Frido Frey

Frido Frey
Personal information
Born (1921-10-26)October 26, 1921
Germany
Died May 16, 2000(2000-05-16) (aged 78)
Nationality German
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school New Utrecht (Brooklyn, New York)
College LIU Brooklyn
Playing career 1945–1949
Position Forward
Number 4
Career history
1945–1946 New York Knicks
1946–1947 Brooklyn Gothams
1947 New York Knicks
1947–1949 Paterson Crescents
1949 Brooklyn Gothams

Frido Frey (October 26, 1921 – May 16, 2000[1]) was an American basketball player. A 6'2" forward, he was the first German-born player in the National Basketball Association.[2]

Frey attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, where he served as captain of his basketball team. Art Modell described him as "one of the best high-school basketball players in the city".[3] Frey then played basketball at Long Island University and with the Manhattan Beach Coast Guard[4] before joining the New York Knicks in 1946. He played 23 games for the Knicks during the 1946–47 season and scored 88 points.[5]

BAA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played
 FG%  Field-goal percentage
 FT%  Free-throw percentage
 APG  Assists per game
 PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1946–47 New York 23.289.571.63.8
Career 23.289.571.63.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1946–47 New York 5.158.3641.42.0
Career 5.158.3641.42.0

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.apbr.org/deceased.html
  2. ↑ "Foreign firsts". Houston Chronicle. 23 June 2002.
  3. ↑ Art Modell. "Modell destined to own a team; His football dream grew up in Brooklyn". The Plain Dealer. 11 October 1992.
  4. ↑ "Manhattan Beach Five wins". New York Times. 4 February 1943.
  5. ↑
    • Frido Frey at Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 10 December 2007.


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