Thursday, February 22, 2018

1938-39 Washington Brewers (ABL)

1938-39 WASHINGTON BREWERS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
7-22 .241, 8th place

Team was sponsored by the Heurich Brewery in Washington. The team was added as the ABL's eighth team on November 7, a few days after the league had begun play. To help with the rapid assimilation, the Brewers were allowed to wait until December 1 to play their first home game. Bob McDonald, an employee for the brewery, had been the manager (i.e. coach) for the team in prior years as the team was an independent one. Elmer Ripley had played for many years in the 1910's before become the head coach at Georgetown and then Yale. He had returned to Georgetown to coach in 1938, and was coaxed to coach the Brewers, also. McDonald filled in as head coach for two games when Ripley had a schedule conflict with the GU team. Ripley was replaced by Joe Dreyfus at the end of December. Dreyfus had recently left his coaching gig at Wilkes-Barre. McDonald remained at Heurich Brewery, working as the team's general manager.

Head Coaches: 
  • Bob McDonald (      ) 0-2
  • Elmer Ripley (July 21, 1891 - April 29, 1982) 2-6 
  • Joe Dreyfus (December 11, 1892 - April 25, 1974) 5-14

PLAYERS:
  • Ralph Bennie (November 6, 1905 - September 15, 1994)
Biography

  • Bozie Berger (May 13, 1910 - November 3, 1992)
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  • Bernie Buscher (October 8, 1913 - October 24, 2000)
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  • Bucky Buscher (October 2, 1908 - January 23, 2008)
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  • Kit Carson (November 4, 1914 - December 13, 2005)
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  • George Freilicher (January 25, 1911 - December 10, 1982)
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  • Ben Goldfaden (September 6, 1913 - March 25, 2013)
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  • Ed Hargaden (October 8, 1911 - December 18, 1986)
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  • Cliff Keyser (March 6, 1914 - June 21, 1997)
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  • Ed Kweller (January 27, 1915 - April 1, 2003)
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  • Bernie Lieb (May 25, 1916 - September 17, 1993)
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  • Bibby Martens (July 14, 1914 - December 14, 1994)
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  • Mickey Schoenfeld (July 31, 1917 - March 8, 1983)
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  • Knocky Thomas (March 12, 1914 - February 9, 2007)
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  • Whitey Wilson (1914? - ????)
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  • Art Zahn (February 28, 1912 - November 18, 1952)
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Eddie Martin, Hal Chillcotte and Waverly Wheeler were on the roster at some point but did not appear in ABL games.

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