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BUDDY HASSETT

John “Buddy” Hassett  was the captain of both the baseball and basketball team at Manhattan College.  After graduation in 1933,  Hassett  signed a contract with  the New York Yankees. After three years in the Yankee’s farm system, Hassett was sold to the Br0oklyn Dodgers, where he batted .305 in three seasons. Hassett also played for Boston Braves before ending his seven year major league baseball career back with the Yankees. During his first year out of college, Hassett played major league professional basketball for the Union City club in the American Basketball League. In subsequent years, he played a handful of  of pro basketball games, but mainly concentrated on his  pro baseball career.

 

BUDDY HASSETT Height: 5:11 Weight: 175 College: Manhattan’33
John Aloysius Hassett Born: Sep 5, 1911 Died:  Aug 23, 1997 Hometown: New York, NY
(Brother of Bernard and William Hassett)
(Played Major League Baseball) REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG 9
1929-30 Manhattan (Frosh) College
1930-31 Manhattan College
1931-32 Manhattan College
1932-33 Manhattan College
1932–33 Yonkers Caseys Indep
1933-34 Union City ABL 25 42 22 106 4.2
1933-34 Bronx Kingsbridge St.John’s Lyceum Indep
1934-35 Newark Cagle All Stars Indep
1934-35 Jersey ABL 2 1 0 2 1.0
1938-39 New York Yankees Indep
Major League Totals 27 43 22 108 4.0

BARNEY HASSETT

Bernard “Barney” Hassett was one of three basketball-playing brothers (Buddy and Billy) all of whom played college and professional basketball. Barney was captain of 1942-43 Manhattan College team that posted 18-3 record.

 

BARNEY HASSETT Height: 5:08 Weight: 170 College: Manhattan’42
Bernard Foster Hassett Born: Aug 30, 1919 Died:  Aug 31, 1995 Hometown: New York, NY
Brother of John and William Hassett REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1939-40 Manhattan (Frosh) College
1940-41 Manhattan College
1941-42 Manhattan College
1942-43  Trenton ABL 3 0 2 2 0.7
1943-45 U.S. Navy Military Service
1946-47 New York Collegians Indep
Major League Totals 3 0 2 2 0.7

 

HAL HASKINS

Hal Haskins was a standout player at Alexandria, Minnesota  High School. As a senior in 1943, he led Alexandria to the finals  of the state high school championship and led the tournament in scoring. Haskins was the first-ever Minnesota high school player to score 1,000 points in his career. After service in the Navy during World War II, Haskins enrolled at Hamline University in St. Paul Minnesota in 1946. He played forward for the Pipers for four years, scoring 1,985 points. He established the all-time basketball scoring record of all Minnesota small colleges and earned a spot in the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame.  Haskins led the team to a four straight NAIA Tournament appearances and the National Championship in 1949. Haskins was named to the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1960. Haskins played professional basketball for one season in the  National Professional Basketball League with St.Paul and Waterloo.  

Hal Haskins earned both All-Conference and All-American honors in basketball. . His best season was his sophomore year in 1947-48 when he established a record of 605 points which stood for 19 years.

 

HAL HASKINS Height: 6:03 Weight: 190 College: Hamline’50
Harold Francis Haskins Born: Oct 29, 1924 Died:   May 31, 2003 Hometown: Alexandria, Mn.
Sleepy Jaskins REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1943-46 U.S. Navy Military Service
1946-47 Hamline College 27 98 71 467 17.3
1947-48 Hamline College 31 234 137 605 19.5
1948-49 Hamline College 31 172 156 600 16.1
1949-50 Hamline College 32 147 182 776 14.9
1950-51 St.Paul–Waterloo NPBL 22 54 63 78 .808 171 7.8
Major League Totals 22 54 63 78 .808 171 7.8

 

NICK HASHU

 

