Harry “Haps” Benfer was a five sport star at York, Pennsylvania High School. At the Albright College, he \played varsity football, basketball and baseball for four years and captained all three teams  during  his last two years. He was named the Albright Athlete of the Century. He was an honorable mention All-American on Walter Camp’s 1914 and 1915 football teams. He played minor league baseball for the St.Louis Cardinals. He served Albright College for nearly 40 years in various coaching and administrative positions.

Bender, was a 6-foot 1-inch forward who played at DeWitt Clinton High School in the late 1920’s. He led Columbia University  to the 1930 and 1931 championships among teams that later formed the Ivy League, winning league scoring titles in both of those seasons with averages of 9.8 points and 9.6 points. Bender was  named an All-American in 1932. Bender played professional basketball on a limited basis throughout the 1930’s while practicing law. During the 1940’s, Bender was an Assistant United State Attorney for the Southern District of New York.  He later was a criminal defense attorney for five decades.

Julie Bender starred  for legendary Long Island University coach Clair Bee on the great Blackbird teams of the mid-1930’s. Bender possessed a deadly outside set shot that he delivered on a flat trajectory. He was the first player in New York metropolitan college basketball to score over 1,000 career points, and the first winner of the Haggerty Award given annually to the outstanding player in the Metropolitan New York area.  Bender led LIU to a four-year mark of 105-6. That record included a 43-game winning streak and an 26-0 undefeated season in 1936. After his college career, Bender played professionally for six seasons in the American Basketball League. After retiring as a player,  Bender refereed high school basketball games in New York City and taught at his alma mater, Boy’s High School. He coached one year each for Brooklyn College and Kings Point Maritime Academy and also officiated ECAC basketball for 20 years until his retirement in 1969.