Lou Sugarman
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 10, 1889 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 14, 1951 (aged 61) |
| Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Listed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Syracuse (1907–1908) Notre Dame (1908–1909) |
| Playing career | 1909–1929 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1909–1911 | Hudson Opals |
| 1911–1912 | Kingston |
| 1912–1913 | Gloversville |
| 1913–1914 | Cohoes |
| 1914–1917 | Greystock Greys |
| 1917 | Scranton |
| 1917–1918 | Carbondale |
| 1919 | Reading Bears |
| 1919–1920 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
| 1919–1920 | North Philadelphia |
| 1919–1920 | De Neri |
| 1920–1921 | Philadelphia |
| 1921 | Camden |
| 1921 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
| 1921 | Philadelphia |
| 1921–1923 | Coatesville |
| 1922–1923 | Elizabeth |
| 1922–1923 | Cohoes |
| 1922–1923 | Philadelphia Sphas |
| 1923–1924 | Trenton Bengals |
| 1925–1926 | Washington Palace Five |
| 1926–1927 | Baltimore Orioles |
| 1929 | Trenton Bengals |
Coaching | |
| 1914–1917 | Penn (Freshmen) |
| 1917 | Scranton |
| 1919 | Reading Bears |
| 1920–1921 | Princeton |
| 1921 | Philadelphia |
| 1922–1923 | Coatesville |
| 1925–1926 | Washington Palace Five |
| 1926–1927 | Baltimore Orioles |
| 1929 | Trenton Bengals |
| 1929 | Fort Wayne Hoosiers |
Louis L. Sugarman (October 10, 1889 – June 14, 1951) was an American basketball player, coach, and official.
Reputation
Sugarman played for the University Settlement Society of New York midget championship teams alongside Barney Sedran, Marty Friedman, Ira Streusand, and Jake Fuller. He was the first Jewish player to receive a basketball scholarship at Syracuse. After one season at Syracuse, he moved to Notre Dame.[1]
Sugarman began his professional career in 1909 with the Hudson Opals of the Hudson River League. During the 1911-12 season, he played for the Kingston team in the HRL. He split the 1912–13 season between the Gloversville and Cohoes teams in the New York State League. He was with Cohoes the following season and led the NYSL in scoring.[2] In 1914, he moved to Philadelphia to attend the Philadelphia Dental College.[2] He continued his playing career as a member of the Greystock Greys.[2] He graduated in 1917.[1]
In 1919, Sugarman joined the Reading Bears as named playing manager and captain.[3] His tenure with the team was short lived and he played for two other Eastern League teams (the North Philadelphia Americans and De Neri) as well as the Passaic Athletic Association and Wilkes-Barre Barons that season.[4] He bounced around a number of teams for the remainder of his professional career, playing for teams in Philadelphia, Camden, New Jersey, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Cohoes, New York.[4] He finished his playing career in 1929.[2]
Sugarman was described by Sam Miller in Physical Culture as "the swiftest man in the game" who "no man, big or little, with the possible exception of (Samuel) Melitzer...has been able to cope with".[5] Nat Holman called him "one of the hardest men to contend with" when it came to feinting and "the most successful one-handed tosser the game has ever produced"..[6] The Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports described Sugarman as "highly emotional" and a "loner" who was frequently involved in fights caused by antisemitic remarks.[1]