| ### BARTON | Height: | Weight: | College: | ||||||||
| Born: | Hometown: | ||||||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-44 | Rochester Wings | WBT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| . | Major League Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 2.0 | |||
Archives
JAKE COLE
| JAKE COLE | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 160 | College: | None | |||||
| Jacob Rockefeller Cole | Born: Jan 27, 1892 | Died: Jun 20, 1959 | Hometown: | Catskill, NY | |||||||
| Brother of Dave Cole | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | ||
| 1915-16 | Mechanicville Co. C | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Catskill Co.E | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Hudson | NYSL | 17 | 23 | 11 | 57 | 3.4 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Schenectady | NYSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1917-18 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Mechanicville | NNYL | 8 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 18 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 57 | 3.2 | |||||
RALPH GROBE
| RALPH GROBE | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 185 | College: | None | |||||
| Ralph VVirgil Grobe | Born: Jan 9, 1898 | Died: Dec 19, 1969 | Hometown: | Catskill, NY | |||||||
| Brother of Arnold Grobe | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1914-15 | Catskill Arrow Five | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Hudson | NYSL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Mechanicville | Indep | |||||||||
| 1917-18 | Mechanicville | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Holyoke | IL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1919-20 | Mechanicville Half Moons | NNYSL | 14 | 45 | 35 | 125 | 8.9 | ||||
| 1920-21 | Cohoes | NYSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Catskill Co. E | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Troy | NYSL | 9 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1.8 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Catskill Co.E | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Toby Matthews All Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1922-23 | Catskill | Indep | |||||||||
| 1923-24 | Cattskill Howitzers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1924-25 | Catskill Howitzers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Catskill | HRL | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 6.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 14 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 1.7 | ||||||
DAVE BEAVER
Dave Beaver graduated from Schenectady High School in 1910. He starred , along with his twin brother, Jake, in football, basketball and baseball at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Union College posted a 35-5 record in basketball during the Beaver brothers’ three varsity seasons. In the fall of 1915, Jake moved to New York City to enter grad school at Columbia Universty while Dave remained upstate to play professional basketball in the New York State League. Over the following two seasons, the Beaver brothers rejoined to play a handful of professional games in New York and for Nanticoke in the Pennsylsvania State Basketball League.
| DAVE BEAVER | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 130 | College: | Union(NY)’15 | |||||
| David John Beaver | Born: Feb 23, 1893 | Died: | Jan 3, 1981 | Hometown: | Schenectady, NY | ||||||
| Brother of Jacob Beaver | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1911=12 | Union (NY) (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1912-13 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1913-14 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1914-15 | Union (NY) | College | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Troy–Gloversville–Utica | NYSL | 35 | 56 | 75 | 187 | 5.3 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Nanticoke | PSL | 17 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 63 | 3.7 | |||
| 1916-17 | New York | IBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Brooklyn Crescents | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 53 | 73 | 104 | 250 | 4.7 | ||||||
LEFTY BYERS
Clifton “Lefty” Byers starred in basketball for Kansas State University, Babe Didrickson’s All-Americans and Olson’s Terrible Swedes in barnstorming circles and for the Goodyear Wingfoots before becoming the Goodyears coach for three seasons in the mid-1930’s. His 1936-37 team won the Midwest Basketball Conference championship.
| LEFTY BYERS | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 165 | College: | Kansas State’27 | |||||
| Clifton Andrew Byers | Born: Sep 6, 1905 | Died: May 25, 2000 | Hometown: | Grant, Ks | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1926-27 | St.Joseph Hillyard Shine Alls | AAU | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Olsen’s Terrible Swedes | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | OLsen’s Terrible Swedes | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Flint Buick Flyers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Olsen’s Terrible Swedes | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-11 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Hutchinson CReamery | AAU | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Indep | ||||||||||
| 1933-34 | Babe Didrikson All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | |||||||||||
| 1935-36 | Akr0n Goodyears | AAU | |||||||||
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| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1943-44 | Akron Collegians | WBT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | ||||||
AL COFONE
| AL COFONE | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Marquette’39 | |||||
| Albert Frank C0fone | Born: Nov 3, 1915 | Died: Jun 17, 2005 | Hometown: | Chicago, Il. | |||||||
| Regular Season Record | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1936-37 | Marquette | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Marquette | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Marquette | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Oshkosh All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| 1938-39 | Oshkosh All-Stars | WBT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
HERKY BALTIMORE
| HERKY BALTIMORE | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 195 | College: | Penn State’43 | |||||
| Herschel David Baltimoe | Born: Jan 21, 1921 | Died Jan 1, 1968 | Hometown: | Duryea, Pa. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1939-40 | Penn State (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Penn State | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Penn State | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Penn State | College | |||||||||
| 1942-46 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-17 | St.Louis | BAA | 58 | 53 | 32 | 69 | .464 | 16 | 138 | 2.4 | |
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 34 | 119 | 50 | 77 | .649 | 288 | 8.5 | ||
| 1948-49 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 39 | 86 | 37 | 71 | .521 | 209 | 5.4 | ||
| 1949-50 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 13 | 19 | 12 | 22 | .545 | 15 | 50 | 3.8 | |
| Major League Totals | 58 | 53 | 32 | 69 | .464 | 16 | 138 | 2.4 | |||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 5 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 6.8 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | WBT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 7 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 4.4 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
CHICK CRAIG
Earl “Chick” Craig was involved in minor league basketball for more than six decades as a player, coach, general manager and also served as a NBA scout.
