| JOHN GEBBIE | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Illinois’32 | |||||
| John Henry Gebbie | Born:Jan 14, 1912 | Died: Apr 30, 1979 | Hometown: | Chicago, Il. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | ||
| 1930-31 | Illinois (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Illinois | College | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Akron Firestones | MBC | 6 | 0 | #### | #### | |||||
| Major League Totals | 6 | 0 | #### | #### | |||||||
Roy Geary was a savy, talented pro basketball player who performed on teams in Eastern Pennsylvania for over a decade. He was was also a longtime highschool, college and independent basketball coach. His longest and most successful stint was his eleven years as head coach of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
| ROY GEARY | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 155 | College: | None | |||||
| Roy Charles Geary | Born: Nov 6, 1892 | Died: Feb 15, 1952 | Hometown: | Allentown, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1912-13 | Hazleton | Indep | 24 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1913-14 | Hazleton Orofessionals Professionals | Indep | 107 | 0 | 214 | ||||||
| 1914-15 | Hazleton | Indep | 172 | 21 | 365 | ||||||
| 1914-15 | Tamaqua | PSL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Hazleton | PSL | 41 | 61 | 82 | 17 | 204 | 5.0 | |||
| 1916-17 | Allentown | EBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1916-17 | Allentown Temperance Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1917-28 | Bethlehem Steel | Indep | |||||||||
| 1917-18 | Hazleton | PSL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 1918-19 | Bethlehem | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Allentown Porfessionals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Bethlehem Temperance Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Allwntown Saints | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Bethlehem Five | Indp | |||||||||
| 192021 | Mauch Chunk | 1920-21 | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Allentown Saints | Indep | |||||||||
| 1922-23 | Allentown Saints | Indep | |||||||||
| 1923-24 | Allentown Eagles | Indrp | |||||||||
| 1923-24 | Allentown Peanut Eaters | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 47 | 65 | 83 | 213 | 4.5 | ||||||
Joe Geary was a prominant figure in Brooklyn basketball circles for four decades. He was a scholastic star at St.Francis Prep in Brooklyn. In his senior year he led the baseball team in hitting and the basketball team in scoring. Geary then played basketball at St Francis College in Brooklyn for four seasons. He followed up with three seasons of pro basketball in Brooklyn and then embarked on a very sucessful coaching career at Holy Trinty High School in Brooklyn that extended into the mid 1960’s.
| JOE GEARY | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 175 | College: | St.Francis(NY)’34 | |||||
| Joseph Gerard Geary | Born: Feb 13, 1911 | Died: Mar 18, 1973 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1030-31 | St.Francis (NY) (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | St.Francis (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | St.Francis (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | St.Francis (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Brooklyn | ABL | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1.8 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Brooklyn Morris Park Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Brooklyn Morris Park Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1.8 | ||||||
| THEODORE GAUL | Height: | 5:04 | Weight: | 130 | College: | None | |||||
| Theodore Dickenson Gaul | Born: | Apr 28, 1896 | Died: Mar 24, 1948 | Hometown: | Reading, Pa. | ||||||
| Brother of Charles Gaul | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | ||
| 1913-14 | Reading Arlington | Indep | |||||||||
| 1014-15 | Boyertown | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Boyertown | TCL | 16 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1.8 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Boyertown | Indep | |||||||||
| 1917-18 | Reading | EBL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | ||||
| 1918-19 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Reading Oliveta | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | ||||||
| CHARLIE GAUL | Height: | 5:06 | Weight: | 125 | College: | None | |||||
| Charles Hunter Gaul | Born: | Jun 12, 1894 | Died: Jun 1, 1971 | Hometown: | Reading, Pa. | ||||||
| Brother of Theodore Gaul | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1913-14 | Reading Arlington | Indep | 10 | 29 | 57 | 115 | 11.5 | ||||
| 1914-15 | Reading Olivet | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Schhylkill Haven | Indep | |||||||||
| 1916-17 | Reading Olivet | TCL | 17 | 44 | 174 | 262 | 15.4 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Boyertown | Indep | |||||||||
| 1917-18 | Reading | EBL | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 4.8 | |||
| 1919-20 | Reading Olivets | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Reading | EBL | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 12 | 4.0 | |
