Thomas Barlow (basketball)

Thomas B. Barlow ( born July 9, 1896 in Trenton, New Jersey, † September 26, 1983 in Lakehurst, Arizona ) was an American professional basketball player and one of the first athletes who run the sport professionally. Barlow played simultaneously for at least twelve different professional teams, often for two or three. Barlow is one of the most dominant players personalities of his time and was in his active years 1912-1932, an early star of the sport. For his career performance, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Career

The most important stages in Thomas Barlow's career were the Trenton Tigers and the Philadelphia SPHAS and the Philadelphia Warriors of the American Basketball League, the first known under this name Professional League match between 1925 and 1955. As a player of the last two teams Barlow from Edward Gottlieb was trained, the later should also be incorporated into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The year 1926 marked the high point in Barlow's career. As the dominant player he defeated with the exception SPHAS the former crew of the Original Celtics in two out of three encounters. In the same year also get two wins ( two games) against the equally strong team of New York Renaissance.

Thomas Barlow was a player in the first Basketball game, which was played at the world famous old Madison Square Garden.