Sid Tanenbaum

Sidney Harold Tanenbaum (October 8, 1925 – September 4, 1986) was an American professional basketball player. Playing college basketball for the NYU Violets, he was twice a consensus first-team All-American (in 1946 and 1947) and twice a Haggerty Award winner (1946 and 1947). He went on to play professionally for the New York Knicks and the Baltimore Bullets.

Early life Tanenbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in its Brownsville neighborhood, and was Jewish. He was an all-scholastic player at Thomas Jefferson High School.

Basketball career A 6' 0" guard/forward, Tanenbaum played college basketball at New York University, where he was captain of the team in 1947, and was a two-time All-American and two-time Haggerty Award winner as the outstanding player in the metropolitan area. He also won the 1947 Bar Kochba Award, which honored him as the best Jewish American athlete in the nation, and was named first team All-Met in all four of his varsity seasons. Wilbur Wood, the sports editor of the New York Sun, wrote of Tanenbaum in 1947: "He is the finest all-around basketball performer ever to don Violet livery." He scored 633 points in 70 games and tallied 162 assists. He was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 1997 into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Murder Tanenbaum was murdered on September 4, 1986, aged 60, when he was stabbed to death by a local 37-year-old woman in his shop. His killer, Molly Dotsun, was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

BAA career statistics 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 Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1947–48 New York 24 .250 .838 1.5 10.1 1948–49 New York 32 .283 .844 2.2 8.0 1948–49 Baltimore 14 .309 .791 3.9 9.6Career 70 .274 .830 2.3 9.0

Playoffs Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1948 New York 3 .333 .727 1.3 10.0 1949 Baltimore 3 .207 1.000 3.3 5.7Career 6 .274 .813 2.3 7.8