### WALDEN

### WALDEN Height: Weight: College:
Born: Died: Hometown:
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1911-12 Kingston HRL 1 2 1 5 5.0
1911-12 Utica NYSL 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 2 2 1 5 2.5

ERNIE WAKEFIELD

ERNIE WAKEFIELD Height: 5:06 Weight: 135 College: None
Ernest Arrington Wakefield Born:  Jul 31, 1892 Died:  Feb 8, 1981 Hometown: Springfield, Ma.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1911-12 Springfield Turners Indep
1912-13 Springfield Turners Indep
1913-14 Springfield Turners Indep
1914-15 Springfield Turners Indep
1915-16 Springfield Indep
1916-17 Springfield Indep
1917-18 Springfield Indep
1918-19 All Holyoke Indep
1918-19 East Hartford Nutmegs Indep
1919-20 Mohawk NYSL 4 1 2 4 1.0
1919-20 Holyoke IL 20 33 110 176 8.8
1921-22 Holyoke IL 1 2 1 5 5.0
1922-23 Greenfield IL 2 0 3 3 1.5
Major League Totals 27 36 116 188 7.0

NORM WAGNER

Norm Wagner was a basketball and baseball star at the University of Missouri.

 

NORM WAGNER Height: 6:05 Weight: 200 College: Missouri’33
Norman Otto Wagner Jr. Born: Feb 5, 1912 Died: Apr 22, 1998 Hometown: St.Louis, Mo.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1929-30 Missouri (Frosh) College
1930-31 Missouri College
1931-32 Missouri College
1932-33 Missouri College
1933-34 Dayton Metropolitan Clothiers Indep
1934-35 Dayton Metropolitan Clothiers Indep
1934-35 Columbus Mendels Indep
1935-3636 Dayton MBC 7 17 5 39 5.6
1936-37 Dayton MBC 14 43 13 99 7.1
1937-38 CincinnatiColumbusDayton NBL 8 14 6 34 4.3
1938-39 Dayton Hall’s Laundry Indep
1939-40 Waterloo Wonders Indep
1940-41 Dayton Wonders Indep
1940-41 aColumbus Bobb Chevrolet Indep
1941-42 Dayton Pros Indep
Major League Totals 29 74 24 172 5.9
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1936-37 Dayton MBC 3 6 1 13 4.3
1939-40 Waterloo Wonders WBT 2 10 4 24 12.0
1940-41 Dayton Wonders WBT 1 1 0 1 .000 2 2.0
Major League Totals 6 17 5 39 6.5

DANNY WAGNER

DANNY WAGNER Height: 6:00 Weight: 170 College: Texas’47
Daniel Earnest Wagner Jr. Born:  Aug 1, 1922 Died:  Dec 29, 1997 Hometown: Houston, Tx.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM 59   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1941-42 Schreiner J.C. College
1944-46 U.S. Navy Military Service
1946-47 Texas College
1947-48 Flint NBL 50 96 59 92 .641 251 5.0
1948-49 Sheboygan NBL 62 111 109 146 .747 331 5.3
1949-50 Sheboygan NBA 11 19 31 35 .886 18 69 6.3
Major League Totals 123 226 199 273 .729 651 5.3
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FTM 59   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1948-49 Sheboygan NBL 2 1 1 1.000 1 0.5
Major League Totals 2 1 1 1.000 0 0.5

 

 

 

 

CLINT WAGER

Clint Wager was a two-sport star at St.Mary’s College in Minnesota, Wager was twice all-conference center and twice conference individual scoring champion. After graduation, Wager embarked on careers in both professional basketball and football. Wager’s  best years in basketball were the five seasons he spent in the National Basketball League with the Oshkosh All-stars. Wager was a modest scorer, but  was one of the he best rebounders and toughest defenders in the league. In addition to basketball, Wagner played five years of pro football, three years with the Chicago Bears, two years with the Chicago Cardinals. In 1944, while practicing punting, Wager kicked himself in the head, fracturing his skull and knocking himself out of competition with the Chicago Cardinals for over a month.

