Buffalo Germans

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The Buffalo Germans was an early basketball team formed in 1895 at a YMCA on Buffalo's East Side. Team members included Dr. Fred Burkhardt (coach), Philip Dischinger, Henry J. Faust, Alfred A. Heerdt (captain), Edward Linneborn, John I. Maier, Albert W. Nanweiler, Edward C. Miller, Harry J. Miller, Charles P. Monahan, George L. Redlein, Edmund Reimann, Williams C. Rhode and George Schell.

The team was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961, one of only five teams to be elected as a whole.

The 1904 team captured the Olympic title.

From 1908 to 1910 the team won 111 straight games.

The team was disbanded in 1925 after compiling a 792-86 record.