1933–34 Bronx Americans season

American basketball team season Bronx Americans American Basketball League (revived original) 1934 12 21 Frank Lombardo Frank Lombardo(?) Frank Lombardo(?)Martin L. Cohen(?)Phillip Fox & Associates(?) Holy Family AuditoriumBRONX - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-29 2026-10-12 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/bronx/ 5th (1st half): 7th (2nd half) Did not qualify Brooklyn Hillhouse / Brooklyn Americans / Bronx St. Martins New York Americans 1944 The 1933–34 Bronx Americans season was the second professional basketball season played by the Americans franchise, as well as their first and only full season played in The Bronx area of New York after they previously completed their first professional season as the Brooklyn Hillhouse (sometimes spelled as the Brooklyn Hill House), the Brooklyn Americans in the nearby city of Brooklyn, and the Bronx St. Martins (sometimes spelled as the Bronx St. Martin's) in what would become the first season played in the revived version of the original American Basketball League. The Americans (who sometimes were still referred to as the St. Martins or St. Martin's during this season of play in the ABL) were joined alongside five other former teams from the revived MBL, two of the best teams of the revived EBL in the Philadelphia Sphas and Trenton Moose, and the independently ran Newark Bears to have an eight team league at hand for a revived American Basketball League where most of the structure would be the same as its original counterpart from 1925 to 1931, though there would be subtle differences in terms of results like having three 15 minute periods instead of two 20 minute halves and being more akin to a regional league instead of a truly national league like the ABL first was envisioned as at the time. In any event, similar to the team's only season in the revived version of the Metropolitan Basketball League, the Americans would end up struggling as a franchise throughout the entire season. For the first half of the season, the Bronx Americans would get a below-average 10–15 record, though they would finish that half of the season in fifth place ahead of only the Union City Reds, the Newark Bears, and the Hoboken Thourots turned Camden Brewers turned New Britain Palaces. However, the second half of the season would see the Americans perform a lot more poorly by comparison, as they'd finish that half of the season with an even worse 2–6 record for a 7th place finish that only put them ahead of the Brooklyn Visitations this time around. Following this season's conclusion, the Bronx Americans would end up leaving the ABL, with the team supposedly not returning to the league again until the 1943–44 season while competing under the New York Americans name instead. Roster Due to information on American Basketball League players being generally hard to find, there are bound to be more gaps and/or inaccuracies found in certain areas on the team's roster spots than usual.1933-34 Bronx Americans (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-10-12 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/01/1933-34-bronx-americans-abl_8.html1933 Bronx Americans basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-10-12 2026-10-12 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLBXA/y-1933 Player Position(s)Mike ArrasateG/FFred BrunelliG/FDave BudnetzG/FMoe FrankelG/FSonny GluckG/FTom HutchinsonG/FAl KellettF/CWillie McDonaldG/FMike MichelottiG/FJohnny SpellacyCFrank StanziFBob SynnottF American Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Trenton Moose226.786Brooklyn Jewels226.786Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews1512.556Brooklyn Visitations1212.500Bronx Americans1015.400Union City Reds1018.357Newark Bears917.346Hoboken Thourots/Camden Brewers/New Britain PalacesNote1 a a519.208 +Second HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews1401.000New Britain PalacesNote1 a a75.583Brooklyn Jewels44.500Trenton Moose67.462Newark Bears45.444Union City Reds47.364Bronx Americans26.250Brooklyn Visitations18.111 Notes Note1 a a Became the Camden Brewers after losing their first 4 games of the season by November 23, 1933, then became the New Britain Palaces by January 10, 1934, after Camden won only two out of their next eight games, with New Britain entering the first half of the season with a 2–12 record afterward. References Bronx Bronx Americans Bronx Americans Bronx Americans Bronx Americans