1936–37 Jersey Reds season

Jersey Reds (basketball) Jersey Reds American Basketball League (revived original) 1937 26 12 Muggsy Miller Muggsy Miller(?) Muggsy Miller(?) Columbia ParkJERSEY REDS - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-30 2026-10-09 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/jersey-reds-3/ 1st (1st half); 2nd (2nd half) Lost ABL championship 4–3 to the Philadelphia Sphas / Hebrews. The 1936–37 Jersey Reds season was officially the sixth professional basketball season played by the Jersey Reds franchise and their third season played in the city of North Bergen, New Jersey under their proper Jersey Reds name after they previously played their first three seasons as the Union City Reds (two of which were played in the revived version of the Metropolitan Basketball League) in nearby Union City, New Jersey. Entering this season, the ABL would technically see six teams competing in their league throughout the entire season, though they wouldn't be the same six teams throughout the entire season due to the Atlantic City Sandpipers / Sand Snipers (who took over the spot held by the Passaic Red Devils at the time) being replaced by the New York Celtics (who technically would be related to the famous Original Celtics team) when going from the first half of the season to the second half of the season. For the first half of the season, the Reds would finally return to the best success that they had since their brief time in the revived Metropolitan Basketball League back when they were in Union City as the Jersey franchise would get a well above-average 14–4 record to get a first place finish in that particular half of the season. As for the second half of the season, while Jersey would still do well enough for an above-average 12–8 finish on that particular half of the season, the Reds ultimately would get a second place finish for that half of the season behind the Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews. Due to the split season formatting used for this season, the ABL's championship series would consist of the two best teams from each half-season of play, which would be the Jersey Reds and the Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews in this case. Initially, the Reds looked like they would get their first championship in franchise history with them being ahead 3–1 in the best-of-seven series being played after Philadelphia won the first game of the series. Unfortunately for Jersey, Philadelphia would end up bouncing back with two close matches (one of which might have been a game that went into an overtime period) and a blowout win to have the Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews upset the Jersey Reds 4–3 after the Reds initially had a commanding series lead, which denied the Jersey Reds their first ABL championship series in the process. 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.1936-37 Jersey Reds (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-10-09 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/02/1936-37-jersey-reds-abl.html1936 Jersey Reds basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-10-09 2026-10-09 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLJER/y-1936 1936–37 Jersey Reds #CC0000 #FFFFFF #CC0000 #FFFFFF Paulie Adamo 1 G 5 11 165 Panzer College 1907-01-11 Hook Anderson 1 G/F 5 11 185 NYU 1912-04-08 Al Benson basketball C 6 5 220 Seton Hall 1914-07-27 Moe Frankel 1 G/F 5 10 190 No college 1913-01-25 Tony Kappen G 5 10 165 Forest Hills HS (NY) 1919-04-13 Bibby Martens 1 G 5 9 165 John Marshall University 1914-07-14 Mike Michelotti 1 F/C 6 2 180 Bryant HS (NY) 1909 Willie Scrill 1 G 5 10 175 No college 1907-09-01 Moe Spahn F 6 1 180 CCNY 1912-05-03 Muggsy Miller Note: Tony Kappen would not be a part of the team's championship series roster for this season due in part to him still being in high school at 17 years old at the time. American Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Jersey Reds144.778Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews126.667Kingston Colonials116.647New York JewelsNote1 a a710.412Paterson Visitations / Brooklyn VisitationsNote1 b b412.250Atlantic City Sandpipers / Sand SnipersNote1 c c010.000 +Second HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews146.700Jersey Reds128.600Brooklyn VisitationsNote1 b b109.526New York (Original) CelticsNote1 d d1010.500Kingston Colonials911.450Brooklyn JewelsNote1 a a415.211 American Basketball League Championship Series Jersey Reds (1st Half Champions) Vs. Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews (2nd Half Champions): Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews win series 4–3 +ABL Championship SeriesThe SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team Stark Douglas Temple University Press 2011 978-1-59213-633-9 Philadelphia Appendix A, 253GameDateOpponentScoreRecordGame 1March 27@ Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews36–311–0Game 2March 28Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews36–391–1Game 3April 3@ Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews34–282–1Game 4April 4Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews34–303–1Game 5April 10@ Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews33–343–2Game 6April 14Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews23–453–3Game 7April 17@ Philadelphia SPHAs / Hebrews43–44 (OT)Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 4143–4 Notes Note1 a a Originally, the New York Jewels played as the New York Jewels for the first half of the season. However, by the start of the second half of the season, the team would rebrand themselves to the Brooklyn Jewels (likely because of the inclusion of the New York (Original) Celtics for the second half of the season following the departure of the Atlantic City Sandpipers / Sand Snipers near the end of the first half of the season) for the rest of that season only going forward.Team Standings by Year https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1936-1937&t=New%20York%20Jewels Pro Basketball Encyclopedia Note1 b b The Brooklyn Visitations originally moved from Brooklyn, New York to Paterson, New Jersey to become the Paterson Visitations early on before the first half of the season began. However, by November 23, 1936, the Visitations would decide to move back from Paterson, New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York to become the Brooklyn Visitations once again for the rest of the season going forward.Team Standings by Year https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1936-1937&t=Brooklyn Pro Basketball Encyclopedia Note1 c c After losing all ten of their regular season games in the first half of the season, the Atlantic City Sandpipers / Sand Snipers would drop out of the ABL entirely by December 21, 1936.Team Standings by Year https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1936-1937&t=Atlantic%20City Pro Basketball Encyclopedia Note1 d d For the second half of the season, the New York (Original) Celtics would return to the ABL by entering the league for that specific half of the season by January 3, 1937, and playing in the ABL for the rest of the season going forward.Team Standings by Year https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1936-1937&t=New%20York%20Celtics Pro Basketball Encyclopedia References Jersey Jersey Reds Jersey Reds