STATISTICS & HISTORY
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is a small town (population of 40,000 in the 1930′ and 1940’s) 50 miles north of Milwaukee. Sheboygan was a hotbed independent professional basketball throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s. Charles “Slim” Lonsdorf played organized basketball in Sheboygan from the mid-1920’s until the mid-1940’s. Lonsdorf started out playing for the Kohler Company team where he was employed Lonsdorff followed up wwith stints on other local teams such as the Bullhorns, the Enzo-Jetsand the Art Amigs. In 1938, Sheboygan acquired a franchise in the National basketball League. Lonsdorf appeared in 17 major league games for the Redskins before returning to independent ball.
| SLIM LONSDORF | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 175 | College: | None | |||||
| Charles J0seph Lonsdorf | Born: Mar 22, 1905 | Died: Dec 10, 1987 | Hometown: | Athens, Wi. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1926-27 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1931-32 | Kohler Recreationists | Indep | |||||||||
| 1932-33 | Sheboygan | Indep | |||||||||
| 1933-34 | Sheboygan Ballhorns | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Sheboygan Ballhorns | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Sheboygan Art Imigs | Indep | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Sheboygan Art Imigs | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Sheboygan Enzo Jels | Indep | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | Sheboygan | NBL | 17 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.2 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Sheboygan Kohlers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Sheboygan Ballhorns | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Sheboygan Vince’s | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Sheboygan Richter’s | AAU | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Sheboygan Richter’s | AAU | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Sheboygan Richter’s | AAU | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 17 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.2 | ||||||