Barney Sedran

Barney Sedran (born Sedransky; nicknamed "Mighty Mite"; January 28, 1891 – January 14, 1969) was an American basketball player in the 1910s and 1920s who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Career Nicknamed "Mighty Mite", Sedran (shortened from Sedransky) was a member of the well-known New York Whirlwinds and Cleveland Rosenblums, among many other teams in New York as well as in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

Sedran played for the Lower East Side's University Settlement House because he was too small to make his DeWitt Clinton High School (Bronx, New York) team. The Settlement team won the 115-pound division championship in 1905–06, and the Metropolitan AAU title 1906–07.

At City College of New York(CCNY) Sedran was the school's leading scorer for three consecutive seasons, 1909–11, and was named to various college all-star teams.

Halls of Fame

In 1962, the Sedran was enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, becoming the smallest player to ever achieve this.

He was inducted posthumously into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.

His story is featured in The First Basket, the first and most comprehensive documentary on the history of Jews and basketball.