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American basketball player, coach and team owner
Pop Morgenweck
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| Born
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1875-07-15
)
July 15, 1875
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
, U.S.
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| Died
| December 8, 1941
(1941-12-08)
(aged 66)
Egg Harbor City, 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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| 1901?1902
| Philadelphia Phillies
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| 1903?1904
| Haverhill
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| 1903?1904
| Westfield Whirlwinds
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| 1910?1914
| Kingston Colonials
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| 1911?1912
| Pittsburgh South Siders
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| 1914?1915
| Cohoes Cohosiers
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| 1915?1916
| Kingston / Elizabeth / North Hudson Colonials
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| 1902?1903
| Philadelphia Phillies
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| 1902?1903
| Wilmington Peaches
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| 1903?1904
| Westfield Whirlwinds
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| 1903?1904
| Camden Electrics
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| 1910?1914
| Kingston Colonials
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| 1911?1912
| Pittsburgh South Siders
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| 1913?1914
| Newark Palatials
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| 1914?1915
| Cohoes Cohosiers
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| 1915?1916
| Kingston / Elizabeth / North Hudson Colonials
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| 1916?1917
| Paterson Crescents
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| 1919?1920
| Passaic City Athletic Association
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| 1921?1922
| Kingston Colonials
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| 1922?1927
| Paterson Legionnaires
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| 1923?1924
| Amsterdam Flashes
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| 1923?1925
| Kingston Colonials
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| 1924?1925
| Passaic Panthers
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| 1925?1926
| Passaic Mets
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| 1925?1926
| Perth Amboy Mets
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| 1927?1928
| Kingston Colonials
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| 1927?1928
| Fort Wayne Hoosiers
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| 1928?1929
| Paterson Whirlwinds
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| 1929?1930
| Rochester Centrals
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| 1930?1931
| Chicago Bruins
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| 1931?1933
| Bridgeton Gems
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| 1932?1933
| Paterson Continentals
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| 1933?1934
| Camden Athletics
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| 1935?1938
| Kingston Colonials
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As player:
- Hudson River League champion (1912)
As coach:
- NL
champion (1904)
- 2× Hudson River League champion (1912, 1925)
- Inter-State League champion (1917)
- New York State champion (1923)
- 2× Metropolitan League champion (1923, 1928)
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| Basketball Hall of Fame
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Frank W. "Pop" Morgenweck
(July 15, 1875 ? December 8, 1941) was an American basketball player, coach, and team owner. He began his career in the
National League
in 1901, and won that league's championship with the Camden Electrics in 1904. After retiring in 1916, he became a coach and an owner of professional teams, operating teams in ten different leagues and in more than 18 cities. As a coach, he won the Metropolitan League title with Paterson Legionnaires in 1923 and
Kingston Colonials
in 1928. He retired as a coach in 1938 with over 500 career victories. He was enshrined into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
as a contributor in 1962.
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