Steve Woodberry
July 23, 2020
Fred Herzog
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 23/12/69
- Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey (USA)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 206
- Weight (KG): 98
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Fordham (1987-92)
NBL CAREER OVERVIEW
NBL DEBUT
17/04/93
Age 23
LAST NBL GAME
16/09/95
Age 25
TEAM HISTORY
- Canberra1993-94
- Gold Coast1995
CHAMPIONSHIPS
NoneBIO: Fred Herzog was born in Newark, New Jersey (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Fred Herzog made his NBL debut with the Canberra Cannons at 23 years of age. He scored 26 points in his first game.
In 1993, Herzog averaged 21.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 4 assists as the Cannons finished with a record of 12-14 and in ninth place during the regular season.
1994
Whilst playing for Canberra in 1994 Herzog scored 31 points against Brisbane only to be cut the very next day as the Cannons signed point guard Fred Cofield. He averaged 21.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in only three games for the Cannons who would finish the season with a 7-19 record.
GOLD COAST ROLLERS
1995
By 1995 the Gold Coast Rollers had been struggling financially for some time. The team would lose a good chunk of its roster to various exits which included Andre LaFleur (quit), Mike Mitchell (Brisbane), Steve Key (knee injury), Matt Reece (Melbourne), Andrew Goodwin (Brisbane). Coach Dave Claxton was able to retain Peter Hill, Tony DeAmbrosis, John Szigeti and added Perth veteran Trevor Torrance, who had seen diminished playing oppourtunies over the past few seasons and replaced long time import duo Mike Mitchell and Andre LaFleur with Fred Herzog (Canberra) and Tony Massop.
Massop failed to live up to expectations and was cut prior to the season starting. The team replacing him with Kansas University product Steve Woodberry.
The trio of Woodberry (25 points per game), Herzog (20 points per game) and Torrance (15.2 points) failed to deliver the success or excitement the ‘ Mitchell and LaFleur’ team’s had brought to the Carrara Indoor Stadium previously.
The Rollers roster, which was primarily made up of aging veterans and cheap state league talent struggled to say the least, and managed only five wins for the season and would be out of the league in twelve months time.
Fred Herzog played three seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Gold Coast Rollers and the Canberra Cannons. He averaged 20.9 points, 8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 65 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 25 | Gold Coast | 5-21 (13) | 26 | 975 | 517 | 210 | 72 | 51 | 159 | 38 | 28 | 85 | 105 | 198 | 447 | 44% | 48 | 124 | 39% | 73 | 109 | 67% | 52% | 50% | 38 |
| 1994 | 24 | Canberra | 7-19 (11) | 13 | 498 | 282 | 87 | 55 | 22 | 65 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 45 | 104 | 209 | 50% | 24 | 46 | 52% | 50 | 62 | 81% | 60% | 56% | 31 |
| 1993 | 23 | Canberra | 12-14 (9) | 26 | 1,138 | 564 | 228 | 104 | 70 | 158 | 38 | 34 | 78 | 96 | 226 | 454 | 50% | 19 | 62 | 31% | 93 | 129 | 72% | 55% | 52% | 37 | Totals | 65 | 2611 | 1363 | 525 | 231 | 143 | 382 | 86 | 72 | 207 | 246 | 528 | 1110 | 47.6% | 91 | 232 | 39.2% | 216 | 300 | 72.0% | 55% | 52% | 38 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 25 | Gold Coast | 5-21 (13) | 26 | 37.5 | 19.9 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 17.2 | 44% | 1.8 | 4.8 | 39% | 2.8 | 4.2 | 67% | 52% | 50% | 38 |
| 1994 | 24 | Canberra | 7-19 (11) | 13 | 38.3 | 21.7 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 16.1 | 50% | 1.8 | 3.5 | 52% | 3.8 | 4.8 | 81% | 60% | 56% | 31 |
| 1993 | 23 | Canberra | 12-14 (9) | 26 | 43.8 | 21.7 | 8.8 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 17.5 | 50% | 0.7 | 2.4 | 31% | 3.6 | 5.0 | 72% | 55% | 52% | 37 | Total | 65 | 40.2 | 21.0 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 17.1 | 47.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.2% | 1.4 | 3.6 | 72.0% | 55% | 52% | 38 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 38 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
Fred Herzog scored 106 points in the ACT state league. Having just been released by the struggling Cannons and was either playing with a point to prove or nothing to lose or both. Suiting up for the Tuggeranong Minstrels against the Weston Creek Woden Dodgers, Herzog hit 9 threes and went 19/21 from the free throw line (which means he still scored a shit tonne of twos). He recorded 67 points in the second half alone. Minstrels won 142 - 88.
