Carl Braun (basketball)
Born on September 25, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Braun's German American family moved to Garden City for his senior year of high school.He played two seasons for Yankee farm teams in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and then Amsterdam, New York, appearing in 35 games compiling a 2–3 won-lost record.[8][9] The title qualified Bragg for the All-Army Tournament, where they were eliminated by Fort Dix in the first round despite Braun leading all players with 35 points.Though sportscaster Marty Glickman made the term "swish" a popular basketball colloquialism, he attributed the genesis of the word to Braun, who he heard say it following a good shot during warmup.Braun was born in Brooklyn and moved to Garden City, New York as a teenager where he went to high school and lived most of his adult life.