1925–26 Cleveland Rosenblums season

Cleveland Rosenblums American Basketball League (original) 1926 23 7 Marty Friedman (player-coach) Max Rosenblum Max RosenblumNelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 2009 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 14 Public Hall AuditoriumCLEVELAND ROSENBLUMS - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-26 2026-07-05 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/cleveland-rosenbums/ 3rd (1st half); 1st (2nd half) ABL Champions (Won 3–0 over Brooklyn Arcadians) yes 1 The 1925–26 Cleveland Rosenblums season was both the Rosenblums' first season of existence as a professional franchise (after previously playing by as early as 1919 in an independent basis under the Rosenblum Credits name and sometimes having their team name being shortened down to the Rosieshttp://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=RM2 Rosenblum, Max 11 May 2018 Cleveland Stars Will Play Coffey The Pittsburgh Press March 7, 1919 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u7caAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gkkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2804,2297645&dq=cleveland+rosenblum&hl=en October 3, 2011) and the first season of existence for the American Basketball League, which was the first professional basketball league that had truly attempted to go fully national after previous professional basketball leagues were mostly regional at the time. The American Basketball League's inaugural season would have nine teams competing in that season (while a tenth team in East Liverpool, Ohio was intended to join the Rosenblums and the other eight teams in question for this season, the East Liverpool team ultimately withdrew operations before the season even began properly,Nelson Murry R. The Originals: The New York Celtics Invent Modern Basketball 1999 Bowling Green State University Popular Press 0-87972-793-4, p. 125 with other failed locations that had submitted entries to start the ABL's inaugural season including Baltimore, Maryland (who eventually got their own team the following season); Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and two more locations in the state of Ohio via Columbus and Camdenhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-union/202009397/), though the ABL would compete in a split season format with two half seasons being utilized instead of one whole season being utilized throughout the season (which would be the case throughout the majority of the league's existence in the first place). However, by the time the first half of the season ended and the second half of the season began, the Boston Whirlwinds would officially be expelled from the ABL on February 11, 1926 due to a dispute over player contracts (though some sources claim they withdrew from the ABL instead due to poor attendance numbers for their home games),Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 410 which led to the ABL entering the second half of the season with only eight teams remaining in their league this time around. In any case, the first season for the Rosenblums (who sometimes had their team name shortened up into the Rosies) would prove to be an incredibly successful one for the team that was owned by Max Rosenblum. During the first half of the season, Cleveland would be one of the best teams of the entire league with a 10–6 record, which would have the Rosenblums finish that half of the season in third place behind only that of the Washington Palace Five team and the eventual first half champions in the Brooklyn Arcadians. However, the second half of the season would see the Cleveland Rosenblums go nearly undefeated throughout that entire half of the season, as they would lose only one game out of the 14 total games played in that half of the season for an obvious first-place finish for the second half of the season with a nearly undefeated 13–1 record. This would lead to the Rosenblums getting the best overall record of the ABL season with a 23–7 record, with the ABL's inaugural championship series pitting the first half champion Brooklyn Arcadians against the second half champion Cleveland Rosenblums to determine the overall league champions due to the aforementioned split season format, with Cleveland ultimately sweeping the Arcadians with a 3–0 series victory to win the inaugural ABL championship for this season. 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.1925 Cleveland Rosenblums basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-08-15 2026-08-15 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLCLR/y-19251925-26 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-08-15 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/10/1925-26-cleveland-rosenblums-abl.html 1925–26 Cleveland Rosenblums #003614 #FFFFFF #e32636 #FFFFFF Rich Deighan 1 C 6 3 200 No college 1900-02-03 Gil Ely 1 C 6 2 175 Michigan 1898-09-27 Marty Friedman basketball G/F 5 8 135 NYU 1889-07-12 Dutch Guenther 1 F 6 1 180 No college 1899-02-01 Nat Hickey G/F 5 11 190 Hoboken HS (NJ) 1902-01-30 Carl Husta G/F 5 11 175 No college 1902-04-08 Dave Kerr basketball 1 G/F 6 2 195 Central HS (PA) 1896-02-03 Honey Russell G/F 6 0 180 Alexander Hamilton HS (NY) 1902-05-31 Abe Schreiber 1 G/F 5 9 165 Ohio Northern 1898-05-14 Len Shepherd 1 G/F 6 0 175 No college 1914-09-25 Marty Friedman Note: Abe Schreiber would not be a part of the team's championship series roster, while Gil Ely from the Detroit Pulaski Post Five team would end up joining the Cleveland Rosenblums for the team's ABL championship series run. American Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Brooklyn Arcadians124.750Washington Palace Five / Laundrymen115.688Cleveland Rosenblums106.625Rochester Centrals97.562Fort Wayne Caseys79.438Chicago Bruins610.375Detroit Pulaski Post Five610.375Boston Whirlwinds×610.375Buffalo Bisons / Germans511.322 × – The Boston Whirlwinds were expelled by the end of the first half of the season due to a dispute over player contracts.Team Standings by Year - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-01-26 2026-07-05 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1925-1926&t=BostonAmerican Basketball League 1925-26 to 1930-31, 1933-34 to 1952-53 www.apbr.org 2026-07-05 https://www.apbr.org/abl2552.html +Second Half TeamWinsLossesWinning %Cleveland Rosenblums131.919Washington Palace Five / Laundrymen113.786Rochester Centrals95.643Brooklyn Arcadians77.500Fort Wayne Caseys68.429Buffalo Bisons / Germans59.357Chicago Bruins311.214Detroit Pulaski Post Five212.143 ABL Championship Series Brooklyn Arcadians (1st Half Champions) Vs. Cleveland Rosenblums (2nd Half Champions): Cleveland Rosenblums win series 3–0 Game 1: April 7, 1926 @ Cleveland: Cleveland Rosenblums 36, Brooklyn Arcadians 33 Game 2: April 8, 1926 @ Cleveland: Cleveland Rosenblums 37, Brooklyn Arcadians 21 Game 3: April 9, 1926 @ Manhattan: Cleveland Rosenblums 23, Brooklyn Arcadians 22 A more detailed analysis of the inaugural 1926 ABL championship series of games played can be found on APBR.org.https://www.apbr.org/ablplayoffs.html References Cleveland Rosenblums Cleveland Rosenblums Cleveland Category:American Basketball League (1925–1955) championship seasons Category:Cleveland Rosenblums