STATISTICS & HISTORY
Phil Rabin starred for Hall of Fame coach Clair Bee at Long Island University in the mid-thirties. In his junior and senior years the Bluebirds compiled a 51-3 record. Rabin started his pro career (under an assumed name) while still playing his senior year (1934-35) at Long Island University. Rabin scored 17 of his team’s 28 points in his professional debut with a minor-league team in Bridgeton, New Jersey Rabin made his major-league debut the in the 1935-36 season and finished second among American basketball League scorers. Between 1937 and 1939, he reeled off three consecutive ABL scoring titles. He won his last scoring title during the 1938-39 season playing with the Jersey Reds. The season was marred, however, by a feud with teammate Moe Spahn and a wrist injury suffered during the playoffs that squashed the Reds title chances. The next season, Rabin lasted less than a month with the Philadelphia SPHAS who did not take well to his single-minded attitude about scoring. Traded to Washington, he finished the season second in league scoring. A combination of injuries and military service during World War II, brought Rabin’s career to a premature close.
| PHIL RABIN | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 160 | College: | L.I.U.’35 | |||||
| Phil H. Rabinowitz | Born: Jul 10, 1913 | Died: Oct 28, 2010 | Hometown: | Paterson, NJ | |||||||
| Fish Rabin | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1931-32 | Long Island (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Long Island | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Bridgeton | EBL | 9 | 25 | 28 | 78 | 8.7 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Bridgeton-Atlantic City | EBL | 17 | 52 | 44 | 148 | 8.7 | ||||
| 1935-36 | Paterson/Trenton/Passiac | ABL | 27 | 84 | 63 | 231 | 8.6 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Kingston | ABL | 37 | 187 | 114 | 488 | 13.2 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Kingston | ABL | 39 | 203 | 108 | 514 | 13.2 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Plymouth/Hazelton | NYPA | 4 | 20 | 15 | 55 | 13.8 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kingston | ABL | 33 | 116 | 109 | 341 | 10.3 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Philadelphia–Washington | ABL | 34 | 108 | 72 | 288 | 8.5 | ||||
| 1940-41 | Washington | ABL | 29 | 83 | 53 | 219 | 7.6 | ||||
| 1941-42 | Saratoga | NYSL | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1942-44 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | New York | ABL | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1943-44 | New York | ABL | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Baltimore–Trenton | ABL | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | ||||
| 1945-46 | Paterson | ABL | 16 | 23 | 18 | 64 | 4.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 225 | 819 | 550 | 2188 | 9.7 | ||||||
| POST SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | Atlantic City | EBL | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 9.7 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kingston | ABL | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5.7 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Washington | ABL | 7 | 16 | 13 | 45 | 6.4 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Washington | WBT | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 31 | 10.3 | ||
| 1940-41 | Saratoga | NYSL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 13 | 31 | 31 | 93 | 7.2 | ||||||