ELMER GAINER		Height:	6:06		Weight:		205		College:		DePaul’41
Elmer Robert Gainer		Born:   Nov 22, 1918			Died:	Sep 29, 1970			Hometown:		Chicago, Ill
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	DePaul (Frosh)	College
1938-39	DePaul	College
1939-40	DePaul	College
1940-41	DePaul	College
1941-42	Fort Wayne	NBL	24	36	28				100	4.2
1942-43	U,S. Army	Military
1943-44	Sheboygan	NBL	22	15	20	37	.541		50	2.3
1944-45	Chicago	NBL	29	44	38	70	.543		126	4.3
1945-46	Chicago	NBL	5	2	2				6	1.2
1945-46	Anderson Chiefs	Indep	26	64	41	56	.732	169	6.5
1946-47	Anderson	NBL	43	77	59	79	.732		213	5.0
1947-48	Baltimore	BAA	5	1	3	6	.500	3	5	1.0
1947-48	Montgomery	SPBL	13						97	7.5
1947-48	Bellingham/Seattle	PCL	34						204	6.0
1948-49	Waterloo	NBL	36	33	30	39	.769		96	2.7
1949-50	Waterloo	NBA	15	9	6	8	.750	7	24	1.6
	Major League Totals		170	346	183				872	5.1
				POST SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1941-42	Fort Wayne	NBL	6	1	10				12	2.0
1941-42	Fort Wayne	WBT	1	0	1	1	1.000		1	1.0
1943-44	Sheboygan	NBL	6	2	3				7	1.2
1943-44	Sheboygan	WBT	1	2	0	0	.000		4	4.0
1944-45	Chicago	NBL	3	10	2	6	.333		22	7.3
1944-45	Chicago	WBT	4	3	3	5	.600		9	2.3
1945-46	Anderson	WBT	2	5	7	9	.778		17	8.5
1946-47	Anderson	WBT	2	4	4	6	.667		12	6.0
1947-48	Seattle	PCL	12						59	4.9

 

 

 

 

 

Billy Gabor was a scholastic basketball star at  Binghamton, New York High School. Gabor played collegiately at Syracuse University.  During his freshmen year, he averaged 12 points a game playing for the varsity before joining the the Army Air Corp in 1943 where he served until 1945 . He returned to the University of Syracuse in the fall 1945 and played three more seasons, finishing with a (then) team-record 1,344 career points and was only player in history of school  to lead the team in scoring all four years. In 1948, Gabor signed with the Syracuse team in the National Basketball League. In 1949, the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America to form the modern day National Basketball Association. During the initial NBA season, Syracuse posted a league-best 51-13 record and and made it all the way to the league finals before losing to the George Mikan-led Mineapolis Lakers. Gabor played  six full seasons in Syracuse until injuries forced him into retirement early in in 1955.

 

BILLY GABOR		Height:	5:11		Weight:	180			College:		Syracuse’48
William Alan Gabor		Born: May 13, 1922			Died: Jun 4, 2019				Hometown:		Binghamton, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-43	Syracuse	College	16395	15.2					194	12.1
1943-45	U.S. Army	Military Service
1945-46	Syracuse	College	26						395	15.2
1946-47	Syrcuse	College	25						409	16.3
1947-48	Syracuse	College	23	129	88	135	.652		346	15.0
1948-49	Syracuse	NBL	58	115	125	169	.740		355	6.1
1949-50	Syracuse	NBA	56	226	157	228	.689	108	609	10.9
1950-51	Syracuse	NBA	61	255	179	242	.740	125	689	11.3
1951-52	Syracuse	NBA	57	173	142	183	.776	86	488	8.6
1952-53	Syracuse	NBA	69	215	217	284	.764	134	647	9.4
1953-54	Syracuse	NBA	61	204	139	194	.716	162	547	9.0
1954-55	Syracuse	NBA	3	7	3	5	.600	11	17	5.7
	Major League Totals		365	1195	962	1305	.737		3352	9.2
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1948-49	Syracuse	NBL	6	12	12	15	.800		36	6.0
1949-50	Syracuse	NBA	10	25	26	31	.839	25	76	7.6
1950-51	Syracuse	NBA	7	27	9	14	.643	18	63	9.0
1951-52	Syracuse	NBA	7	11	12	16	.750	10	34	4.9
1952-53	Syracuse	NBA	2	3	12	15	.800	2	18	9.0
1953-54	Syracuse	NBA	10	24	28	40	.700	19	76	7.6
	Major League Totals		42	102	99	131	.756		303	7.2