 

CLINT WAGER Height: 6:06 Weight: 218 College: St.Mary’s(Min)’42
Clinton Belmar Wagner Jr. Born: Jan 20, 1920 Died:  Feb 29, 1996 Hometown: Winona, Mn.
Played professional football REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 St. Mary’s (Mn) College
1939-40 St. Mary’s (Mn) College
1940-41 St. Mary’s (Mn) College
1941-42 St. Mary’s (Mn) College
1941-42 Chicago Bruins Indep
1942-43 U.S. Army Military Service
1943-44 Oshkosh NBL 22 79 72 108 .667 230 10.5
1944-45 Oshkosh NBL 27 70 28 55 .509 168 6.2
1945-46 Oshkosh NBL 34 68 31 48 .646 167 4.9
1946-47 Oshkosh NBL 44 68 50 69 .725 186 4.2
1947-48 Oshkosh NBL 59 90 56 93 .602 236 4.0
1948-49 Hammond NBL 61 125 82 146 .562 332 5.4
1949-50 Fort Wayne NBA 63 57 29 47 .617 90 143 2.3
1950-51 Louisville NPBL 35 120 81 116 .698 321 9.2
Major League Totals 345 677 429 682 .629 1783 5.2
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1941-42 Chicago Bruins WBT 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943-44 Oshkosh NBL 3 8 5 21 7.0
1943-44 Oshkosh WBT 2 2 4 8 .500 8 4.0
1944-45 Oshkosh WBT 2 2 0 1 .000 4 2.0
1945-46 Oshkosh NBL 5 13 6 7 .857 32 6.4
1945-46 Oshkosh WBT 5 14 10 15 .667 38 7.6
1946-47 Oshkosh NBL 7 15 10 12 .833 40 5.7
1946-47 Oshkosh WBT 4 8 2 5 .400 18 4.5
1947-48 Oshkosh NBL 3 2 0 2 .000 4 1.3
1949-50 Fort Wayne NBA 4 11 8 10 .800 8 30 7.5
Major League Totals 36 75 45 195 5.4

VAUGHN WADDELL

 

VAUGHN WADDELL Height: 6:01 Weight: 190 College: None
Vaughn Reginald Waddell Born: Sep 29, 1910 Died: Mar 7, 1980 Hometown: Detroit, Mi.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1931-32 Detroit Indep
1932-33 Detroit Indep
1933-34 Detroit Indep
1934-35 Detroit Hed-Aids Indep
1935-36 Detroit MBC 13 21 7 49 3.8
1936-37  Detroit MBC 7 10 2 22 3.1
1937-38 Detroit All-Stars Indep
1937-38 Detroit Briggs Indep
1938-39 Detroit Briggs Indep
1939-40 Detroit Briggs Indep
1940-41 Detroit AAA Indep
1941-42 Detroit AAA Indep
1942-45 U.S. Army Military Service
1945-46 Detroit Manfields Indep
1946-47 Detroit NBL 8 10 5 8 .625 25 3.1
Major League Totals 28 41 14 96 3.4
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1941-42 Detroit AAA WBT 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 3.0
Major League Totals 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 3.0

 

VIC WACHTER

VIC WACHTER Height: 5:09 Weight: 160 College: None
Victor Frederick Wachter Born: Nov 19, 1890 Died:  Apr 2, 1973 Hometown: Troy, NY
Brother of Charles, Edward, Joseph and Louis Wachter
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1915-16 TroyGloversville NYSL 13 7 4 18 1.4
Major League Totals 13 7 4 18 1.4

