 Ben Berger

Ben Berger (1897 – 1988) was a Minneapolis businessman, perhaps best known for being one of the original owners of the Detroit Gems National Basketball League team, which he helped move to Minneapolis and renamed the Minneapolis Lakers.Berger was born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland and moved to the United States at age 16 in 1913 at age 16 settling in Fargo, North Dakota.He became a U.S. citizen while serving in World War I.