| FRED BERETTA | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 160 | College: | Purdue’40 | |||||
| Fernando Fredeerick Beretta | Born: Jan 24, 1917 | Died: Nov 16, 1962 | Hometown: | Bedford, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Purdue | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Purdue | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Purdue | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Akron Firestones | NBL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||
| 1942-43 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||||
During Pete Berenson’s three seasons of varisty basketball at City College of New York, the Lavenders posted a 43-3 record, the best three-year record in the storied history of CCNY basketball. On a well-balanced team, Berense\on stoodout for his defensive prowess. In 1934, he began his professional basketball career with the Brooklyn Visitation, a legendary team that had been ucharacteristically mediocre during the past two American Basketball League seasons. Berenson, along with 20-year-old sensation, Bobby McDermott, brought a renewd energy to the Visitation who went on to win the 1935 ABL championship. Brooklyn returned to the ABL finals againin 1936, but lost the championship to the Philadelphia Sphas in seven games. Berenson remained among the top echelon of ABL players for the next six seasons and won a second ABL championship as a member of the 1940 Kingston Colonials. After serving in the army during World War II, Berenson returned in 1945 for his pro basketball swan song with the New York Gothams .
| PETE BERENSON | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 180 | College: | C.C.N.Y.’34 | |||||
| Peter Berensen | Born: Oct 16, 1912 | Died: Jan 6, 2000 | Hometown: | New York, NY | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1930-31 | C.C.N.Y. (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | C.C.N.Y. | College | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | C.C.N.Y. | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | C.C.N.Y. | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Brooklyn | ABL | 44 | 73 | 109 | 255 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Brooklyn | ABL | 40 | 79 | 101 | 259 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1936-37 | New York Celtics | ABL | 19 | 40 | 72 | 152 | 8.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | New York Celtics | ABL | 38 | 106 | 110 | 322 | 8.5 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kingston | ABL | 24 | 53 | 56 | 162 | 6.8 | ||||
| 1938-39 | New York Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Kingston–Troy | ABL | 32 | 44 | 47 | 135 | 4.2 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Brooklyn–Washington | ABL | 26 | 39 | 35 | 113 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Washington | ABL | 19 | 35 | 41 | 111 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Pittsfield | NYSL | 4 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | New York | ABL | 16 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0.9 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Troy Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 258 | 472 | 579 | 1523 | 5.9 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1934-35 | Brooklyn | ABL | 5 | 5 | 21 | 31 | 6.2 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Brooklyn | ABL | 7 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kingston | ABL | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4.3 | ||||
| 1938-39 | New York | WBT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| 1939-40 | 40Troy | ABL | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2.3 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 23 | 28 | 47 | 103 | 4.5 | ||||||
| BERNIE BERENS | Height: | 6:05 | Weight: | 190 | College: | Ohio U.’35 | |||||
| Bernard William Berens Jr. | Born: Feb 26, 1913 | Died: May 29, 1979 | Hometown: | Lancaster, Oh. | |||||||
| Beanie Berens | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1931-32 | Ohio University (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1932-22 | Ohio University | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Ohio University | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Ohio University | College | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Akron Firestones | MBC | 18 | 46 | 27 | 119 | 6.6 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Akron Firestones | MBC | 18 | 33 | 24 | 90 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Columbus | NBL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Columbus Athletic Supply | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Columbus Athletic Supply | Indep | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Marion Bradley Clothing Co. | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 37 | 79 | 52 | 210 | 5.7 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1936-37 | Akron Firestones | MBC | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | ||||||
| GENE BERCE | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Cornell’46 / Marquette’48 | |||||
| Eugene Daniel Berce | Born: Nov 22, 1926 | Nov 17, 2018 | Hometown: | Wauwatosa, Wi. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1944-45 | Marquette | College | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Cornell (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Marquette | College | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Marquette | College | 22 | 146 | 98 | 390 | 17.7 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Oshkosh | NBL | 58 | 120 | 101 | 153 | .660 | 341 | 5.9 | ||
| 1949-50 | Tri-Cities | NBA | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | |
| 1949-50 | Milwaukee Bright Spots | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | St.Paul–Kansas City | NPBL | 20 | 60 | 42 | 68 | .616 | 162 | 8.1 | ||
| 1950-51 | Racine Knights | Indep | 15 | 89 | 72 | 92 | .783 | 250 | 16.7 | ||
| 1951-52 | Sheboygan Redskins | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 81 | 85 | 143 | 226 | .633 | 513 | 6.3 | ||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1948-49 | Oshkosh | NBL | 7 | 8 | 32 | 39 | .821 | 48 | 6.9 | ||
| Major League Totals | 7 | 8 | 32 | 39 | .821 | 48 | 6.9 | ||||
| ED BENZONI | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | College: | John Marshal / Rutgers’23 | ||||||
| Edward Henry Benzoni | Born: Jan 28, 1901 | Died: | Mar, 1966 | Hometown: | Union City, NJ | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1919-20 | Rutgers | College | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Rutgers | College | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Rutgers | College | |||||||||
| 1022-23 | Rutgers | College | |||||||||
