Jacob "Jake" Bornheimer (June 29, 1927 – September 10, 1986) was an American professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.
Born in
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Bornheimer played collegiately for the
Muhlenberg College
Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German patriarch of Luthe ...
.
He played for the
Philadelphia Warriors (1948–50) in the
NBA for 75 games. His older brother, Bill, played basketball at Georgetown, from 1940 to 1942.
BAA/NBA career statistics
Regular season
Playoffs
References
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1927 births
1986 deaths
Basketball players from New Jersey
Centers (basketball)
Muhlenberg Mules men's basketball players
Sportspeople from New Brunswick, New Jersey
Philadelphia Warriors players
Power forwards (basketball)
American men's basketball players
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