Rube Lautenschlager signed 3x5 card Deceased - NBL Sheboygan Red Skins

Rube Lautenschlager was a shooting star on the NBL Sheboygan Red Skins (from Wisconsin) from 1939 - 1947. Sheboygan won the title in 1943. On August 3, 1949, Sheboygan and six other NBL teams merged with the 10-team BAA to become the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Red Skins, who played in the NBA's all-time smallest arena and market, competed in the 1949-50 season under coach Suesens and finished with a 22-40 record, good for fourth place in the six-team Western Division. When Oshkosh folded soon after the merger, Sheboygan laid claim to being the oldest professional basketball franchise in the nation. The Red Skins marched to a 7-2 start on the strength of home wins over the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Rochester Royals, and Indianapolis Olympians. He passed away in 1992 and is a seldom seen autograph!This is a 3 x 5 card signed by Lautenschlager in blue ballpoint pen.