{{Short description|Professional basketball player (1921–1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Charlie Hoefer | image = Charlie Hoefer Celtics.jpg | caption = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 185 | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|9|16}} | birth_place = Frankfurt, Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|1983|6|12|1921|9|16}} | death_place = Sioux Falls, South Dakota | high_school = Newtown (Queens, New York) | college = Queens (1939–1941) | career_start = 1941 | career_end = 1950 | career_number = 13, 3 | career_position = Point guard | years1 = 1941–1942 | team1 = Wilmington Bombers | years2 = 1942–1943 | team2 = Camden / Brooklyn Indians | years3 = 1943–1944 | team3 = Wilmington Bombers | years4 = 1945–1946 | team4 = Wilmington Bombers | years5 = 1946–1947 | team5 = Toronto Huskies | years6 = 1947 | team6 = Boston Celtics | years7 = 1947–1948 | team7 = Saratoga Indians | years8 = 1948–1949 | team8 = Trenton Tigers | bbr = hoefech01 }} '''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.<ref name=br>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hoefech01.html "Charlie Hoefer Stats"]. Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 16, 2017.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peach Basket Society Article|url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/10/charley-hoefer.html|accessdate = January 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==BAA career statistics== {| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;" |- ! colspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #aaa;"| Legend |- | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| GP | Games played | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| FG% | style="padding-right: 8px" | Field-goal percentage |- | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| FT% | Free-throw percentage | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| APG | Assists per game |- | style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| PPG | Points per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | '''Bold''' | Career high |- |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! FG% ! FT% ! APG ! PPG |- |style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Toronto | 23 || '''.273''' || '''.696''' || .4 || '''6.1''' |- |style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | '''35''' || .241 || .634 || '''.7''' || 6.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"| 1947–48 | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 7 || .158 || .500 || .4 || 1.4 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 65 || .250 || .646 || .6 || 5.6 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{basketballstats|bbr=h/hoefech01}}
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