NICK HASHU Height: 6:01 Weight: 195 College: Valparaso’44/Michigan State’45
Nicholas George  Hashu Jr. Born: Feb 1, 1917 Died:  Apr 28, 2012 Hometown: Hammond, In.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1936-37 Crown Point Keiser’s Inn Indep
1937-38 Hammond General American Indep
1938-39 Hammond NBL 15 10 8 28 1.9
1939-40 Hammond Indep
1940-41 Hammond Indep
1941-42 Michigan State College
1942-43 Valparaso College
1943-44 Valparaso College
1943-44 US Army Air Corp. Military Service
1944-45 Michigan State College
1944-45 Chicago NBL 2 4 2 10 5.0
1945-46  Chicago NBL 6 8 2 18 3.0
1946-47 Whiting Trojans Indep
1946-47 Wjiting Wayne’s All-Stars Indep
1947-48 East Chicago Podell All-Stars Indep
Major League Totals 23 22 12 56 2.4

 

 

STRETCH HARVEY

STRETCH HARVEY Height: 6:02 Weight: 175 College: None
William George Harvey Born: Sep 17, 1889  Died:  

Dec22 ,1958

 Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1912-13 North Hudson Troys Indep
1913-14 North Hudson Troys TSBL 2 4 0 8 4.0
1914-15 Jersey City Indep
1915-16 Norwalk 6th Co. Indep 11 19 5 43 3.9
1915-16 Jersey City IBL 28 23 25 71 2.5
19151-6 Newark St.Michael’s ECBL 2 4 4 12 6.0
1916-17 Bridgeport–Jersey City IBL 34 47 50 144 4.2
1916-17 South Philadelphia De Neri EBL 13 14 0 5 28 2.2
1916-17 Cohoes NYSL 1 2 2 6 6.0
1917-18 Ansonia CSL 23 23 14 60 2.6
1917-18 Union Troys Indep
1918-19 Military Service
1919-20 Ansonia IBL 15 18 17 53 3.5
1919-20 Philadelphia De Neri–Bridgeport EBL 13 17 25 48 .521 5 59 4.5
1919-20 Pittston PSL 2 0 1 4 .250 0 1 0.5
1919-20 Danbury Indep
1919-20 Newark Turners Indep
1920-21 Newark EBL 4 2 1 9 .111 1 5 1.3
1920-21 Brooklyn St.Stephen’s Indep 4 2 1 9 .111 1 5 1.3
1920-21 Plymouth PSL 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
1920-21 Holyoke IL 3 3 6 12 4.0
1921-22 Greenpoint MBL 18 13 52 78 4.3
1922-23 Brooklyn Dodgers–Yonkers MBL 35 28 52 108 3.1
1923-24 Utica NYSL 3 3 4 10 3.3
1923-24 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons Indep
1924-25 Kingston MBL 2 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 171 172 225 569 3.3
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1916-17 Bridgeport IBL 2 4 1 9 4.5
Major League Totals 2 4 1 9 4.5

 

NICK HARVEY

Alexander “NIck” Harvey was signed to his first pro contract at the age of 19 by Bill Downey, the longtime coach of his hometown Paterson Crescents. Small, not particularly fast and a weak shooter, Harvey floundered at first in the pro game. He could not break into the tightly-knit Paterson lineup that had been together for nearly a decade. Released during his rookie season, Harvey rejoined the Crescents the next year and gradually over the next five seasons emerged as the team’s most valuable and popular player. Harvey was never a great shooter, but as he grew more confident, he matured into one of the most daring and tenacious players of the era. By the late teens, he was considered one of the best guards in professional basketball and widely admired for his leadership and tactical skills. In the years immediately after World War I, Harvey enjoyed his greatest successes. In the 1919-20 season, he helped Scranton finish first in the first-half of the Pennsylvania State League and followed up the next season by leading the team to the PSL championship. In 1922-23, he simultaneously captained Paterson to the Metropolitan League championship and Kingston to the New York State League title. In the fall of 1927, Harvey was hired as player-coach of the American Basketball League Rochester Centrals, but was fired late in the season. Harvey completed his seventeenth and final professional season back with his hometown Crescents. It was a fitting conclusion to the career of one of the hardest-working and widely respected players of the teens and twenties.

