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Sam Schoenfeld was born on 11 September, 1906 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, is an American basketball pioneer (1906-1956). Discover Sam Schoenfeld's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Occupation Physical Education Teacher, H.S. Basketball Coach, Collegiate & Professional Basketball Player, Referee & Founded the CBOA.
Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 11 September, 1906
Birthday 11 September
Birthplace Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Date of death 1956
Died Place Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York
Nationality United States

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1906

Sam Schoenfeld (September 11, 1906 – March 2, 1956) was an early pioneer in the game of basketball.

Sam Schoenfeld was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York on September 11, 1906.

His parents Benjamin and Sarah were Austrian Jews.

Originally named "Schuster", they changed their name to "Schoenfeld" when they immigrated to America.

Benjamin was a kosher butcher.

1913

He died at age 37 in April 1913.

Sam was the youngest of three children.

He had an older sister, Jean ("Jenny"), and an older brother, Herman.

Later, when Sarah remarried, she had another son, Jacob ("Jack").

Schoenfeld showed early aptitude for sports and especially loved basketball, even from a very early age.

He was a star player at Commercial High School, later known as Alexander Hamilton High School; it no longer exists.

He was named captain during his junior year.

They lost only three games during his three years of high school basketball.

1927

He attended the Savage College for Physical Education where he played basketball and was elected captain at the beginning of the 1927-28 season.

During his time at Savage, the team compiled a record of 43 wins and 2 losses.

His team had a run of 38 consecutive wins.

While attending Columbia's Teachers College in Manhattan, NY, "Sammy", played forward on the varsity basketball team alongside Lou Bender and George Gregory.

1930

Although mediocre his sophomore and junior year, by Schoenfeld's senior year with the addition of Lou Bender, the team won the Ivy League championship in 1930.

It was the first coast to coast radio broadcast of a college basketball game over 45 stations nationwide.

Columbia won the game.

He and Bender were named first team All-Ivy League.

Schoenfeld played professionally for 5 teams in the American Basketball League (the top professional league in the East) in the 1930s.

Sam Schoenfeld was a basketball coach at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Sam was among the top college referees in the nation.

1931

He graduated in 1931.

Sam was an exceptional player from H.S., College, Graduate School, & throughout his professional years.

1936

In 1936 Sam began developing a prototype for the first full-size basketball stop-clock.

The clock was tested at Thomas Jefferson High School and The Brooklyn Jewish Center, where he was Athletic Director for 25 years.

Schoenfeld was the co-founder and part owner of a coed sleepaway camp, called Camp Deerhead in Hancock (town), New York which provided a multitude of athletic activities for the campers.

It was one of the first camps that constructed a hotel for the parents of the campers.

He was also a partner in the first Howard Johnson's restaurant in Brooklyn.

1941

He coached the team to a first-place tie in the 1941–42 season and a divisional crown in 1942–43.

In his 7 years as coach at Jefferson, his team lost only 7 league games.

1946

From 1946 to 1951, Schoenfeld was a referee for the National Basketball Association.

1948

Sam Schoenfeld became the founder and first president (1948–50) of the Collegiate Basketball Officials Association.

1956

Known for his character, "impeccable honesty", and integrity, Schoenfeld was honored by the CBOA when it designated an annual award in his name, beginning the year of his death in 1956.

"The Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Award is the highest honor that CBOA annually bestows on any collegiate institution."

The award has been henceforth given annually to the coach and college which best exemplify "the highest degree of sportsmanship, character, and ethics among its players, coaches, and spectators in the conduct of its intercollegiate basketball games."

2009

On September 24, 2009, Schoenfeld was posthumously inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions as a player to the game of basketball.

He was qualified to be inducted in any of the four categories that they consider for induction (Player, Coach, Referee, and Contributor).