Pierre “Huck” Hartman was at standout basketball player at New Kensington High School in Pennsylvania and a three year starter at Washington and Jefferson College. After a year of independent ball with the Pittsburgh Corbetts, Hartman signed for the 1944-45 season with the Pittsburgh Raiders of the National Basketball League. Hartman was impressive in his rookie season, leading the team in scoring. After Pittsburgh withdrew from the NBL prior to the 1945-46 season, Huckman signed with Youngstown where he again stood out for his fine play. Just two weeks after the completion of the season, Hartman fell ill with pneumonia and died unexpectedly. He was just 26 years old.
| HUCK HARTMAN |
Height: |
6:07 |
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Weight: |
210 |
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College: |
Duquesne/Washington & Jefferson’43 |
| Pierre Marion Hartman |
Born: Oct 23, 1920 |
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Died: Mar 25, 1946 |
Hometown: Salina, Oh. |
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REGULAR SEASON RECORD |
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Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1939-40 |
Duquesne |
College |
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| 1940-41 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
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| 1941-42 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
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| 1042-43 |
Washington & Jefferson |
College |
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| 1943-44 |
Pittsburgh Corbetts |
Indep |
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| 1944-45 |
Dayton Acmes |
Indep |
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| 1944-45 |
Cleveland Allmen Transfers |
Indep |
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| 1944-45 |
Pittsburgh |
NBL |
30 |
127 |
73 |
105 |
.695 |
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327 |
10.9 |
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| 1945-46 |
Youngstown |
NBL |
26 |
63 |
71 |
91 |
.780 |
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197 |
7.6 |
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| 1945-46 |
Midland Dows |
Indep |
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| 1945-46 |
Danville Merchants |
Indep |
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Major League Totals |
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56 |
190 |
144 |
196 |
.735 |
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524 |
9.4 |
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PLAYOFF RECORD |
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| Year |
Team |
League |
GA |
FGM |
FTM |
FTA |
PCT. |
AST |
PTS |
AVG |
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| 1943-44 |
Pittsburgh Corbetts |
WBT |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
.500 |
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7 |
7.0 |
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| 1944-45 |
Pittsburgh Raiders |
WBT |
2 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
.500 |
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16 |
8.0 |
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Major League Totals |
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3 |
9 |
5 |
10 |
.500 |
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23 |
7.7 |
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Earl Hartman was a three sport star at Reading, Pennsylvania High School, excelling at football, basketball and baseball. In 1911, eighteen-year-old Hartman signed to play pro basketball with his hometown Reading Pretzels in the newly formed, but very formidable Eastern Basketball League. Hartman astouded everyone by averaging 13 points per game, second best in the EBL, behnd only the famed Joe Fogarty. Hartman,seemingly on the verge of a long pro basketball career, announced he would not return for a second season, but instead would attend Albright College where he played football and baseball during the 1912-13 school year. In the spring of 1913, he dropped out of school and signed to play professional baseball with Jacksonville in the South Atlantic League. The metoric sports career of Earl Hartman was over by the summer of 1913. Over the next few years, he played a handful of of semi-pro basketball and baseball games around Reading, but never showed anything near the skills of his one shining season with the Reading Pretzels.
| EARL HARTMAN |
Height: |
5:11 |
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Weight: |
165 |
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College: |
Albright’13 |
| Earl Erastus Hartman |
Born: Feb 25, 1893 |
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Died: Feb 21, 1980 |
Hometown: |
Reading, Pa. |
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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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| 1911-12 |
Reading |
EBL |
34 |
55 |
328 |
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24 |
438 |
12.9 |
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| 1912-13 |
Albright |
College |
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| 1913-14 |
Reading Americans |
Indep |
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Major League Totals |
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34 |
55 |
328 |
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24 |
438 |
12.9 |
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