1927–28 Cleveland Rosenblums season

Cleveland Rosenblums American Basketball League (original) 1928 22 29 Dave Kerr (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-2/ Western 2 Lost Western Division Playoff to the Fort Wayne Hoosiers, 2–0 The 1927–28 Cleveland Rosenblums season was both the Rosenblums' third 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 third 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. For the first season ever in the league's history (and the only time in its inaugural period of existence), the ABL would abandon its split season formatting to have one whole regular season of play, with the eight teams there competing in two divisions of four teams each (with Cleveland competing in the Western Division, while teams such as the Original Celtics (labeled as the New York (Original) Celtics during this season) and the Philadelphia Warriors competed in the Eastern Division this season).Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 410 While the Eastern Division was described as something more like a bloodbath to those that had witnessed the season at hand (to the point where the Washington Palace Five (/ Laundrymen) team would end up having their franchise rights be moved out and swapped around with the Brooklyn Visitations by what would unofficially be considered the start of the second half of the season on January 3, 1928 until the end of that franchise's existence (pretty much)), the Western Division was seen as more like a joke who’s two best teams were already decided by the halfway point of the season due to the Detroit Cardinals / Olympians folding operations on January 3, 1928 as well following a doubleheader series victory they had, as well as the Chicago Bruins holding the worst record of the surviving teams left in the Western Division throughout this season.Nelson Murry R. The Originals: The New York Celtics Invent Modern Basketball 1999 Bowling Green State University Popular Press 0-87972-793-4, pp. 143–145 Because of that fact, despite the struggles that the Rosenblums had throughout this season (to the point where this would reasonably be considered their worst season of play in terms of professional basketball seasons completed with them going 7–22 after starting out the season with a 15–7 record), the Cleveland squad owned by Max Rosenblum would still end up finishing with a second place spot in the Western Division behind the Fort Wayne Hoosiers, with the new regular season and playoff format that was held during this season giving the Rosenblums a fair chance to compete for the ABL championship once again for a third straight season. Unfortunately for the Rosenblums, their weaknesses as a team would be far too much to overcome as a whole this season, as they would end up being swept 2–0 by the Hoosiers in the Western Division Playoff. However, despite their failing status at the end of the season, the offseason period following this one amidst concerns revolving the now two-time defending ABL champion Original Celtics would cause great changes for the Rosenblums team that would result in greater ramifications for not just them, but also the ABL in the long-term as well. 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.1927 Cleveland Rosenblums basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-08-18 2026-08-18 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLCLR/y-19271927-28 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-08-18 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/11/1927-28-cleveland-rosenblums-abl.html 1927–28 Cleveland Rosenblums #003614 #FFFFFF #e32636 #FFFFFF Buddy Bushman 1 G/F 6 1 170 No college 1902-12-18 Soup Campbell basketball, born 1897 1 G/F 5 9 160 No college 1902-12-18 Cookie Cunningham G/F 5 11 160 Long Island University 1914-04-02 Rich Deighan 1 F 6 2 185 NYU 1915-08-24 Eddie Dolin 1 C 6 2 185 Washington & Jefferson 1892-08-01 Vic Hanson G/F 5 10 170 Syracuse 1903-07-30 Nat Hickey G/F 5 11 190 Hoboken HS (NJ) 1902-01-30 Carl Husta 1 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 Whitey Littell 1 G/F 5 10 160 No college 1904-04-12 Pug Mahoney 1 G/F 5 11 180 No college 1909-07-21 Elmer Ripley G 5 7 150 Brown 1891-07-21 Joey Sheehan 1 G/F 5 9 Villanova 1905-08-26 Red Skurnick 1 G/F 5 10 Savage School of Physical Education 1904-04-15 Dave Kerr Note: Soup Campbell, Eddie Dolin, Vic Hanson, Whitey Littell, Pug Mahoney, and Joey Sheehan would not be a part of the team's playoff roster for this season. American Basketball League Standings Eastern Division +Eastern DivisionTeamWinsLossesWinning %New York (Original) Celtics409.816Philadelphia Warriors3021.588Washington Palace Five (/ Laundrymen) / Brooklyn Visitations*2526.490Rochester Centrals2428.462 * – The Washington Palace Five / Laundrymen franchise would have their franchise rights and record be transferred out to the Brooklyn Visitations by January 3, 1928 for the unofficial second half of the season.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=1927-1928&t=Brooklyn%20Visitation* Western Division +Western DivisionTeamWinsLossesWinning %Fort Wayne Hoosiers2724.529Cleveland Rosenblums2229.431Chicago Bruins1336.265Detroit Cardinals / Olympians†513.278 † – Withdrew from the ABL on January 3, 1928 by the start of the unofficial second half of the season.Detroit Cardinals 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=1927-1928&t=Detroit ABL Playoffs For the first time in the ABL's history (and the only time during their initial run when attempting to be a national league instead of a regional league), the ABL would utilize a regular playoff format of sorts where the two best teams of each division would go up against each other before the winning team from each division would go up against each other in the championship series.Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, pp. 410–411 ABL Western Division Playoff (2W) Cleveland Rosenblums Vs. (1W) Fort Wayne Hoosiers: Fort Wayne Hoosiers win series 2–0 Game 1: March 14, 1928 @ Cleveland: Fort Wayne Hoosiers 22, Cleveland Rosenblums 15 Game 2: March 16, 1928 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne Hoosiers 31, Cleveland Rosenblums 25 References Category:Cleveland Rosenblums Cleveland Cleveland Rosenblums Cleveland Rosenblums