Jack Garfinkel

American basketball player

Jack Garfinkel

Garfinkel in 1948

Personal information
Born| (1918-06-13)June 13, 1918
Died| August 14, 2013(2013-08-14) (aged 95)
Listed height| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight| 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school| Thomas Jefferson
(Brooklyn, New York)
College| St. John's (1938–1941)
Playing career| 1946–1949
Position| Guard
Number| 15, 21
Career history
1944–1945| Philadelphia Sphas
1945–1946| Rochester Royals
1946–1949| Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards

* NBL champion (1946)
* Haggerty Award (1941)

Career BAA statistics
Points| 476
Rebounds| Not tracked
Assists| 134
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jack "Dutch" Garfinkel (June 13, 1918 – August 14, 2013) was an American basketball player.

Garfinkel attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and then nearby St. John's University to play for future Hall of Fame coach Joe Lapchick. In 1941, he won the Haggerty Award, given to the top player in the New York City metropolitan area.

After his college career was over, Garfinkel served in the United States Army during World War II. He then played for the Philadelphia Sphas of the American Basketball League, the Rochester Royals of the National Basketball League (NBL), and finally settled in with the Boston Celtics of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), where he was a member of the franchise's first team in 1946–47.[1] Garfinkel lasted three seasons with the Celtics, but his career ended prior to the NBL/BAA merger that formed the National Basketball Association in 1949.[2]

After his playing days were over, Garfinkel became a basketball coach and official. He died on August 14, 2013.[3] He was the last surviving player of the inaugural Celtics team. He also taught in the New York City Public School George Gershwin J.H.S.

## BAA career statistics

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Legend

GP  | Games played  |  FG% | Field-goal percentage
FT% | Free-throw percentage  |  APG | Assists per game
PPG | Points per game  |  Bold | Career high

### Regular season

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Year  | Team  | GP  | FG%  | FT%  | APG  | PPG

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1946–47 | Boston | 40 | .266 | .607 | 1.5 | 4.5
1947–48 | Boston | 43 | .300 | .761 | 1.4 | 6.1
1948–49 | Boston | 9 | .171 | .714 | 1.9 | 3.8
Career  | 92 | .275 | .705 | 1.5 | 5.2

### Playoffs

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Year  | Team  | GP  | FG%  | FT%  | APG  | PPG

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1948 | Boston | 3 | .304 | .800 | 2.3 | 7.3
Career  | 3 | .304 | .800 | 2.3 | 7.3

## See also

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* List of select Jewish basketball players

## References

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1. ^ Jewish Sports HOF profile[usurped], accessed November 1, 2010
2. ^ NBA statistics, accessed November 1, 2010
3. ^ "Jack Garfinkel obituary". New York Times. August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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Philadelphia Sphas 1944–45 ABL champions

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Rochester Royals 1945–46 NBL champions

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Haggerty Award winners

* 1936: Bender
* 1937: Be. Kramer
* 1938: Fliegel
* 1939: Torgoff
* 1940: Auerbach
* 1941: Garfinkel
* 1942: J. White
* 1943: Levane
* 1944: McGuire
* 1945: Kotsores
* 1946: Tanenbaum
* 1947: Tanenbaum
* 1948: Schayes
* 1949: McGuire
* 1950: S. White
* 1951: Azary
* 1952: MacGilvray
* 1953: Dukes
* 1954: Conlin
* 1955: Conlin
* 1956: Thieben
* 1957: Forte
* 1958: Cunningham
* 1959: Seiden
* 1960: Sanders
* 1961: T. Jackson
* 1962: Ellis
* 1963: Ba. Kramer
* 1964: Werkman
* 1965: Isaac
* 1966: Grant
* 1967: Dove
* 1968: McMillian
* 1969: McMillian
* 1970: McMillian
* 1971: Yelverton
* 1972: Garner & Sullivan
* 1973: Schaeffer
* 1974: Campion
* 1975: Sellers
* 1976: Sellers
* 1977: Laurel
* 1978: Johnson
* 1979: Galis
* 1980: Ruland
* 1981: Springer
* 1982: Callandrillo
* 1983: Mullin
* 1984: Burtt & Mullin
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* 1988: Bryant
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* 1991: Sealy
* 1992: Sealy
* 1993: Dehere
* 1994: Buchanan & Karnišovas
* 1995: J. Griffin
* 1996: A. Griffin
* 1997: C. Jones
* 1998: López
* 1999: Artest
* 2000: Claxton
* 2001: Richardson
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* 2003: Flores
* 2004: Barrett & Flores
* 2005: Clark
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