In the winter following his rookie year in the Major Leagues, Baseball Hall of Fame member Larry Doby became the first African American player in the American Basketball League.
Baseball HOF Member Larry Doby, Born This Week In 1924, Also Played Pro Basketball
The Smart Set Athletic Club used the old 14th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn, now breathtakingly renovated, as its home court for basketball during the 1910s.
There’s only one professional basketball team in the New York area that was always great, every year.