| Major League Totals | 9 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 4.6 | ||||||
| BOB GAUCHAT | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Canisius’42 | |||||
| Leon Robert Gauchat | Born: Mar 5, 1921 | Died: Oct 28, 1971 | Hometown: | Buffalo, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1938-39 | Canisius (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Canisius | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Canisius | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Canisius | College | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Rochester Seagrams | Indep | 20 | 98 | 4.9 | ||||||
| 1943-44 | Rochester Pros | Indep | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Rochester Pros | Indep | 8 | 21 | 21 | 63 | 7.9 | ||||
| 1944-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Syracuse Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Buffalo Kobler-Miller | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Buffalo–Rochester | NBL | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 6 | 0.6 | ||
| 1947-48 | Buffalo Kobler-Miller | Indep | |||||||||
| 1949-50 | Buffalo Kobler-Miller | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 6 | 0.6 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Rochester | NBL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Pop Gates graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in New York City. In his senior year (1937-38), the school won the city championship and Gates was named a first team all-city star. In the fall of 1938, Gates joined the famed New York Rens. Remarkably,within a month. Gates was a starter on the veteran Rens’ squad. In April of 1939, Gates led the Rens to the World Professional Championship in Chicago with 12 points in the title game. Just one year out of high school, Gates had established himself as one of the top players in professional basketball. Gates primary weapon was the set shot, but he also excelled at cutting to the basket. He was also a strong rebounder and outstanding defender. Gates occasionally showed flashes of temper, but he never played out of control. With the exception of just one season, the Rens were always an independent barnstorming team. The World Professional Tournament held in Chicago from 1939 to 1948 offered most black players their only opportunity to compete for a championship open to all teams. Gates used the tournament to showcase his talents. He was the only player to appear in all ten tournaments and was named to the all-tournament team on three occasions (1940, 1942, 1943). In 1943, he was a key member of the Washington Bears title team. During the 1946-47 season, Gates had his first opportunity to play in a professional league. He had a solid season in the National Basketball League performing with a mediocre team that was handicapped by the midseason transfer of the team from Buffalo to Moline, Illinois. He returned to the NBL two seasons later as the player-coach of the Rens who took over a defunct franchise. Gates had another fine season, but unfortunately the club was overaged and overmatched in what turned out to be the swansong season of the Rens. The following year, Gates won a minor league championship with the Scranton Miners and then returned to barnstorming with the Harlem Globetrotters until the mid 1950’s. In 1989, Gates was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
| POP GATES | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 205 | College: | Clark(Ga)’39 DNP | |||||
| William Penn Gates | Born: Aug 30, 1917 | Died: Dec 1, 1999 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | N.Y. Harlem Yankees | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | New York Rens | Indep | 8 | 22 | 16 | 60 | 7.5 | ||||
| 1939-40 | New York Rens | Indep | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5.7 | ||||
| 1940-41 | New York Rens | Indep | 8 | 22 | 16 | 60 | 7.5 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Washington Bears | Indep | 18 | 82 | 23 | 187 | 10.4 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Long Island Grumans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Washington Bears | Indep | 21 | 91 | 31 | 213 | 10.1 | ||||
| 1942-43 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Long Island Grumans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Washington Bears | Indep | 30 | 106 | 47 | 259 | 8.6 | ||||
| 1943-44 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Long Island Grumans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Washington Bears | Indep | 19 | 83 | 14 | 180 | 9.5 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Rochester | Indep | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Long Island Grumans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Washington Bears | Indep | 3 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 11.3 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Chicago Monarchs | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Long Island Grumans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Buffalo/Tri- Cities | NBL | 41 | 125 | 60 | 115 | .522 | 310 | 7.6 | ||
