The Buffalo Germans was an early basketball team formed in 1895 at a
YMCA
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on
Buffalo's
East Side. Team members included
Dr. Fred Burkhardt (coach),
Philip Dischinger,
Henry J. Faust,
Alfred A. Heerdt (captain),
Edward Linneborn,
John I. Maier,
Albert W. Manweiler,
Edward C. Miller,
Harry J. Miller,
Charles P. Monahan,
George L. Redlein,
Edmund Reimann
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Persons named Edmund include:
People Kings an ...
,
Williams C. Rhode and
George Schell
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.
Chuck Taylor claimed to play as a forward for the Germans as well as the
Akron Firestones
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and the
New York Celtics
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in industrial league basketball for 11 years
between 1918 and 1930. There is no documentary evidence to support this contention.
The team was elected to the
Basketball Hall of Fame
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in 1961, and is now one of only twelve teams to be elected as a whole.
In 1904 the team won the AAU national tournament, which served as a demonstration sport at
the St. Louis Olympics.
From 1908 to 1910 the team won 111 straight games.
The team was disbanded in 1925 after compiling a 792–86 record.
External links
Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame profileHoopedia article
References
{{Basketball Hall of Fame teams
Sports in Buffalo, New York
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
Defunct basketball teams in the United States
Sports clubs founded by the YMCA