Bernard Opper
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Born | Jersey City Atoms | September 1, 1915
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Bernard Opper (September 1, 1915 – February 24, 2000) was an All-American basketball player at Kentucky and then professional player in the National Basketball League and American Basketball League.
Early life
Opper was a native of the
College
He went on to play college basketball at the
Professional
After college, Opper spent nine years as a professional basketball player, first in the National Basketball League (NBL) and then in the American Basketball League (ABL).[3]
National Basketball League
In his first professional season, Opper joined the
American Basketball League
Opper spent the next seven seasons with the Sphas. During that time, he played on two championship-winning teams in 1943 and 1945.[3] The Philadelphia Sphas were one of the most dominant ABL teams in the 1930s and 1940s, winning seven championships in 15 years. Opper came close to being part of a "four-peat" (winning four titles in successive years) but the Sphas lost to the Wilmington Bombers 4–3 in the finals during the 1943–44 season, and then lost 4–1 to the Baltimore Bullets in 1945–46.[3]
After finishing with a career-high 347 points in 1946–47, which was second on the team in scoring, he moved on to the
See also
- Honored Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- List of select Jewish basketball players
References
- ISBN 9781496204745– via Google Books.
- ^ Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (April 27, 1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Opper, Bernie: Jews In Sports". Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Bernard Opper NBL Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
- "Opper, Bernie". JewsInSports.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- "UK by the Numbers: 3". UK Wildcats Blog. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- Scott, Jon (February 10, 2010). "Bernard Opper". bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved June 30, 2010.