Ben Goldfaden
Personal information | |
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Born | September 6, 1913 |
Died | March 25, 2013 Tavares, Florida | (aged 99)
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 | |
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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
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GP | Games played | ||||
FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
APG | Assists per game | ||||
PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1946–47 | Washington | 2 | .000 | .500 | .0 | 1.0 |
Career | 2 | .000 | .500 | .0 | 1.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1913 births
- 2013 deaths
- American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Detroit
- Basketball players from Newark, New Jersey
- Forwards (basketball)
- George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball players
- Malcolm X Shabazz High School alumni
- Philadelphia Sphas players
- Undrafted NBA players
- Washington Capitols players
- Jewish American basketball players
- Jews from Michigan
- Jews from New Jersey
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs