Paterson Crescents (1909-21)

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Paterson Crescents were a professional basketball team in Paterson, New Jersey in the first decades of the Twentieth Century.

The Crescents began as an amateur team in the Entre Nous Athletic Club of Paterson, New Jersey. In 1901 they participated in the tournament held at the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York. They were the only club to give the champions, the Buffalo Germans, any trouble, losing a 16-5 contest, but still capturing the runner-up prize out of eight teams.

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