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Bennie Borgmann

Bennie Borgmann

Bennie Borgmann
(1900-1978)

Hall of Fame Induction: 1961

Card Shown:
1968-74 Hall of Fame Bookmark

Position: G
Height: 5’8″

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Bernhard “Bennie” Borgmann was the top scorer in professional basketball in the 1920s.  In twelve years he led his various leagues in scoring fifteen times.  Bennie had an effective set shot but he could also drive to the basket.  He played professional basketball from 1916 until 1936 and also played, managed, and scouted baseball, mostly in the minor leagues.

Awards and Honors

  • Bennie was one of the leading scorers of the 1920s.  He often scored ten or more points in a game at a time when entire teams were scoring around thirty points in a game.
  • Borgmann won fifteen scoring titles in the American, Metropolitan, and New York State leagues.
  • Bennie led his teams to two league titles in the same year, 1923.  First, he led the Patterson Legionnaires to the Metropolitan League Championship.  He followed that up by taking the Kingston Colonials to the New York State league championship.
  • Borgmann was a four-time American Basketball League (ABL) scoring leader.  One of his ABL teams was the Fort Wayne Hoosiers who Bennie led to the ABL Finals in 1929.
  • He also won a consensus national professional title after winning four of six games against Nat Holman and the Original Celtics.

Points of Interest

  • Bennie spent over 50 years in professional sports as a player, manager, and scout.  In addition to playing about 3,000 pro basketball games, Borgmann also played in about 2,000 pro baseball games, mostly in the minor leagues.
  • Bennie played minor league baseball from 1928-1942.  He played shortstop and second base and was a good hitter and base stealer.
  • Borgmann played for at least 23 teams during his professional basketball career.  A few of those teams included the Original Celtics, the Chicago Bruins, the Philadelphia Case, the New Britain Mules, and the Trenton Moose.
  • Bennie was a minor league baseball manager for eleven seasons and also worked as a baseball scout until 1974.
  • Bennie often served as a player-coach on his basketball teams.

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