LEW WACHTER

Lew Wachter was one of the most important innovators during the first two decades of professional basketball. Lew, along with his younger brother, Ed, was instrumental in the development of many the playing techniques and rules that are mainstays of the game to this day. They were early advocates of the bounce pass, screens and play patterns. They also were also proponents of the five-man offense in an era when many teams limited the offense to just two or three players. They also campaigned long and hard for the rule that the player fouled must take the free throw. Prior to then, team’s had a single designated player who shot all the team’s free throws. Lew organized and promoted strong independent teams featuring himself and his brother throughout the early 1900’s. In an era when the line between amateur and pro teams was blurred, the Wachter brother’s Company E team of Schenectady, New York won the 1904-05 national AAU title. In 1909, Wachter formed the Troy Trojans as an entry in the Hudson River League. Many of the players had played together on Wachter’s teams in Schenectady and Gloversville, so they brought a strong foundation of teamwork. Over the next five and half seasons, The Trojans compiled a 188-68 record and captured four league titles (two in the Hudson River League and two in the New York State Basketball League). Troy was well on its way to a fifth title when the NYSL disbanded midway through the 1914-15 season. Wachter quickly organized a barnstorming tour that took the Trojans as far west as Montana and saw them win 38 straight games. Wachter contined to barnstorm with teams throughout  New England for the next half dozen years. From 1924 through 1928, he compiled a 59-26 record as coach of  Dartmouth College.

 

LEW WACHTER Height: 6:01 Weight: 175 College: Albany Business/RPI
Louis William Wachter Born: Aug 14, 1881 Died:  Feb 14, 1966 Hometown: Troy, NY
Brother of Charles , Edward, Joseph and  Victor Wachter
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1898-99 Troy YMCA YMCA
1899-00 Troy Columbias AC Indep
1900-91 Troy AC Indep
1901-02 TRoy Columbias AC Indep
1902-03 Columbias AC Indep
1902-03 Ware Indep
1903-04 Ware WMBL 4 0 0 0 0.0
1903-04 Schenectady Co. E Indep
1904-05 Schenectady Co. E Indep
1904-05 Columbias AC Indep
1905-06 Schenectady Co. E Indep
1905-06 Troy All-Americans Indep
1905-06 Brattleboro(Vt) Independents Indep
1906-07 Gloversville Co. G Indep 29 28 0 56 1.9
1907-08 Gloversville Co. G Indep
1908-09 Gloversville Co. G Indep
1908-09 Troy Independents Indep
1909-10 Gloversville Co. G Indep
1909-10 Troy HRL 25 34 3 71 2.8
1910-11 Troy HRL 31 26 18 70 2.3
1911-12 Troy NYSL 25 38 11 87 3.5
1912-13 Troy NYSL 3 0 0 0 0.0
1913-14 Troy NYSL 2 2 2 6 3.0
1914-15 Troy NYSL 6 5 3 13 2.2
1915-16 ScrantonNanticoke PSL 36 34 1 27 69 1.9
-1917-18 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1917-19 U.S. Marines Mlitary Service
1918-19 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1919-20 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1919-20 Winston (Ct) Indep
1919-20 Troy Wachter Five Indep
1920-21 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1921-22 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1922-23 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
Major League Totals 132 139 38 316 2.4
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1912-13 Troy WS 1 0 0 0 0.0
Major League Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0

JOE WACHTER

 

JOE WACHTER Height: 6:00   Weight: 170 College: Syracuse’10
Joseph Louis Wter Born:  Jul 29, 1889    Died:  Oct 4,1977 Hometown: Troy, NY
Brother of Charles, Edward, Louis and
Victor Wachter REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1909-10 Syracuse College
1910-11 Syracuse College
1910-11 Syracuse College AC Indep
1913-14 Fort Edwards Maroons Indep
1915-16 GloversvilleUtica NYSL 27 17 13 47 1.7
1915-16 Nanticoke PSL 4 2 0 3 4 1.0
1916-17 Philadelphia Rookwoods Indep
Major League Totals 31 19 13 51 1.6