 

Horace “Hobby” Fyfe was a was the captain of the Hoboken  High School team that captured three consecutive county scholastic titles. For the next five seasons, Fyfe starred on strong independent teams in Hoboken. In 1915, he signed to play for Brooklyn in the Interstate Basketball League. He quickly became a standout guard in the league by combining strong defense with an ability to score points. In almost every league in which he played during his career, he was among the top-ten scorers. The 1919-20 season was the busiest of  Fyfe’s career. He made appearances in four different leagues and played independent ball as well. In early February of 1920, Fyfe was stricken with influenza and died three months later of pneumonia at the age of 28.

 

HOBBY FYFE		Height:	5:10		Weight:		165		College:		None
Horace Brown Fyfe		Born:    Jul 4, 1891			Died: May 21, 1920				Hometown:		Hoboken, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1911-12	Hoboken	Indep
1912-13	Hoboken Carltons	HCL
1913-14	Hoboken Turner Triangles	Indep
1914-15	Brooklyn Sisco	Indep
1913-14	Hoboken Rosedale Boat Club	Indep	33	102	46				250	7.6
1914-15	Hoboken Rosedale Boat Club	Indep	33	102	46				250	7.6
1915-16	Hoboken Rosedale Boat Club	Indep
1915-16	Brooklyn–North Hudson	IBL	29	62	58				182	6.3
1915-16	Orange AC	ECBL	1	4	2				10	10.0
1915-16	Bridgeport Blue Ribbons	Indep	1	3	0				6	6.0
1916-17	Jersey City–Bridgeport	IBL	39	89	87				265	6.8
1916-17	Pittston	PSL	6	10	14			2	34	5.7
1917-18	Ansonia–Bridgeport–Jersey City	CSL	12	24	27				75	6.3
1917-18	Pittston	PSL	35	70	64			7	204	5.8
19117-18	Union Hill Troys	Indep
1918-19	Paterson Riverside FC	Indep
1918-19	Staten island Downey Shipyard	Indep
1918-19	Hoboken Tietjen & Langford Shipyard	Indep
1919-20	New York–Jersey City–Passaic–Brooklyn	IBL	13	24	23				71	5.5
1919-20	Pittston	PSL	28	45	46	114	.404	12	136	4.9
1919-20	Schenectady	NYSL	2	4	1				9	4.5
1919-20	Germantown	EBL	4	8	4	10	.400	5	20	5.0
1919-20	Newark Whirlwinds	Indep
	Major League Totals		168	343	326				1012	6.0
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1917-18	Pittston	PSL	3	2	7				11	3.7
	Major League Totals		3	2	7				11	3.7

 

DICK FUREY		Height:	6:03		Weight:		195		College:		St.Thomas(Mn)’46
Richard Joseph Furey		Born:  Mar 8, 1925			Died:Jun 8, 1998				Hometown:		St.Paul, Mn.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1943-44	St.Thomas (Mn)	College
1944-45	St.Thomas (Mn)	College
1945-46	St.Thomas (Mn)	College
1946-47	Anderson	NBL	11	11	8	10	.800		30	2.7
1947-48	Anderson–Flint–Tri- Cities	NBL	14	12	5	9	.556		29	2.1
	Major League Totals		25	23	13	19	.684		59	2.4
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1946-47	Anderson	WBT	2	2	2	2	1.000		6	3.0
	Major League Totals		2	2	2	2	1.000		6	3.0

