Bennie Borgmann
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| Born | November 22, 1900 Muhlenberg |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
Bernhard Borgmann Jr. (November 22, 1900 – November 11, 1978) was a professional basketball player and coach.
Born in
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
- ^ 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."
External links
- Basketball Hall of Fame profile
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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