Sonny Hertzberg, a member of the New York Knickerbockers basketball team of the 1940s, died Monday at age 82.
The 5-foot-9 guard scored a team-high 14 points in the Knicks' first home game in 1946.
In 1946, Hertzberg’s teammate, Ossie Schectman, scored the first basket in a game in the Basketball Association of America, the precursor to today’s NBA.
Hertzberg is a member of the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame and the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
"He was a top guy, no question. He never gave anybody any trouble. He was always helpful on the court," 86-year-old Ralph Kaplowitz, another of the original Knicks, said yesterday. "We've been friends since 1945 and would talk every day."
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