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Sidney Tanenbaum
Sidney Harold Tanenbaum (October 8, 1925 – September 4, 1986) was an American professional basketball player. He was twice a consensus first-team NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American (in 1946 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1946 and 1947 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1947) and twice a Haggerty Award winner (1946 and 1947). He went on to play professionally for the New York Knicks and the Baltimore Bullets (1944–54), Baltimore Bullets. Early life Tanenbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in its Brownsville, Brooklyn, Brownsville neighborhood, and was Jewish. He was an all-scholastic player at Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn), Thomas Jefferson High School. He met his wife, Bobbie Wolfson, in college when he was a junior. Basketball career A 6' 0" guard/forward, Tanenbaum played college basketball at New York University, where he was captain of the team in 1947, and was a two-time All-American and two-time Haggerty Award winner as the outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
