Ed Wachter

Ed Wachter 1933 Goudey Sport Kings basketball card.

Edward A. Wachter (June 30, 1883 – March 12, 1966) was one of the first professional basketball players. The 6 ft 1 in Wachter is widely regarded as the greatest center of the 1910s.

Wachter, a native of Troy, New York, played for several professional teams, like the Troy Trojans, in his 25-year career. He later coached at several schools, including Harvard University. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.

References

Hall of Fame profile
Peterson, Robert W. (2002). "Fumbling, Faltering, Failing". Cages to Jump Shots: Pro Basketball's Early Years. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 46–68. ISBN 0-8032-8772-0.

External links

Ed Wachter's World - more info

Albany Great Danes men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1910–1912)
Arch Swaim (1912–1916)
Ed Wachter (1916–1917)
Arthur Maroney (1917–1919)
Wilfred Clarke (1919–1920)
Francis Boggs Snavely (1920–1924)
Rutherford Baker (1924–1935)
Irving Goewey (1935–1936)
G. Elliott Hatfield (1936–1943)
H. Grogan # (1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Merlin Hathaway (1945–1955)
Doc Sauers (1955–1987)
Barry Cavanaugh (1987–1988)
Doc Sauers (1988–1997)
Scott Hicks (1997–2000)
Scott Beeten (2000–2001)
Will Brown (2001– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Harvard Crimson men's basketball head coaches

John K. Clark (1900–1902)
John Gilles (1902–1904)
No coach (1904–1905)
Clarence Randall (1905–1906)
Unknown (1906–1907)
George Grebenstein (1907–1909)
No official team (1909–1920)
Ed Wachter (1920–1933)
Wes Fesler (1933–1941)
Earl Brown (1941–1943)
Floyd Stahl (1943–1946)
William Barclay (1946–1949)
Norman Shepard (1949–1954)
Floyd Wilson (1954–1968)
Bob Harrison (1968–1973)
Satch Sanders (1973–1977)
Francis McLaughlin (1977–1985)
Peter Roby (1985–1991)
Frank Sullivan (1991–2007)
Tommy Amaker (2007– )

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1961
Players	Bennie Borgmann Forrest DeBernardi Bob Kurland Andy Phillip John Roosma Christian Steinmetz Ed Wachter
Coaches	George Keogan Lenny Sachs
Contributors	John O'Brien Arthur Schabinger Arthur Trester
Referees	George Hoyt Ernest C. Quigley David Tobey David Walsh
Teams	Buffalo Germans

Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Players

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe Murphy Page Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden
Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley R. Brown Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson King Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Pettit Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman Walker N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley
Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton Yao

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