| CHICK CRAIG | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 180 | College: | Long Island’42 | |||||
| Earl Carl Craig Jr. | Born: JUl 23, 1922 | Died: Jun 21, 2008 | Hometown: | Phillipsburg, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1941-42 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1942-46 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Wilkes Barre | EBL | 26 | 91 | 37 | 219 | 8.4 | ||||
| 47-48 | Wilkes Barre | ABL | 28 | 45 | 18 | 38 | .474 | 108 | 3.9 | ||
| 48-49 | Wilkes Barre | ABL | 35 | 21 | 25 | 40 | .625 | 67 | 1.9 | ||
| 49-50 | Lancaster | EBL | 27 | 40 | 27 | 107 | 4.0 | ||||
| 50-51 | Lancaster-Williamsport | EBL | 20 | 36 | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | ||||
| 51-52 | Williamsport | EBL | 26 | 32 | 18 | 82 | 3.2 | ||||
| 52-53 | Williamsport | EBL | 17 | 26 | 7 | 59 | 3.5 | ||||
| 53-54 | Williamsport | EBL | 27 | 34 | 8 | 76 | 2.8 | ||||
| 54-55 | Williamsport | EBL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||
| 55-56 | EBL | Voluntarily Retired | |||||||||
| 56-57 | Easton | EBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Wilkes Barre | EBL | 5 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Wilkes-Barre | WBT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes Barre | EBL | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2.3 | ||||
| 1948-49 | Wilkes Barre | EBL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | ||||
| 1949-50 | Lancaster | EBL | 4 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1950-51 | Williamsport | EBL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1951-52 | Williamsport | EBL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | ||||
| 1952-53 | Williamsport | EBL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1953-54 | Williamsport | EBL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||
JOHN BARR
| JOHN BARR | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 205 | College: | Penn State’41 | |||||
| John Evans Barr | Born: Aug 18, 1918 | Died Jul 1, 2002 | Hometown: | Shamokin, Pa. | |||||||
| Son of Pete Barr | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | ||
| 1937-1938 | Penn State (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1938-19 | Penn State | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | Penn State | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Penn State | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | New York Orbach’s | AAU | |||||||||
| 1942-25 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Wilmington | ABL | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Wilkes- Barre | PSL | 7 | 43 | 13 | 99 | 14.1 | ||||
| 1946-47 | St.Louis | BAA | 58 | 124 | 47 | 79 | .595 | 54 | 295 | 5.1 | |
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 33 | 35 | 28 | 43 | .651 | 98 | 3.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Sunbury | EBL | 30 | 104 | 75 | 283 | 9.4 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 61 | 126 | 49 | 301 | 4.9 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1945-46 | Wilkes-Barre | PSL | 6 | 26 | 9 | 61 | 10.2 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1.6 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | WBT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
TED HANAUER
| TED HANAUER | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 170 | College: | Huntington (In)’43 | |||||
| Austin Cedric Hanauer | Born: Feb 21, 1924 | Died: Oct 1, 2013 | Hometown: | Huntington, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | Huntington (Ind) | College | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | House of David | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Binghamton-Wilkes Barre | EBL | 27 | 64 | 35 | 163 | 6.0 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 33 | 111 | 70 | 122 | .574 | 292 | 8.8 | ||
| 1948-49 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 38 | 49 | 42 | 87 | .483 | 140 | 3.7 | ||
| 1949-50 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 19 | 8 | 19 | 27 | .704 | 3 | 35 | 1.8 | |
| 1950-51 | Carbondale | ABL | 14 | 27 | 27 | 44 | .614 | 21 | 81 | 5.8 | |
| 1951-52 | Carbondale | ABL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1952-53 | Berwick | EBL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1946-47 | Wilkes-Barre | EBL | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 3.8 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 5 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 8.0 | ||||
| 1947-48 | Wilkes-Barre | WBT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| 1948-49 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 7 | 16 | 22 | 54 | 7.7 | ||||
| 1949-50 | Wilkes-Barre | ABL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 6.0 | ||||