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American basketball player and coach
Bennie Borgmann
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| Born
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1900-11-22
)
November 22, 1900
Haledon, New Jersey
, U.S.
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| Died
| November 11, 1978
(1978-11-11)
(aged 77)
Hawthorne, New Jersey
, U.S.
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| Nationality
| American
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| Listed height
| 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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| Listed weight
| 165 lb (75 kg)
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| High school
| Clifton
(
Clifton, New Jersey
)
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| Playing career
| 1919?1936
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| Position
| Guard
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| Coaching career
| 1926?1954
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| 1919?1920
| Paterson Silk Sox
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| 1919?1920
| Paterson Kleen Maids
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| 1920?1921
| Paterson
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| 1921?1922
| Paterson Powers Brothers
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| 1921?1923
| Kingston
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| 1921?1923
| Springfield Gunners
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| 1922?1927
| Paterson Legionnaires
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| 1923?1924
| Cohoes Trojans
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| 1924?1925
| Tri-Council
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| 1925?1926
| Original Celtics
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| 1926?1927
| Kingston Raiders
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| 1926?1930
| Fort Wayne Hoosiers
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| 1929?1930
| Paterson Whirlwinds
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| 1930?1931
| Paterson Crescents
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| 1930?1931
| Chicago Bruins
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| 1930?1931
| Honsdale
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| 1931?1932
| Bridgeton Moose
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| 1931?1932
| Long Island Pro-Imps
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| 1932?1933
| Paterson Continentals
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| 1932?1933
| Brooklyn Americans
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| 1932?1933
| Bridgeton Gems
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| 1933?1934
| Newark Joe Fays
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| 1934?1935
| Newark/New Britain Mules
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| 1935?1936
| Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passiac Reds
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| 1926?1927
| Fort Wayne Hoosiers
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| 1930?1931
| Paterson Crescents
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| 1935?1936
| Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passiac Reds
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| 1945?1946
| Paterson Crescents
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| 1946
?
1948
| Syracuse Nationals
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| 1948?1949
| Saint Michael's
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| 1949?1954
| Muhlenberg
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As player:
- Metropolitan League champion (1923)
- NYSPBL
champion (1923)
- 3×
ABL
scoring leader (1929?1931)
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| Basketball Hall of Fame as player
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Bernhard Borgmann Jr.
(November 22, 1900 ? November 11, 1978) was a professional
basketball
player and coach.
Born in
Haledon, New Jersey
, he played for 17 years between 1919 and 1936, and is mostly known for his time with the
Kingston Colonials
and
Original Celtics
. Borgmann is regarded as the best offensive player of his era, leading various leagues in scoring 15 times in a 12-year span. He also served as the first coach of the Syracuse Nationals of the
National Basketball League
?now the
NBA
's
Philadelphia 76ers
?from 1946 to 1948. He was inducted into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
in 1961.
[1]
Borgmann also played as a middle infielder in the
baseball
minor leagues from 1928 to 1942, managed in the minors from until 1950, and scouted until 1974.
[2]
He died in
Hawthorne, New Jersey
, where he had been a longtime resident.
[3]
Borgmann was featured in the book
Basketball History in Syracuse, Hoops Roots
by Mark Allen Baker, published by The History Press in 2010.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Bernhard "Bennie" Borgmann
Archived
2007-10-12 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
. Accessed November 27, 2007.
- ^
McKenna, Brian.
Early exits: the premature endings of baseball careers
, 2007, p. 141.
- ^
"Chiefs Get New Boss Syracuse, N. Y.
,
The Daily Record
, September 9, 1941. Accessed August 29, 2020. "Bennie Borgmann of Hawthorne, N. J., will not be re-signed as manager of the Syracuse Chiefs of the International Baseball League, Clarence M. Schindler, club president, announced."
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