Old Team Tuesday: The Buffalo Silents
Old Team Tuesday is a weekly feature taking a look at former teams that have gone by the wayside. This week's edition uncovers some history about the most famous basketball team you’ve never heard of. ********************************************** A basketball team comprised entirely of deaf and mute players with no home venue. That’s who the Buffalo Silents were. A group of players that spent their winters barnstorming through Ohio and Pennsylvania. That’s who the Buffalo Silents were. The most unheard of team in Buffalo basketball history (with plenty of great puns to pick from). That’s who the Buffalo Silents were. The earliest recorded game for the Silents took place on March 11, 1917, when the team traveled to Rochester, New York to play another squad of deaf players. It wasn’t until 1922, though, that the team found its niche. Tommy Hunt was the big draw when the Silents opened up a midwest road trip in Fremont, Ohio. On December 26, 1922, more than 6...