 

NICK HARVEY Height: 5:05 Weight: 145 College: None
Alexander Turner Harvey Born: Feb 6, 1892 Died: Sep 21, 1963 Hometown: Paterson, NJ
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1911-12 Paterson HRL 1 2 0 4 4.0
1911-12 Cohoes–Schenectady NYSL 17 26 4 56 3.3
1912-13 Paterson Entre Nous Indep
1913-14 Union Hill (NJ) Troys Indep
1913-14 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons Indep
1913-14 Paterson NYSL 50 33 56 122 2.4
1914-15 Paterson NYSL 19 6 9 21 1.1
1915-16 Paterson IBL 34 37 34 108 3.2
1915-16 Norwalk Co. 6 Indep 11 19 5 43 3.9
1915-16 Danbury Wooster AC Indep 5 6 0 12 2.4
1915-16 Bridgeport Blue Ribbons Indep 1 0 0 0 0.0
1916-17 Paterson IBL 18 22 25 69 3.8
1917-18 Danbury–Norwalk–Ansonia CSL 16 32 1 65 4.1
1917-18 Providence–Scranton PSL 36 39 41 20 119 3.3
1918-19 Military Service
1918-19 Paterson Kleen Maids Indep 22 57 43 157 7.1
1919-20 Scranton PSL 42 46 13 25 105 2.5
1919-20 Paterson IBL 8 21 7 49 6.1
1919-20 Paterson Kleen Maids Indep 5 8 6 22 4.4
1920-21 Scranton PSL 40 48 35 38 131 3.3
1920-21 Reading EBL 10 12 11 25 .440 6 35 3.5
1920-21 Stamford IBL 3 6 1 13 4.3
1920-21 Frank Bruggy All-Stars Indep
1921-22 Scranton EBL 22 17 19 50 .380 16 53 2.4
1921-22 Brooklyn Pros MBL 20 31 30 92 4.6
1921-22 Kingston NYSL 11 10 7 27 2.5
1922-23 Kingston NYSL 33 37 39 113 3.4
1922-23 Elizabeth–Paterson MBL 34 69 50 188 5.5
1923-24 Paterson MBL 31 32 39 103 3.3
1923-24 Schenectady–Cohoes NYSL 6 8 13 29 4.8
1924-25 Paterson–Kingston MBL 33 35 63 133 4.0
1924-25 Tamaqua-Hazelton AnBL 3 3 5 11 3.7
1925-26 Perth Amboy–Passiac MBL 24 20 50 90 3.8
1926-27 Paterson*Kingston NLN 13 9 26 44 3.4
1926-27 Paterson MBL 12 18 19 55 4.6
1926-27 Baltimore ABL 2 3 0 6 3.0
1927-28 Rochester–Fort Wayne ABL 32 21 14 56 1.8
1928-29 Paterson ABL 28 32 12 76 2.7
Major League Totals 600 680 624 1984 3.3
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1915-16 Paterson IBL 5 2 3 7 1.4
1915-16 Paterson WS 4 3 3 9 2.3
1916-17 Paterson IBL 1 1 0 2 2.0
1919-20 Scranton PSL 4 3 5 11 2.8
1920-21 Scranton PSL 2 2 3 7 3.5
1920-21 Reading EBL 2 0 3 3 1.5
1920-21 Scranton WS 5 9 8 26 5.2
1922-23 Paterson MBL 3 8 6 22 7.3
1924-25 Kingston MBL 2 0 4 4 2.0
1926-27 Paterson MBL 3 1 3 5 1.7
1927-28 Fort Wayne ABL 5 1 0 2 0.4
Major League Totals 36 30 38 98 2.7

