Jules Bender (1914 – January 13, 1982) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.
[2] At the completion of the 1936 season, Bender was named the winner of the inaugural Haggerty Award, presented since to the top player in the New York City metropolitan area each year.
In a move that surprised many, the largely Jewish team, including Bender, boycotted the trials over the games' placement in Berlin, Germany and the anti-semitic leanings of the country's leader Adolf Hitler.
After his college career, Bender played in the American Basketball League for Kate Smith's Celtics, the Kingston Colonials, Wilkes-Barre Barons, Baltimore Clippers and the Paterson Crescents.
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