Frido Frey

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Frido Frey (born October 26, 1921) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'2" forward, he was the first German-born player in the National Basketball Association.[1]

Frey attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, where he served as captain of his basketball team. Art Modell described him as "one of the best high-school basketball players in the city".[2] Frey then played basketball at Long Island University and with the Manhattan Beach Coast Guard[3] before joining the New York Knicks in 1946. He played 23 games for the Knicks during the 1946-47 season and scored 88 points.[4]

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  1. ^ "Foreign firsts". Houston Chronicle. 23 June 2002.
  2. ^ Art Modell. "Modell destined to own a team; His football dream grew up in Brooklyn". Cleveland Plain Dealer. 11 October 1992.
  3. ^ "Manhattan Beach Five wins". New York Times. 4 February 1943.
  4. ^ Frido Frey Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 10 December 2007.


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