ED WACHTER

Ed Wachter did not play basketball in high school in his hometown of Troy, New York, but gained an early introduction to the game playing on a teams organized by his older brother, Lew. Wachter turned pro in at age 19 and soon made his mark playing in leagues in Massachusetts from 1902 to 1905. For the next four seasons, Wachter toured extensively with powerful independent teams based in upstate New York and Vermont. In 1909, Wachter began a history making six-year association with his hometown Troy team. Wachter led the Trojans team to four consecutive championships, two in the Hudson River League  and two more in the New York State Basketball League. Troy’s championship streak was broken by a single game the next season by a Utica team starring Barney Sedran and Marty Friedman. The following season, Troy was well on its way to still another title when the NYSL disbanded midway through the 1914-15 season. Wachter possessed a combination of size, speed and agility that few centers of the era could come close to matching. He excelled as a rebounder and defender and was equally adept at scoring on tap-ins or set shots. In addition, Wachter was a fine free thrower who was a strong advocate for rules that enabled the fouled player to shoot his own free throws. Wachter was an intelligent and innovative performer. He is credited with inventing the bounce pass and developing the fast-break offense.In 1915-16, was Wachter’s last full season as a player. In the years that followed, he made token appearances with various teams, but concentrated most of his time to coaching. Wachter began his career as college coach in 1914, while still active as a player and went on to  became the most successful college coach of the first generation of pro stars. During the next twenty five years, He coached at Albany State, Ressselaer Polytechnic Institute, Williams, Harvard and Lafayette. Wachter also was very active in the development of rules and campaigned (without success) for a single national organization to govern basketball at all levels. He also authored books on the game and was a longtime mentor for many young men entering the coaching profession. In 1961, Wachter was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

 

ED WACHTER Height: 6:01 Weight: 180 College: None
Edward Albert Wachter Jr. Born: Jun 30, 1883 Died:  Mar 12, 1966 Hometown: Troy, NY
Brother of Charles, Joseph, Louis and
Victor Wachter REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1898-99 Troy YMCA Indep
1899-00 Troy Columbias A.C. Indep
1900-01 Troy Columbias A.C. Indep
1901-02 Troy Columbias A.C. Indep
1902-03 Troy Columbias Indep
1902-03 Maynard NEBL 1 0 0 0 0.0
1902-03 Ware MCBL 15 18 7 43 2.9
1903-04 Ware WMBL 45 119 18 256 5.7
1903-04 Haverhill NEBL 27 91 0 182 6.7
1904-05 LowellHaverhill NEBL 54 195 0 390 7.2
1904-05 Schenectady Co. E Indep
1904-05 Troy Columbias A.C. Indep
1905-06 Schenectady Co. E Indep
1905-06 Brattleboro(Vt) Independents Indep
1905-06 Troy All-Americans Indep
1906-07 Winsted (CT) Indep
1906-07 Gloversville Co. G Indep 43 213 0 426 9.9
1907-08 Gloversville Co. G Indep
1908-09 Gloversville Co. G Indep
1908-09 McKeesport CBL 7 15 18 48 6.9
1909-10 Gloversville Co. G Indep
1909-10 Troy HRL 17 35 89 159 9.4
1910-11 Troy HRL 18 34 34 102 5.7
1911-12 Troy NYSL 42 116 55 287 6.8
1912-13 Troy NYSL 39 141 70 352 9.0
1913-14 Troy NYSL 56 111 143 365 6.5
1914-15 Troy NYSL 21 48 49 145 6.9
1914-15 Troy Trojans Indep
1915-16 Utica NYSL 38 67 125 259 6.8
1915-16 Kingston IBL 5 10 12 32 6.4
1916-17 Hudson NYSL 3 4 9 17 5.7
1917-18 Did Not Play
1918-19 Military Service
1918-19 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1919-20 Windsor (Vt) Namcos Indep
1919-20 Springfield IL 1 2 0 4 4.0
1920-21 Albany NYSL 3 1 1 3 1.0
1921-22 Cohoes NYSL 6 6 11 23 3.8
1921-22 Adams IL 3 6 6 18 6.0
1922-23 Troy NYSL 2 0 5 5 2.5
1922-23 Quebec Half Moons Indep
Major League Totals 403 1019 652 2690 6.7
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1903-04 Manchester NEBL 5 16 0 32 6.4
1904-05 Haverhill NEBL 7 16 0 32 4.6
1912-13 Troy WS 5 6 26 38 7.6
1915-16 Kingston NYSL 2 0 4 4 2.0
1920-21 Albany WS 3 1 1 3 1.0
Major League Totals 22 39 31 109 5.0