Bernhard Borgmann

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Basketball player
Bennie Borgmann
Player information
Full name Bernhard Borgmann
Nickname Bennie Borgmann (also "Benny")
birthday November 21, 1899
place of birth Haledon , ( New Jersey ), USA
date of death November 11, 1978 at the age of 78 years and 355 days
Place of death Hawthorne , (New Jersey), USA
size 175 cm
position Guard
Clubs as active
1919-1936

Bernhard "Bennie" Borgmann (born November 21, 1899 in Haledon , New Jersey , † November 11, 1978 in Hawthorne , New Jersey) was an American basketball player who was one of the first well-known professional players in the sport and the most successful basketball player 1920s applies. For his athletic achievements, Borgmann was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 .

Career

Borgmann was active for a number of professional teams in various basketball leagues between 1919 and 1936. He played for the Fort Wayne Hoosiers and the Kingston Colonials, among others . Between 1922 and 1935 Borgmann was the best basket hunter 15 times, including in the American Basketball League and the Metropolitan Basketball League . This record was only possible because it was still common in Borgmann's time to play as a professional player for several teams at the same time. In 1924 he won the so-called National Mythical Championship by leading his team to four wins against the Original Celtics in six games .

Borgmann regularly achieved yields of more than ten points per game. These were exceptional numbers for a player, considering that in this era teams rarely scored more than 30 total points per game. In 1925, Borgmann won the basketball title of the Metropolitan League with 11.8 points per game and the then enormous gap of 3 points to the second-placed player in these statistics.

Borgmann not only played in almost 3,000 games as a professional basketball player, but was also positioned in 2,000 professional baseball games . His time as an active baseball player ranged from 1928 to 1942. Subsequently, Borgmann worked as a scout and trainer in professional and college baseball .

Personal

His brother was Frank Borgmann (October 16, 1905 - February 8, 1972).

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c N.N .: Bennie Borgmann. ( Memento of March 11, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from Hoopedia The Basketball Wiki website; New York City, NY, undated. Retrieved February 18, 2019 (in English).
  2. ↑ a b N.N .: Bennie Borgmann. ( Memento of September 15, 2009 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019 (in English).
  3. ↑ Cf. NN: Joseph Brennan. ( Memento of November 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Archived from Hoopedia The Basketball Wiki website; New York City, NY, undated. Retrieved February 18, 2019 (in English).
  4. ^ NN: Benny Borgmann. On: Pro Basketball Encyclopedia website; 2019. Accessed February 18, 2019 (in English).
  5. ^ NN: Benny Borgmann. On: New-York Historical Society website; New York, NY, undated. Retrieved February 18, 2019 (in English).
  6. ^ NN: Benny Borgmann. On: Baseball Reference website; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019 (in English).
  7. ^ NN: Frank Borgmann. On: Pro Basketball Encyclopedia website; 2019. Accessed February 18, 2019 (in English).
personal data
SURNAME Borgmann, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Borgmann, Bennie; Borgmann, Benny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball and baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Haledon , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1978
Place of death Hawthorne, New Jersey , New Jersey