| 1947-48 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | New York Rens | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Dayton | NBL | 40 | 161 | 126 | 220 | .573 | 448 | 11.2 | ||
| 1949-50 | Scranton | ABL | 37 | 96 | 84 | 147 | .571 | 57 | 276 | 7.5 | |
| 1949-50 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1951-52 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1951-52 | New York Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1952-53 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1953-54 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1954-55 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1955-56 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| 1956-57 | Harlem Globetrotters | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 81 | 286 | 186 | 758 | 9.4 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1938-39 | New York Rens | WBT | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 19 | 6.3 | ||
| 1939-40 | New York Rens | WBT | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1940-41 | New York Rens | WBT | 4 | 12 | 6 | 12 | .500 | 30 | 7.5 | ||
| 1941-42 | Long Island Flyers | WBT | 4 | 14 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 35 | 8.8 | ||
| 1942-43 | Washinton Bears | WBT | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | .533 | 22 | 7.3 | ||
| 1943-44 | New York Rens | WBT | 4 | 13 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 32 | 8.0 | ||
| 1944-45 | Long Island Hellcats | WBT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| 1945-46 | Wilkes Barre | PSL | 3 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 11.7 | ||||
| 1945-46 | New York Rens | WBT | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 29 | 14.5 | ||
| 1946-47 | Tri-Cities | WBT | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 18 | 9.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | New York Rens | WBT | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 26 | 8.7 | ||
| 1949-50 | Scranton | ABL | 8 | 20 | 23 | 63 | 7.9 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 28 | 87 | 47 | 221 | 7.9 | ||||||
| FRANK GATES | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 165 | College: | Sam Houston St.’41 | |||||
| Benjamin Franklin Gates | Born: Apr 12, 1920 | Died: Jul 26, 1978 | Hometown: | Houston, Tx. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Sam Houston State (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Sam Houston State | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Sam Houston State | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Sam Houston State | College | |||||||||
| 1941-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Anderson–Fort Wayne | NBL | 32 | 68 | 30 | 52 | .577 | 166 | 5.2 | ||
| 1947-48 | Houston | PBLA | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 14 | 7.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Anderson | NBL | 64 | 150 | 78 | 123 | .634 | 378 | 5.9 | ||
| 1949-50 | Anderson | NBA | 64 | 113 | 61 | 98 | .622 | 91 | 287 | 4.5 | |
| 1950-51 | Anderson | NPBL | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 27 | 3.4 | ||
| Major League Totals | 170 | 346 | 180 | 292 | .616 | 872 | 5.1 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | NBL | 7 | 10 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 29 | 4.1 | ||
| 1946-47 | Fort Wayne | WBT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 1.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Anderson | NBL | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 31 | 4.4 | ||
| 1949-50 | Anderson | NBA | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 9 | 25 | 3.6 | |
| Major League Totals | 23 | 33 | 21 | 40 | .525 | 87 | 3.8 | ||||
| DICK GATES | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 185 | College: | None | |||||
| Richard Henry Gates | Born: Oct 24, 1930 | Died: Dec 16, 2016 | Hometown: | Waterloo, Ia. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1949-50 | Waterloo Hawks | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | Waterloo Rockets | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | Kansas City | NPBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1951-53 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Russell Gaston played one professional basketball game during the 1911-12 season fror the Reading Bears in the Eastern Basketball League. THree years later, Gaston entered Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. During his four years at Muhlenberg , Gaston starred on the football, basketball, track and baseball teams.
| RUSSELL GASTON | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Muhlenberg’18 | |||||
| George Russell Gaston | Born: Jan 21, 1890 | Died: Mar 11, 1966 | Hometown: | Phillipsburg, NJ | |||||||
| Russ Gaston | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1911-12 | Phillipsburg | Indep | |||||||||
| 1911-12 | Reading | EBL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1914-15 | Muhlenberg | College | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Muhlenberg | College | |||||||||
| 1916-17 | Muhlenberg | College | |||||||||
| 1917-18 | Muhlenberg | College | |||||||||
| 1918-19 | U.S. Coast Guard | Military Service | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||||