Lou Possner

Louis Leonard Possner (August 11, 1917 – March 8, 1990) was a Jewish American basketball player. Possner was an All-American center/power forward at DePaul University. Following the close of his college career, Possner played parts of two seasons with the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), a league that in 1948 would merge with the Basketball Association of America to create the National Basketball Association. Possner played for the NBL's Chicago Bruins and Syracuse Nationals, averaging 2.0 points per game for his NBL career.^[1] Possner, also played in the competing American Basketball League, for the Philadelphia Sphas and Paterson Crescents.^[2]

Lou Possner

Personal information
Born	(1917-08-11)August 11, 1917
Died	March 6, 1990(1990-03-06) (aged 72)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Marshall (Chicago, Illinois)
College	DePaul (1938–1940)
Position	Power forward / center
Career history
1940–1941	Philadelphia Sphas
1941–1942	Chicago Bruins
1944–1945	Paterson Crescents
1946–1947	Syracuse Nationals
Career highlights
Second-team All-American – MSG (1940)