Len Rader


Leonard Rader was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Buffalo Bisons later Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Hammond [Calumet Buccaneers] in the National Basketball [League (United States)|National Basketball League] and averaged 3.6 points per game.
His twin brother is Howie Rader, who also played professional basketball while with both the Philadelphia Sphas and the Buffalo Bisons turned Tri-Cities Blackhawks. Len and his twin brother, Howie, were two out of eight players from the original Buffalo Bisons NBL team from 1946 that ended up moving from Buffalo, New York to Moline, Illinois to become the Tri-Cities Blackhawks that became the present-day Atlanta Hawks.