933-34 |
Whitestone Warlows |
Indep |
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|
| 1934-35 |
Boston |
ABL |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
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|
4 |
2.0 |
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| 1934-35 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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|
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|
| 1935-36 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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|
|
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|
| 1936-37 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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|
| 1937-38 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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| 1938-39 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
|
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|
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| 1939-40 |
Baltimore |
ABL |
9 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
5 |
0.6 |
|
| 1939-40 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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| 1940-41 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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|
| 1941-42 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
|
|
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| 1042-43 |
New York Celtics |
Indep |
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|
Major League Totals |
193 |
344 |
137 |
|
|
|
825 |
4.3 |
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PLAYOFF RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1927-28 |
Kingston |
MBL |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
4 |
2.0 |
|
| 1930-31 |
Brooklyn |
ABL |
6 |
15 |
0 |
|
|
|
30 |
5.0 |
|
|
Major League Totals |
8 |
17 |
0 |
|
|
|
34 |
4.3 |
|
Twenty-two year old Bill Hepinstall entered professional basketball in 1913 as the player -manager of his hometown Rensselaer, New York team. In 1914, Hepinstall was transferred to Carbondale, Pennsylvania by his employer, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. Within a few months, he managed to acquire a franchise for Carbondale in the Intercounty League, an obscure minor league in Western Pennsylvania. In January of 1915, the New York State Basketball League folded. Hepinstall offered Barney Sedran and Marty Friedman, two of the best players in the NYSL, a lucrative revenue-sharing deal to play for his Carbondale team. With the two new stars in place, Carbondale won 35 straight games before suffering a defeat when Sedran was away to attend his mother’s funeral. After service in World War I, Hepinstall returned to pro basketball in 1919 when he landed a franchise for Albany in the New York State Basketball League. With Sedran and Friedman as the nucleus of his new team, Albany posted a 17-1 record to win the first half of split season, but finished second in the second half . The league scheduled a five-game playoff series, but because of a dispute over how box office receipts should be divided, the games were never played and Troy and Albany were declared co-champions. In 1920-21, Albany won both halves of the split season to reign as undisputed champions. Prior to the start of the 1921-22, Hepinstall tried unsuccessfully to move his franchise to the rival Eastern Basketball League and ended up sitting out the first half of the NYSL season, Albany returned for the second-half, but finished out of the playoffs as it did again the following season. Just one game into the 1923-24 season, Hepinstall moved the team to Gloversville. He left behind an overall 106-39 record in Albany.
| BILL HEPINSTALL |
Height: |
5:06 |
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Weight: |
145 |
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|
College: |
None |
| William Henry Hepinstall Jr. |
Born: |
Jun 25, 1892 |
Died: Sep 9, 1959 |
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Hometown: |
Rensselaer, NY |
| Brownie Hepinstall |
|
REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1913-14 |
Rensselaer |
Indep |
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|
| 1914-15 |
Carbondale |
ICBL |
10 |
11 |
9 |
|
|
|
31 |
3.1 |
|
| 1915-16 |
Carbondale |
Indep |
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|
| 1917-19 |
U.S. Navy |
Military Service |
|
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|
| 1919-20 |
Albany |
NYSL |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
|
25 |
3.6 |
|
| 1920-21 |
Albany |
NYSL |
7 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
|
21 |
3.0 |
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| 1921-22 |
Albany |
NYSL |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
7 |
2.3 |
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| 1922-23 |
Albany |
NYSL |
5 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
6 |
1.2 |
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| 1923-24 |
Gloversville |
NYSL |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
7 |
7.0 |
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|
Major League Totals |
|
23 |
20 |
26 |
|
|
|
66 |
2.9 |
|
George “Heine” Henschel played professional basketball for seventeen seasons. Henschel grew up in Millville, a small basketball-crazy town in southern New Jersey. In 1903, Henschel was signed to his first pro contract by future Hall of Fame coach, Pop Morgenweck, who would remain a major influence throughout his career. By 1906, when Henschel signed to play for McKeesport in the Central Basketball League, he was one of the premier defenders in the game. In an era when basketball was more akin to rugby than any other sport, the powerfully built Henschel was also adept at bulling his way down the floor with the ball and delivering it to the scorers on his team. McKeesport improved each of the three seasons Henschel was with the team, culminating with the 1909-10 CBL championship. In 1910, Morgenweck induced Henschel to sign with Kingston in the Hudson River League. Early the following season, the HRL collapsed and Morgenweck, with Henschel in tow, took over the South Side franchise in the CBL. Before the start of the next season, the CBL collapsed, and Morgenweck and Henschell returned to Kingston, now a member of the New York State Basketball League. Such was the dizzying world of professional basketball in the early decades of the century.
