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Herm Fuetsch

Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player (died 2010)

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Born
July 6, 1918
Died
September 29, 2010
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1918

About Herm Fuetsch

Herman Joseph Fuetsch (July 6, 1918 – September 29, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'0" guard, Fuetsch was a member of the 1947–48 Baltimore Bullets team that won the 1948 Basketball Association of America championship. He averaged 2.6 points per game in his BAA career. Fuetsch was born to parents who immigrated from Austria. He attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School in San Francisco, California. Fuetsch served in the United States Army during World War II and was stationed at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. He was the first player from the San Francisco Bay Area to sign a professional basketball contract.

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Herm Fuetsch timeline

  1. Herman Joseph Fuetsch (July 6, 1918 – September 29, 2010) was an American professional basketball player.
  2. A 6'0" guard, Fuetsch was a member of the 1947–48 Baltimore Bullets team that won the 1948 Basketball Association of America championship.

The world when Herm Fuetsch was born

Herm Fuetsch was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Herm Fuetsch's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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