Eddie Ferat began playing pro basketball while still in high school. He joined his hometown Camden team during the inaugural 1898-99 season of the National Basketball League. In over his head for much of his first two seasons, Ferat completed his apprenticeship by the third season when he broke into the NBL top-ten scorers. Ferat was never among the league’s fastest players, but he was a strong defender, an able passer and above all a great long-distance set-shooter. By the 1902-03 season, Ferat was an important part of Camden’s NBL championship squad. Ferat enjoyed remarkable success during his career alongside two teammates from the Camden squad, Joe Fogarty and Winnie Kinkaide. The threesome won five championships in three leagues over the next five seasons. Ferat enjoyed one of his best seasons during his 1909-10 stint with the Eastern League Reading Bears. He led the team in scoring and was the prime reason for the clubs’ finish in a tie for first place. During the 1911-12 season, Ferat had a disastrous adventure as player-coach of the Washington team in the Central basketball League. The undermanned squad lost its first nine games before he was fired. Ferat put in brief appearances in pro basketball during the next four years, but badly overweight and out of shape, he was just a ghost of the great player he had once been.

 

EDDIE FERAT		Height:	5:09		Weight:		175		College:		None
Edward Cummings Ferat		Born:  Jul 19, 1880			Died:   May 7, 1950				Hometown:		Camden, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1898-99	Camden	NBL	16	21	0				42	2.6
1899-00	Camden	NBL	15	10	6				26	1.7
1900-01	Camden	NBL	31	44	108				196	6.3
1901-02	Camden	NBL	41	87	5				179	4.4
1902-03	Camden	NBL	47	126	41				293	6.2
1903-04	Pittsfield/Chicopee/Springfield	WML	46	143	11				297	6.5
1903-04	Lowell–Lynn/South Framingham	NEBL	26	82	0				164	6.3
1904-05	Natick	NEBL	41	126	0				252	6.1
1905-06	East Falls	PBL	25	72	6				150	6.0
1906-07	East Liverpool	CBL	40	134	7				275	6.9
1907-08	East Liverpool	CBL	65	247	42				536	8.2
1908-09	Uniontown	CBL	63	128	13				269	4.3
1909-10	Reading	EBL	33	83	141				307	9.3
1910-11	Uniontown	CBL	46	118	12				248	5.4
1911-12	Washington-Johnstown	CBL	11	28	0				56	5.1
1911-12	Trenton–Kingston	HRL	4	5	0				10	2.5
1912-13	Camden	EBL	5	4	17			7	25	5.0
1913-14	Camden	EBL	2	2	0			0	4	2.0
1915-16	Camden	EBL	11	9	0			0	18	1.6
1915-16	Elizabeth	IBL	1	4	1				9	9.0
	Major League Totals		569	1473	410				3356	5.9
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1904-05	Natick	NEBL	7	22	0				44	6.3
	Major League Totals		7	22	0				44	6.3

### FELTON		Born:			Weight:				College:
		Birth:							Hometown:
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1915-16	Hudson	NYSL	1	0	0				0	0.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0				0	0.0

 

JOHN FELMEY		Height:	5:08		Weight:		130		College:		None
John Michael Felmey		Born: Feb 13, 1886			Died:  Nov, 1971				Hometown:		Millville, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1908-09	Millville	Indep
1909-10	Princeton	EBL	1	2	0				4	4.0
1910-11	Wildwood	Indep
1911-12	Kingston	HRL	3	2	9				13	4.3
	Major League Totals		4	4	9				17	4.3

Barney Felix was a active in the Brooklyn independent basketball scene for almost a decade. He often served in the role of player-manager. Felix  also played a handful a games with Brooklyn teams in the American and Metropolitan Basketball Leagues.  Felix became a well-known boxing referee. During his forty years in the ring, he  worked hundreds of fights in New York, New Jersey and Florida.. His career began at the age of 19, when he refereed at the Amateur Athletic Union’s national championships in Boston and reached its pinnacle 1n 1964 he was in the ring when Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the heavyweight crown from Sonny Liston.

 

BARNEY FELIX		Height:	5:09		Weight:		155		College:		Savage School/NYU
Barney Joseph Felix		Born: Dec 10, 1906			Died:  Sep 30, 1985				Hometown:		Brooklyn, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1927-28	Brooklyn Ami Club	Indep
1929-30	Brooklyn Colony Five	Indep
1930-31	Brooklyn	ABL	1	0	0				0	0.0
1931-32	Canarsie Pros	Indep
1931-32	Brooklyn Jewels	MBL	5	0	0				0	0.0
1932-33	Ridgewood	Indep
1933-34	Bayridge Hebrews	Indep
1933-34	Brooklyn Fistic Five	Indep
	Major League Totals		6	0	0				0	0.0

RALPH FELCHER		Height:	5:10		Weight:		155		College:		None
Ralph Edward Felcher		Born: Aug 2, 1889				Died:  Jul, 1971			Hometown:		Reading, Pa.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1910-11	Reading Comets	Indep	18	67	40				174	9.7
19110-11	Reading Olivets	Indep
1911-12	Reading	EBL	2	1	0			2	2	1.0
1912-13	Reading Olivets	Indep
1913-14	Reading Olivets	Indep
1914-15	Boyertown	Indep
1915-16	Boyertown	TCBL	18	18	261				297	16.5
1915-16	Schuylkill Haven	Indep
1916-17	Pottstown	Indep
1917-21		Indep
1922-23	Reading	EBL	1	1	0	0	.000	0	2	2.0
	Major League Totals		3	2	0	0	0		4	1.3

ZEPPY FEITER		Height:	5:11		Weight:		170		College:	None
Joseph J. Feiter		Born:  Oct 26, 1914			Died:   Aug 16, 2006				Hometown:	Passaic, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA		FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	Passiac Kenyons	Indep
1938-39	Binghamton	NYPA	18	19	12	3			50	2.8
1939-40	Binghamton	NYSL	4	13	1				27	6.8
1939-40	Passaic Independents	Indep
	Paterson Wright Aeros	Indep
1944-45	New York-Trenton-Paterson	ABL	4	1	1				3	0.8
	Major League Totals		4	1	1				3	0.8
					PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA		FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1938-39	Binghamton	NYPA	3	7	0				14	4.7