Sidney Tannenbaum was an American basketball

Basketball

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 player.

Biography

A 6' 0" guard/forward, Tannenbaum played college basketball at New York University

New York University

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, where he was a two-time All-American and two-time Haggerty Award

Haggerty Award

The Haggerty Award is given to the All-Metropolitan New York Division I men's college basketball player of the year, presented by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association...

 winner. He also won the 1947 Bar Kochba Award, which honored him as the best Jewish American athlete. He left NYU as the school's all-time leading scorer, with 992 points.

Tannenbaum played two seasons (1947–49) in the Basketball Association of America

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 as a member of the New York Knicks

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 and Baltimore Bullets. He scored 633 points in 70 games and tallied 162 assists. After his basketball career, he owned a machine shop in Far Rockaway, Queens

Far Rockaway, Queens

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.

Murder

Tannenbaum died on September 4, 1986, aged 60, after being stabbed to death by a local woman in his shop. Police described Tannenbaum as "something of a benefactor in his neighborhood" who often gave money to people living in the streets. According to reports, he was stabbed because he decided to stop lending money to his attacker after assisting her many times in the past.

External links

• Sid Tannenbaum at Jews in Sports