| 1923-24 | Paterson | MBL | 8 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1924-25 | Paterson | MBL | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2.8 | ||||
| 1924-25 | Washington Palace-Five | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 13 | 26 | 33 | 85 | 6.5 | ||||||
| JOE BENSON | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 180 | College: | None | |||||
| Joseph Walter Babinski | Born: Jan 10, 1912 | Died: Jun 15, 1996 | Hometown: | Detroit, Mich. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1934-35 | Detroit Vandervoort | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Windsor | MBC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4.5 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Detroit Hughey Dodge | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Detroit Dodge | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4.5 | ||||||
| CALVIN BENSON | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 195 | College: | Oklahoma Baptist’42 East Central St’43 | ||||||
| Calvin B. Benson | Born: Sep 2, 1923 | Died: Dec 25, 1997 | Hometown: | Parks, Ok. | ||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | ||
| 1941-42 | Oklahoma Baptist | College | ||||||||||
| 1942-43 | East Central State | College | ||||||||||
| 1943-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | ||||||||||
| 1947-48 | Oklahoma City | PBLA | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 12 | 2.4 | |||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 12 | 2.4 | |||||
| AL BENSON | Height: | 6:05 | Weight: | 220 | College: | None | |||||
| Albert L. Benson | Born: | Jul 27, | 1914 | Died: | Hometown: | Hoboken, NJ | |||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1933-34 | New York Nationals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Jersey | ABL | 17 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 1.9 | ||||
| 1934-35 | Albany | NYSL | 7 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1934-35 | Atlantic City | EBL | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Jersey | ABL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1.2 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Jersey | ABL | 36 | 30 | 10 | 70 | 1.9 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Jersey | ABL | 42 | 42 | 10 | 94 | 2.2 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Myerstown | TCL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Jersey | ABL | 32 | 30 | 16 | 76 | 2.4 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Jersey–New York | ABL | 28 | 24 | 21 | 69 | 2.5 | ||||
| 1940-41 | New York | ABL | 12 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 1.9 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Hammond–Detroit | NBL | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 16 | 1.6 | ||
| 1941-42 | New York–Wilmington–Washington | ABL | 15 | 24 | 7 | 55 | 3.7 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Kingston | NYSL | 13 | 32 | 12 | 76 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1942-46 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Baltimore | ABL | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Pittston | PSL | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1.5 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Newark-Kingston-Yonkers/Paterson | ABL | 25 | 69 | 28 | 166 | 6.6 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Nanticoke | PSL | 25 | 115 | 69 | 299 | 12.0 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Paterson | ABL | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1947-48 | Glens Falls | NYSL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Major League Totals | 216 | 191 | 92 | 474 | 2.2 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1936-37 | Jersey | ABL | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2.4 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Jersey | ABL | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Jersey | ABL | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 2.8 | ||||
| 1939-40 | New York | ABL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Detroit | NBL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Detroit | WBT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1945-46 | Baltimore | ABL | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2.8 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 31 | 22 | 18 | 62 | 2.0 | ||||||
| RALPH BENNIE | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 175 | College: | None | |||||
| Ralph Thomas Bennie | Born: Nov 6, 1905 | Died: Sep 15, 1994 | Hometown: | Washington, DC | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Washington Fadco Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Washington Fadco Big Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Washington Eagles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Washington Eagles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Washington Eagles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Washington Heurich Brewers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Heurich Brewers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Heurich Brewers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Heurich Brewers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Heurich Brewers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Washington | ABL | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Washington | ABL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1.8 | ||||||
While playing at Westminster (Ohio) College, Bennett led the nation in scoring during the 1934-35 season. He was named a Helms Foundation All-American the same year.
| WES BENNETT | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Westminster(Pa)’36 | |||||
| Talmadge Wesley Bennett | Born: Mar 31, 1913 | Died: Aug 20, 2002 | Hometown: | Akron, Oh. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1931-32 | Akron Woodcock Plumbers | Indep | |||||||||
| 193233 | Westminister (Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Westminister (Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Westminister (Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Westmonster (Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Indiana Cardinals | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Akron Firestones | MBC | 16 | 28 | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Akron Goodyear | NBL | 15 | 28 | 31 | 87 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Akron Goodyear | NBL | 22 | 36 | 37 | 109 | 5.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 53 | 92 | 84 | 268 | 5.1 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1937-38 | Akron Goodyear | NBL | 5 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 5 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | ||||||