NBA EXPERIENCE
Herzog played in the CBA and was also drafted by the Rockford Lightning in 1992 as the 37th pick overall and played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in 1994-95. He was a member of the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls Preseason roster
Herzog played games in the NBA. He averaged 0 points, 0 rebounds, and 0 assists per game over his NBA career.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Japan
- Mitsui1997-1998
France
- PSG Racing1996-1997
Germany
- Hamburg2000-2001
Poland
- Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski2002-2003
Portugal
- Portugal Telecom2001-2002
USA (CBA)
- Rockford1992, 1995-1996
- Cedar Rapids1992
- Sioux Falls1994-1995, 1996-1997
- Quad City1998-1999
- La Crosse1998-1999
During the 1996–97 season, Herzog moved to French first division club PSG Racing, where he played three games for the Paris team and contributed to the club winning the French championship, after being signed as the team’s fifth foreign player to replace guard Bimbo Coles Threatt, with PSG-Racing’s roster that season including players such as Jurij Zdovc, Richard Dacoury and Eric Struelens.
He continued his overseas career in 1997–98 with Mitsui in Japan.
Herzog played with German club BCJ Hamburg for the 2000–01 season and finished second in the league in scoring (17.2 points per game) and three-point shooting, and his season was also credited with him being Hamburg’s second-leading scorer while leading the team with 74 made three-pointers.
In the 2001–02 season he played for Portuguese first division club Portugal Telecom, where he helped the team win the national championship while averaging 12.8 points per game.
His last pro season was spent in Poland with first division team Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski, where he played three games to open the 2002–03 season before retiring, and team materials from that period list him alongside imports such as Mindaugas Budzinauskas and Robertas Stankevicius.
COLLEGE
Fred Herzog played his full NCAA college career at Fordham from 1987–88 through 1991–92, finishing as a four-year letterwinner who appeared in 126 games, which stood as Fordham’s all-time record (tied with Jean Prioleau).
Across those 126 games, Herzog scored 1,435 career points to sit sixth on Fordham’s all-time scoring list, and he pulled down 637 rebounds to rank 12th on the school’s all-time rebounding list.
Herzog was also one of the most efficient shooters Fordham had produced to that point, finishing his career at .496 from the field, which ranked fourth-best in school history, and he produced one of the biggest single-game free-throw nights in program history when he made 17 free throws at Lehigh in 1992, the second-most in a game in Fordham history.
Herzog led Fordham to the 1991 and 1992 Patriot League Championship, averaging a team-high 17.9 points and 6.4 rebounds as a senior, and his 1991–92 season ended with him named First Team All-Patriot League as well as the Patriot League Tournament Most Valuable Player.
In the 1992 Patriot League title game, Fordham defeated Bucknell 70–65 to claim the tournament crown, with Herzog posting 17 points and 10 rebounds in the championship win.
Following the 1992 championship, he led Fordham into the NCAA Tournament where he scored 16 points in Fordham's 85-58 loss to Massachusetts and was selected Fordham's CBS/Chevrolet Most Valuable Player of the Game, with the box score showing he played 34 minutes, went 8-for-14 from the field, and added eight rebounds in the loss.
He was also Patriot League All-Tournament selection in 1991 as well as honorable mention All-Met area.
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