Herb Scherer

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Herb Scherer

| image =

| caption =

| position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 212

| team =

| number = 9, 22, 19

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|12|21}}

| birth_place = Maplewood, New Jersey

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|28|1929|12|21}}

| death_place = Roswell, Georgia

| high_school = Bloomfield Tech
(Bloomfield, New Jersey)

| college = LIU Brooklyn (1946–1950)

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 18

| draft_year = 1950

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start =

| career_end =

| years1 = {{nbay|1950|full=y}}

| team1 = Tri-Cities Blackhawks

| years2 = 1951

| team2 = Carbondale Aces

| years3 = {{nbay|1951|full=y}}

| team3 = New York Knicks

| years4 = 1952

| team4 = Bridgeport Roesslers

| years5 = 1952

| team5 = Washington Capitols

| years6 = 1952–1953

| team6 = Scranton Miners

| highlights =

| bbr = scherhe01

}}

Herbert Frederick Scherer (December 21, 1929 – June 28, 2012) was an American basketball player who played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=158387736 "Herbert Scherer"] Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-07-07.

Scherer, a 6'10" center, played collegiately at Long Island University from 1946 to 1950. He was drafted by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 1950 NBA draft (18th pick overall). Scherer played for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the 1950–51 NBA season, averaging 3.4 points per game as a rookie. The following season, he played for the New York Knicks, averaging 3.9 points per game.{{cite web| title=Herb Scherer basketball-reference.com profile | publisher = basketball-reference.com | year = 2012 | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/scherhe01.html | accessdate = July 29, 2012}}

Following his NBA career, Scherer started his own construction business. He died on June 28, 2012, in his home in Roswell, Georgia.{{cite web | title = Former Blackbird Herb Scherer Passes Away | publisher = LIU Blackbirds athletics | year = 2012 | url = http://liuathletics.com/news/2012/7/3/MBB_0703125105.aspx | accessdate = July 29, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140317202024/http://liuathletics.com/news/2012/7/3/MBB_0703125105.aspx | archive-date = March 17, 2014 | url-status = dead }}