{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1900–1978)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Bennie Borgmann | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 165 | league = | team = | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|11|22}} | birth_place = Haledon, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1978|11|11|1900|11|22}} | death_place = Hawthorne, New Jersey, U.S. | high_school = Clifton (Clifton, New Jersey) | career_start = 1919 | career_end = 1936 | career_number = | career_position = Guard | years1 = 1919–1920 | team1 = Paterson Silk Sox | years2 = 1919–1920 | team2 = Paterson Kleen Maids | years3 = 1920–1921 | team3 = Paterson | years4 = 1921–1922 | team4 = Paterson Powers Brothers | years5 = 1921–1923 | team5 = Kingston | years6 = 1921–1923 | team6 = Springfield Gunners | years7 = 1922–1927 | team7 = Paterson Legionnaires | years8 = 1923–1924 | team8 = Cohoes Trojans | years9 = 1924–1925 | team9 = Tri-Council | years10 = 1925–1926 | team10 = Original Celtics | years11 = 1926–1927 | team11 = Kingston Raiders | years12 = 1926–1930 | team12 = Fort Wayne Hoosiers | years13 = 1929–1930 | team13 = Paterson Whirlwinds | years14 = 1930–1931 | team14 = Paterson Crescents | years15 = 1930–1931 | team15 = Chicago Bruins | years16 = 1930–1931 | team16 = Honsdale | years17 = 1931–1932 | team17 = Bridgeton Moose | years18 = 1931–1932 | team18 = Long Island Pro-Imps | years19 = 1932–1933 | team19 = Paterson Continentals | years20 = 1932–1933 | team20 = Brooklyn Americans | years21 = 1932–1933 | team21 = Bridgeton Gems | years22 = 1933–1934 | team22 = Newark Joe Fays | years23 = 1934–1935 | team23 = Newark/New Britain Mules | years24 = 1935–1936 | team24 = Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passiac Reds | cyears1 = 1926–1927 | cteam1 = Fort Wayne Hoosiers | cyears2 = 1930–1931 | cteam2 = Paterson Crescents | cyears3 = 1935–1936 | cteam3 = Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passiac Reds | cyears4 = 1945–1946 | cteam4 = Paterson Crescents | cyears5 = 1946–1948 | cteam5 = Syracuse Nationals | cyears6 = 1948–1949 | cteam6 = Saint Michael's | cyears7 = 1949–1954 | cteam7 = Muhlenberg | coach_start = 1926 | coach_end = 1954 | HOF_player = bennie-borgmann | highlights = '''As player:''' * Metropolitan League champion (1923) * NYSPBL champion (1923) * 3× ABL scoring leader (1929–1931) | bbr = }} '''Bernhard Borgmann Jr.''' (November 22, 1900 – November 11, 1978) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
Born in Haledon, New Jersey, he played for 17 years between 1919 and 1936 and is mostly known for his time with the Kingston Colonials and Original Celtics. Borgmann is regarded as the best offensive player of his era, leading various leagues in scoring 15 times in a 12-year span. He also served as the first coach of the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League—now the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers—from 1946 to 1948. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.<ref>[http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-bernard-borgmann.html Bernhard "Bennie" Borgmann] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012210038/http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-bernard-borgmann.html |date=2007-10-12 }}, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Accessed November 27, 2007.</ref>
Borgmann also played as a middle infielder in the baseball minor leagues from 1928 to 1942, managed in the minors from until 1950, and scouted until 1974.<ref>McKenna, Brian. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UyUNlDsfSaYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA141 Early exits: the premature endings of baseball careers], 2007, p. 141.</ref> He died in Hawthorne, New Jersey, where he had been a longtime resident.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496431915/ "Chiefs Get New Boss Syracuse, N. Y.], ''The Daily Record'', September 9, 1941. Accessed August 29, 2020. "Bennie Borgmann of Hawthorne, N. J., will not be re-signed as manager of the Syracuse Chiefs of the International Baseball League, Clarence M. Schindler, club president, announced."</ref>
Borgmann was featured in the book ''Basketball History in Syracuse, Hoops Roots'' by Mark Allen Baker, published by The History Press in 2010.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090915180918/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/bernhard-bennie-borgmann Basketball Hall of Fame profile] {{baseballstats|brm=borgma001ber}}
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