#11 Ed Goldberg
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5'10" 160 lbs Guard
HS: Fort Lee Fort Lee, NJ
Born:  
Season Stats
Season Cl Pos G GS FG FGA % FT FTA % Reb Fls DQ Pts PPG RPG
1957-58 So G 17 17 103 284 36.3%
57 80 71.4%
49 43 - 263 15.5 2.9
1958-59 Jr G 21 19 133 266 50.0% 104 140 74.3%
44 61 - 370 17.6 2.1
1959-60 Sr G 20 17 104 236 44.1% 102 142 71.8% 66 49 - 310 15.5 3.3
Career    
58
53
340
786
43.3%
263
362
72.7%
159
153
0
943
16.3
2.7

Eddie Goldberg was an outstanding guard for Syracuse in the late 1950’s, during a time when the talent level on the team was declining. He was a fast player and a consistent scorer, starting all three years. He was the second leading scorer each of his three seasons, and was a solid free throw shooter, and a tremendous Ed Goldberg Syracuse Orangemenperimeter shooter.

Goldberg was a walk-on for Syracuse. He would prove himself worthy of a scholarship and earn one. [1] Goldberg was the leading scorer on the Syracuse Freshman basketball team. In a freshman game, he set an Archbold Gymnasium scoring record with 44 points against Cornell (Feb 23, 1957).

Goldberg was injury prone, and missed playing time all three seasons. As a sophomore he injured the ligaments in the Penn State game, and missed the last four games of the season. Nevertheless, he was named an honorable mention All-American his sophomore and senior seasons. He scored 23 points in his first varsity game, and eight times scored more than twenty his sophomore year. He hit a career high 30 against Fordham that year.

He would earn his law degree in 1963 and become an attorney.

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[1] Binghamton Sunday Press, January 18, 1959