| HEINE HENSCHEL |
Height: |
5:11 |
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Weight: |
180 |
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College: |
None |
| George William Henschel |
Born: Oct 29, 1884 |
Died: |
May, 1967 |
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Hometown: |
Millville, NJ |
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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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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
| 1903-04 |
Camden |
NBL |
7 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
10 |
1.4 |
|
| 1903-04 |
Westfield |
WMBL |
21 |
9 |
7 |
|
|
|
25 |
1.2 |
|
| 1903-04 |
Haverhill |
NEBL |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
2 |
1.0 |
|
| 1904-05 |
De Neri |
PBL |
5 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
8 |
1.6 |
|
| 1904-05 |
Fall River–New Bedford/Amesbury–
Portsmouth–Newburtport |
NEBL |
43 |
74 |
0 |
|
|
|
148 |
3.4 |
|
| 1905-06 |
Bridesberg |
PBL |
4 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
|
15 |
3.8 |
|
| 1905-06 |
St.Johnsbury (Vt) |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
| 1905-06 |
Camden |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
| 1906-07 |
Camden Nationals |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1906-07 |
McKeesport |
CBL |
28 |
34 |
0 |
|
|
|
68 |
2.4 |
|
| 1907-08 |
St.Johnsbury (Vt) |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
| 1907-08 |
Trenton Nationals |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1907-08 |
Trenton |
PBL |
4 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
|
15 |
3.8 |
|
| 1908-09 |
McKeesport |
CBL |
71 |
57 |
0 |
|
|
|
114 |
1.6 |
|
| 1909-10 |
McKeesport |
CBL |
42 |
44 |
0 |
|
|
|
88 |
2.1 |
|
| 1910-11 |
Kingston |
HRL |
37 |
52 |
35 |
|
|
|
139 |
3.8 |
|
| 1911-12 |
Kingston |
HRL |
3 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
|
12 |
4.0 |
|
| 1911-12 |
South Side |
CBL |
41 |
69 |
3 |
|
|
|
141 |
3.4 |
|
| 1911-12 |
Kingston |
NYSL |
19 |
35 |
34 |
|
|
|
104 |
5.5 |
|
| 1912-13 |
Kingston–Catskill/Albany |
NYSL |
43 |
88 |
71 |
|
|
|
247 |
5.7 |
|
| 1913-14 |
Kingston–Brooklyn/Newark |
NYSL |
23 |
25 |
31 |
|
|
|
81 |
3.5 |
|
| 1913-14 |
Trenton |
EBL |
17 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
|
24 |
1.4 |
|
| 1914-15 |
Cohoes |
NYSL |
28 |
28 |
44 |
|
|
|
100 |
3.6 |
|
| 1915-16 |
Kingston/Elizabeth/North Hudson |
IBL |
34 |
64 |
65 |
|
|
|
193 |
5.7 |
|
| 1916-17 |
Paterson–New York |
IBL |
24 |
31 |
19 |
|
|
|
81 |
3.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1918-19 |
Military Service |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1919-20 |
Kingston |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1920-21 |
Kingston |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1921-22 |
Kingston |
NYSL |
9 |
6 |
13 |
|
|
|
25 |
2.8 |
|
|
Major League Totals |
|
505 |
658 |
324 |
|
|
|
1640 |
3.2 |
|
|
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|
PLAYOFF RECORD |
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|
| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1915-16 |
Kingston |
NYSL |
5 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
18 |
3.6 |
|
|
Major League Totals |
|
5 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
18 |
3.6 |
|
Bill Henry graduated from Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas where he played both football and basketball. He was the first freshman ever to play varsity basketball at Rice University. Starting in his sophomore year, he led Rice to three consecutive Southwest Conference championships. As a senior in 1944–45, he led the Owls to an undefeated Southwest Conference season and only lost one game all season. He scored 280 points in 12 conference games that year, good for a 23.3 points per game average. Henry was a consensus All-American in both 1944 and 1945. He graduated with a B.A. degree and was President of the Student Association in his senior year. Following his graduation from Rice in 1945, Henry declined offers to play professional basketball and instead went to work for Northwestern National Life Insurance Company. In 1947, he did sign a contract with the Houston entry in the newly organized National Professional Basketball League, but the league folded within a month. The following year, the Fort Wayne Pistons offered him a salary that made him one of the highest paid players in pro basketball at that time. Henry had a strong first year in the Basketball Association of America, but did not enjoy the life of a professional athlete and retired after just one more season .
