Charlie Hoefer
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Born | Frankfurt, Germany | September 16, 1921
Died | June 12, 1983 Sioux Falls, South Dakota | (aged 61)
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Newtown (Queens, New York) |
College | Queens (1939–1941) |
Playing career | 1941–1950 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 13, 3 |
Career history | |
1941–1942 | Wilmington Bombers |
1942–1943 | Camden / Brooklyn Indians |
1943–1944 | Wilmington Bombers |
1945–1946 | Wilmington Bombers |
1946–1947 | Toronto Huskies |
1947 | Boston Celtics |
1947–1948 | Saratoga Indians |
1948–1949 | Trenton Tigers |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Adolph Charles "Dutch" Hoefer (September 16, 1921 – June 12, 1983) was a professional basketball player. He was a point guard, and spent two seasons in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), starting as a member of the Toronto Huskies in 1946 before being traded to the Boston Celtics on January 2, 1947, for Red Wallace.[1] He attended Queens College and spent most of his professional career in the American Basketball League, mainly with the Wilmington Bombers.
Hoefer was born in Germany but moved to the United States with his family in 1926. He became a naturalized citizen and served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He died in June 1983 at the age of 61.[2]
BAA career statistics
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1946–47 | Toronto | 23 | .273 | .696 | .4 | 6.1 |
1946–47 | Boston | 35 | .241 | .634 | .7 | 6.0 |
1947–48 | Boston | 7 | .158 | .500 | .4 | 1.4 |
Career | 65 | .250 | .646 | .6 | 5.6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Charlie Hoefer Stats". Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 16, 2017.
- ^ "Peach Basket Society Article". Retrieved January 5, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1983 deaths
- American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American men's basketball players
- Boston Celtics players
- Point guards
- Queens Knights men's basketball players
- Toronto Huskies players
- United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs