Charlie Hoefer

Charlie Hoefer
Player information
Full name	Charles Henry Hoefer
Nickname	Dutch
birthday	September 16, 1921
place of birth	Hanau , Germany
date of death	June 12, 1983
Place of death	Sioux Falls , United States
size	175 cm
position	Point guard
college	Queens College
Clubs as active
1939-1941	Queens College
1941-1942	Wilmington Bombers
1942-1943	Camden / Brooklyn Indians
1943-1944	Wilmington Bombers
1945-1946	Wilmington Bombers
1946	Toronto Huskies
1946-1947	Boston Celtics
1947-1948	Saratoga Indians
1948-1949	Trenton Tigers
1948-1949	Schenectady Packers

Charles Henry "Dutch" Hoefer (born September 16, 1921 in Hanau , as Adolph Hoefer , † June 12, 1983 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota ) was a German basketball player . He is considered to be the first German player to play professional basketball in North America.

Career

Hoefer was born as the son of Hugo and Ann Hoefer (née Metzler) as Adolph Hoefer in Hanau, Hesse. The family emigrated to New York City in the United States in 1926 . Hoefer played basketball at Queens College before joining the Wilmington Bombers in the New York State Professional Basketball League , a local professional league. During the Second World War he served in the Coast Guard . At this point he changed his name from Adolph to Charles Henry. Before and after his war effort he played again with the Wilmington Bombers, after which he moved to the Toronto Huskies in the newly formed Basketball Association of America (BAA). After 23 games for Toronto, he moved to the Boston Celtics , for which he completed another 42 games. He then played in local professional leagues until he retired in the early 1950s and started working for the Ministry of Agriculture . In 1969 he moved to South Dakota , where he died on June 12, 1983. He had a wife and two children.

statistics

Legend
GP	Matches played ( Games Played )	FG%	Throw rate from the field ( field goal percentage )
APG	Assists per game ( assists per game )	PPG	Points per game ( points per game )
FT%	Free throw rate ( free-throw percentage )

season	team	league	GP	FG%	FT%	APG	PPG
1946/47	Toronto Huskies	BAA	23	.273	.696	.4	6.1
1946/47	Boston Celtics	BAA	35	.241	.634	.7	6.0
1947/48	Boston Celtics	BAA	7th	.158	.500	.4	1.4
total			65	.250	.646	.6	5.6

Web links

• Charlie Hoefer - player statistics on NBA .com (English)
• Profile and short biography on peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com
• Charlie Hoefer - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• How the first German made it into the NBA - and was forgotten