MOLTIE FULMER		Height:	5:09		Weight:		150		College:		Ball State’29
Moulton B. Fulmer		Born: Jul 9, 1906			Died:	Jul 20, 1989			Hometown:		Muncie, In.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1932-33	Muncie	NPBL	3	6	1				13	4.3
	Major League Totals		3	6	1				13	4.3

 

CHARLIE FULLMER		Height:	5:08		Weight:	165			College:		Bucknell’12
Charles Michael Fullmer		Born:	Sep 26, 1892			Died:  Jan, 1985			Hometown:		Tamaqua, Pa.
					REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1911-12	Bucknell	College
1914-15	Tamaqua	PSL	15	39	51	102	.500		129	8.6
1915-16	Pittston	PSL	3	2	16				20	6.7
1916-17	Tamaqua	Indep
	Major League Totals		18	41	67				149	8.3

At five-feet three-inches and 150 pounds, Jake Fuller did not look like an athlete. The short, rotund Fuller, however, was a very tough and aggressive  defender with good speed who also was a decent shooter, a rare combination in the early professional game. Fuller grew up on New York City’s Lower East Side in the early twentieth century and began playing basketball at the University Settlement House. He was a  member a 1906 New York City championship midget team nicknamed the “Busy Izzies,” Fuller’s teammates included future professional stars Barney Sedran, Marty Friedman and Ira Streusand. Fuller entered the City College of New York in the fall of 1907 along with Sedran and Streusand, but dropped out after just one year. In 1909, Fuller embarked on a decade-long career in professional basketball when he signed to play with Hudson in the newly-formed Hudson River League. In the fall of 1911, the “Busy Izzies,” including Fuller, Sedran, Friedman and Streusand reunited on the Newburgh team in the HRL. Newburgh was in first place with a 15-9 record when the league folded in late January of 1912. The “diminutive Hercules,” as Fuller was often referred to in the newspapers, was a huge fan favorite throughout his career. Fuller served in the military during World War I. He played on the American Expeditionary Force basketball team in Europe alongside Friedman who captained the team.

 

 

 

JAKE FULLER		Height:	5:03		Weight:		150		College:	CCNY’08
Jacob Charles Furstman		Born:	Mar 15, 1889		Died:   Mar 24, 1952				Hometown:	New York, NY
Brother of Alexander Fuller			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1905-06	New York Clark Settlement House	Indep
1906-07	New York Clark Settlement House	Indep
1907-08	New York Clark Settlement House	Indep
1907-018	CCNY (Frosh)	College
1908-09	New York Clark Settlement House	Indep
1908-09	New York University Five	Indep
1909-10	Hudson	HRL	11	6	0				12	1.1
1910-11	Hudson	HRL	31	42	22				106	3.4
1911-12	Yonkers–Newburg	HRL	23	42	0				84	3.7
1911-12	Hudson	NYSL	2	5	4				14	7.0
1913-14	Newburgh/Syracuse–Kingston	NYSL	57	59	85				203	3.6
1914-15	Kingston	NYSL	22	38	37				113	5.1
1914-15	Brooklyn  Kirkman AA	Indep
1915-16	Jersey City–Elizabeth–North Hudson	IBL	9	11	27				49	2.9
1915-16	Kensington Jaspers	EBL	19	28	0			10	56	5.3
1915-16	Newark Bayviews	ECBL	1	2	2				6	6.0
1916-17	Jersey City–Newark Turners	IBL	12	19	25				63	0.0
1916-17	Kensington Jaspers	EBL	2	0	0			0	0	0.0
1917-19	U.S Army	Military Service
1919-20	Bridgeport	EBL	3	4	5	13	.385	6	13	2.2
1919-20	Ansonia	IBL	14	13	5				31	5.0
1920-21	Holyoke	IL	13	24	17				65	5.0
1920-21	New York Stuyvesant Big Five	Indep
	Major League Totals		219	291	229				809	3.7