Ben Goldfaden

Ben Goldfaden
	Goldfaden with the Washington Capitols in 1946
Personal information
Born	September 6, 1913
Died	March 25, 2013 (aged 99); Tavares, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	South Side (Newark, New Jersey)
College	George Washington (1934–1937)
Playing career	1938–1947
Position	Forward
Career history
1938–1942	Washington Brewers
1942–1943	Philadelphia Sphas
1943–1945	Wilmington Bombers
1945–1946	Trenton Tigers
1946	Washington Capitols
1946–1947	Trenton Tigers
Career highlights and awards
	2× ABL champion (1943, 1944);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Benjamin Paul Goldfaden (September 6, 1913 – March 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.^[1] He played two games in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Washington Capitols during the 1946–47 season. Goldfaden spent most of his professional career playing in the American Basketball League.^[2]

Goldfaden began playing basketball in Detroit during his early years due to his height.^[2] He attended South Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, where he was an all-state team selection in 1933.^[3] Goldfaden was so highly recruited during his teenage years that he was pursued by Catholic and other sectarian prep schools despite that he was Jewish.^[1] He was paid to play for barnstorming teams in exhibition games as a 16-year-old that would have marred his amateur status and disqualified him from playing college basketball.^[1] Goldfaden played collegiately for the George Washington Colonials on an athletic scholarship.^[1]

Goldfaden quit playing basketball at the age of 33 to become a physical education teacher as its salary of US$2,000 ($31,249 adjusted for inflation) was better than his basketball career.^[1] He worked 20 years as an agent for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance and served as a city recreation director in Maryland.^[1] Goldfaden died of congestive heart failure, aged 99, in Tavares, Florida.^[1] He was believed to be the oldest living former National Basketball Association (NBA) player at the time of his death.^[1]

BAA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played
FG%	Field-goal percentage
FT%	Free-throw percentage
APG	Assists per game
PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1946–47	Washington	2	.000	.500	.0	1.0
Career		2	.000	.500	.0	1.0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Ben Goldfaden: He played 2 games in NBA's initial season". Orlando Sentinel. orlandosentinel.com. March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Tranum, Sam (August 30, 2003). "Basketball's Bygone League" Archived 2017-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ "Bloom Unanimous Choice For All-State Center Position". Asbury Park Press. March 24, 1933. p. 19. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

External links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference

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[obit-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Ben Goldfaden: He played 2 games in NBA's initial season". Orlando Sentinel. orlandosentinel.com. March 26, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.

[tranum-2] Tranum, Sam (August 30, 2003). "Basketball's Bygone League" Archived 2017-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[3] "Bloom Unanimous Choice For All-State Center Position". Asbury Park Press. March 24, 1933. p. 19. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

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