QUACK HARVEY

QUACK HARVEY Height: 5:10 Weight: 160 College: None
John Dewar Harvey Born: Mar 7, 1901 Died:  Sep, 1982 Hometown: Trenton, NJ
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1920-21 Trenton EBL 5 4 1 6 .167 9 1.8
1921-22 Trenton EBL 2 2 1 3 .333 5 2.5
1922-23 Atlantic City EBL 3 7 4 12 .333 18 6.0
Major League Totals 10 13 6 32 3.2

FLO HARVEY

Florenz “Flo” Harvey was born in Newport, RHode Island in 1885. He began playing basket as a teenager at the Thames St. YMCA. Right from the beginning, it was apparent that Harvey had a gift for the game.  Flo Harvey spent almost his entire twenty-year career as a professional basketball player playing for independent teams in his hometown of Newport, Rhode Island.  Despite playing in just one major league game during his two decades in the game, Harvey was widely considered to be among the best players of his era. Hall of Fame star Ed Wachter praised Harvey as one of the most talented players he ever competed against.

 

FLO HARVEY Height: 5:09 Weight: 150 College: None
Florenz J0seph Harvey Born:  Apr 19, 1885      Died:  Jan 4, 1980 Hometown: Newport , RI
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1902-05 Newport Thames St YMCA YMCA
1905-06 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1906-07 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1907-08 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1908-09 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1909-10 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
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1910-11 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1911-12 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1911-12 Attleboro Co.1 Indep
1912-13 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1912-13 Attleboro Co.1 Indep
1912-13 Gloucester Indep
1913-14 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1914-15 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1915-16 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1915-16 Milford CML 4 8 0 16 4.0
1915-16 Franklin (NH) Indep
1915-16 Harvey’s Stars Indep
1916-17 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1916-17 Newport Five Indep
1916-17 Worcester KofC Indep
1917-18 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
17-18 Harvey’s Stars Indep
1918-19 U.S. Navy

 

 Military
1919-20 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1919-20 Milford Indep
1919-20 Boston Indep
1920-21 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1920-21 Flo Harvey Five Indep
1921-22 Worcester IL 1 0 1 1 1.0
1921-22 Newport Naval Reserves Indep
1921-22 New England All-Stars Indep
1921-22 Newport All-Stars
1922-23 Harvey’s Stars Indep
1924-25 Fall River Indep
Major League Totals 1 0 1 1 1.0

 

DON HARVEY

 

DON HARVEY Height: 5:09 Weight: 170 College: Missouri’42
Donald L.indley Harvey Born: Jul 29, 1919 Died: Nov 26, 2008 Hometown: Eldon, Mo.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1938-39 Kansas City JC College
1939-40 Missouri College
1940-41 Missouri College
1941-42 Missouri College
1942-45 U.S. Army Military Service
1945-46 Sheboygan NBL 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946-47 Dayton Mets Indep
1947-48 Dayron Mets Indep
1948-49 Saratoga NYSL 25 219 8.8
1949-50 Stars of America Indep
Major League Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1945-46 Sheboygan NBL 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0
Major League Totals 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0

CARL HARVERSON

CARL HARVERSON Height: 6:02 Weight: 200 College: Bucknell
Carleton Bennett Harverson Born:  Dec 18, 1885 Died:  Jun 29, 1954 Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1903-04 Penn Treaty ABL 1 0 0 0 0.0
1904-05 Jasper PBL 1 1 2 4 4.0
1905-06 Beacon PBL 23 47 5 99 4.3
1906-07 St.Simeon PBL 18 35 0 70 3.9
1907-08 St.Simeon PBL 11 31 0 62 5.6
1908-09 St.Simeon PBL 3 4 0 8 2.7
1909-10 De Neri–Germantown EBL 13 24 0 48 3.7
Major League Totals 69 142 7 291 4.2