Thomas B. Barlow
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| Full name | Thomas B. Barlow | |
| Nickname | Caveman Barlow | |
| birthday | July 9, 1896 | |
| place of birth | Trenton, New Jersey, USA | |
| date of death | September 26, 1983 | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| college | Trenton | |
Thomas B. "Tom" Barlow (born July 9, 1896 in Trenton , New Jersey , † September 26, 1983 in Lakehurst , Arizona ) was an American basketball player and one of the first athletes who played the sport professionally. Barlow played for at least twelve different professional teams, often two or three at the same time. Barlow is considered one of the most dominant player personalities of his time and was an early star of the sport in his active years between 1912 and 1932. For his career achievement, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981.
Career
The most important stations in Thomas Barlow's career were the Trenton Tigers as well as the Philadelphia SPHAs and the Philadelphia Warriors of the American Basketball League , the first professional league known by this name between 1925 and 1955. As a player of the latter two teams, Barlow was coached by Edward Gottlieb , who later also to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
The year 1926 marked the peak of Barlow's career. As their dominant player, he defeated the then exceptional team of the Original Celtics with the SPHAs in two of three clashes. In the same year two wins (from two games) against the no less strong team of the New York Renaissance .
Thomas Barlow was a player in the first basketball game to be played in the world-famous old Madison Square Garden .
See also
List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Web links
- Tom Barlow in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).
Individual evidence
- ^ NN: Tom Barlow at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).
- ↑ Tom Barlow in Hoopedia ( Memento from May 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Barlow, Thomas B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barlow, Tom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trenton , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1983 |
| Place of death | Lakehurst , Arizona |