Red Dehnert

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}

{{about|the Providence Steamrollers player|the Hall of Fame player|Dutch Dehnert}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Red Dehnert

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| position = Forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|1|24}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|9|23|1924|1|24}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California

| nationality = American

| high_school =

| college = St. John's{{cite news|title=Father and Son Officials Named for Senators Fray|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59943873|newspaper=The Evening News|date=February 10, 1949|page=33|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = August 11, 2014}}{{Open access}}
Columbia (1943–1944)

| career_start = 1946

| career_end = 1949

| years1 = 1946–1947 | team1 = Providence Steamrollers

| years2 = 1947 | team2 = Newark Bobcats

| years3 = 1947–1948 | team3 = Chattanooga Majors

| years4 = 1948 | team4 = Wilkes-Barre Barons

| years5 = 1948–1949 | team5 = Pottsville Packers

| years6 = 1949 | team6 = Lancaster Rockets

| cyears1 = 1947–1948 | cteam1 = Chattanooga Majors

| cyears2 = 1948–1949 | cteam2 = Pottsville Packers

| letter = d

| bbr = dehnere01

| profile =

| highlights =

As player-coach:

• EPBL champion (1949)

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Robert Edward "Red" Dehnert (January 24, 1924 – September 23, 1994){{cite web| title =Red Dehnert| work =Peach Basket Society | date =28 September 2016 | publisher =Blogspot.com| url =http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/09/red-dehnert.html| access-date = September 28, 2016}} was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Providence Steamrollers for 10 games during the 1946–47 BAA season.{{cite web| title =Red Dehnert stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dehnere01.html| access-date = July 16, 2014}} He is the nephew of Hall of Fame player Dutch Dehnert.{{cite news| title =Barons Bring Former Penn State Stars for Armory Game| newspaper =Reading Eagle| location =Reading, Pennsylvania| pages =29| date =February 11, 1948| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19480211&id=58YhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yZ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3123,3063312| access-date = July 16, 2014}}{{cite news| title =Brooklyn Youngsters Win Y.M.C.A Tourney Opener| newspaper =Daily Sentinel| location =Rome, New York| pages =7| date =March 14, 1942| url =http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel%201942/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel%201942%20-%200875.pdf| access-date = July 16, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Tuckey Directs Senators in Fray With Pottsville|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59407262|newspaper=The Evening News|date=January 5, 1949|page=25|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = August 11, 2014}}{{Open access}}

Dehnert served as the Pottsville Packers' player-coach in 1948–49. That season, the Packers won the Eastern Professional Basketball League championship against the Harrisburg Senators, three games to two in a best-of-five series.