| BILL HENRY |
Height: |
6:09 |
|
Weight: |
215 |
|
|
College: |
Rice’45 |
| William Gambrell Henry |
Born: Dec 27, 1924 |
Died: Dec 23, 1985 |
|
Hometown: |
Dallas, Tex. |
| Big Bill henry |
|
REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
|
|
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|
| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1941-42 |
Rice (Frosh) |
College |
|
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|
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| 1942-43 |
Rice |
College |
|
|
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|
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| 1943-44 |
Rice |
College |
|
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|
| 1944-45 |
Rice |
College |
|
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|
| 1945-46 |
Did Not Play – Voluntarily Retired |
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|
| 1946-47 |
Did Not Play – Voluntarily Retired |
|
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|
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|
| 1947-48 |
Houston |
PBLA |
2 |
10 |
7 |
12 |
.583 |
|
27 |
13.5 |
|
| 1948-49 |
Fort Wayne |
BAA |
32 |
96 |
125 |
203 |
.616 |
55 |
317 |
9.9 |
|
| 1949-50 |
Fort Wayne–Tri- Cities |
NBA |
63 |
89 |
118 |
176 |
.670 |
48 |
296 |
4.7 |
|
|
Major League Totals |
|
97 |
195 |
250 |
391 |
.639 |
|
640 |
6.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PLAYOFF RECORD |
|
|
|
| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1949-50 |
Tri- Cities |
NBA |
3 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
.556 |
5 |
9 |
3.0 |
|
|
Major League Totals |
|
3 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
.556 |
|
9 |
3.0 |
|
Pete Henry starred on the 1922 and 1923 Canton Bulldogs, winners of back to back professional football championships. He played tackle on both offense and defense for the Bulldogs and also was an outstanding punter, place kicker and drop kicker. Henry was elected to both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
| PETE HENRY |
Height: |
5:11 |
|
Weight: |
240 |
|
|
College: |
Washington & Jefferson’19 |
| Wilbur Francis Henry |
Born: Oct 31, 1897 |
Died: Feb 7, 1952 |
|
Hometown: |
Mansfield, Oh. |
| Member Pro Football Hall of Fame |
|
REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
|
|
|
|
| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
|
| 1915-16 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
| 1916-17 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
|
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|
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| 1917-18 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
| 1918-19 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2E+06 |
U.S. Army |
Military Service |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1920-21 |
Mansfield Liberties |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1921-22 |
Canton |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1922-23 |
Canton Terminals |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1923-24 |
Canton Sinclair Oil |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1924-25 |
Canton Neaters-Oscars |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1925-26 |
Canton Pros |
Indep |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1926-27 |
Canton |
CBL |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
4 |
0.8 |
|
|
Major League Totals |
|
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
4 |
0.8 |
|