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Sam Schoenfeld
Born1907
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
DiedMarch 3, 1956
Freeport, new York
NationalityAmerican

Sam Schoenfeld (1907 - March 3, 1956)[1] Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn became an early pioneer of the game of Basketball.

Player

Sam played alongside Lou Bender and George Gregory for Columbia University[2] and led the team to a Championship win in 1930.

Coach

Sam Schoenfeld was a basketball coach at

Brooklyn, New York
. He coached the team to a first-place tie in the 1941-42 season and a divisional crown in 1942-43.

CBOA

After playing basketball at Columbia University in the 1920s (where he was first team All-Ivy League in 1930), Schoenfeld became the founder and first president of the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association[4] [5]. Known for his character, impeccable honesty, and integrity, he was honored with the Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award[6] presented by the Basketball Officials Association. The Award is given annually to the coach and college which best exemplify, "the highest degree of sportsmanship, character, and ethics among its players, coaches, and spectators in the conduct of its intercollegiate basketball games."

NBA Referee

In addition to his involvement with founding the CBOA, from 1946 - 1951 Sam Schoenfeld was also a referee for the National Basketball Association[7].

Full Size Stop Clock

In 1936 Sam began developing a prototype for the first full-size basketball stop-clock[8]. The clock was tested at Thomas Jefferson High School and The Brooklyn Jewish Center.

New York City Basketball Hall Of Fame Induction

On September 24th 2009, Sam Schoenfeld was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame[9] in recognition of his contributions to the game of basketball.

Camp Deerhead

Sam Schoenfeld was the co-founder and 50% owner of the sleepaway camp, 'Camp Deerhead'

Hancock, New York
that provided athletic activities to children.

Death

Sam Schoenfeld died March 3, 1956[11] after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the home of his brother, Herman Schoenfeld in Freeport Long Island, New York.


References

(1) Sam Schoenfeld Biography [1]. Jews In Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

(2) Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume LIII, Number 107, 25 March 1930 [2]. Columbia Spectator Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

(3) Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY) - Class of 1945 [3]. E-Yearbook. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

(4) Schoenfeld, Sam Biography [4]. Jews In Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

(5) CBOA Presidents [5]. CBOA. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

(6) Sam Schoenfeld Biography [6]. CBOA. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

(7) Friedland, Stan (2004) Play It Again Sam, The Sam Schoenfeld Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN [1-4134-4441-5].

(8) OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST GAIL MARQUIS (QC ’80) IS INDUCTED INTO NYC BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME [7]. Queens College. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

  1. ^ [8]. [9]
  2. ^ http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19300325-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------#
  3. ^ http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_Aurora_Yearbook/1945/Page_27.html
  4. ^ http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=131
  5. ^ http://www.cboaofficial.org/Presidents.html
  6. ^ http://www.cboaofficial.org/Schoenfeld.html
  7. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5WTN5qA09tUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  8. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5WTN5qA09tUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  9. ^ http://www.qc.cuny.edu/qc_profile/alumni/Pages/default.aspx
  10. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5WTN5qA09tUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  11. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5WTN5qA09tUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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