Education
City College of New New York
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Hank Rosenstein
Edit ProfileCareer
Prior to joining the Knicks, Hank starred in Amateur Athletic Union Basketball and was Most Valuable Player in the Eastern Jewish Center League in 1942-1943. After the Knicks, Rosenstein played for five seasons with the Scranton Miners of the American Basketball League, playing on their championship teams in 1949-1950 and 1950-1951. In the latter year he led the team in scoring.
Rosenstein was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame on March 29, 1998.
He died of heart failure on February 27, 2010 in Boca Raton, Florida.
Membership
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rosenstein played at City College of New York and was a member of the original roster New York Knickerbockers, playing with them in what is now cosnsidered the first National Basketball Association game, played in Toronto on November 1, 1946, and in their first season, 1946/1947.
-
Born
-
Died
February 27, 2010 (aged 89) -
Nationality
United States