Edward Spotovich
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 6, 1916
Died | September 7, 2002 Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 86)
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | South (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
College | Pittsburgh (1935–1938) |
Position | Forward / center |
Career history | |
1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Career highlights and awards | |
Edward S. Spotovich (May 6, 1916 – September 7, 2002) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played college basketball and football for the University of Pittsburgh.[1] In football, the 1937 team went undefeated and were named national champions in the AP Poll. Spotovich then played in the National Basketball League for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1938–39 season and averaged 4.3 points per game in three games played.[2]
Spotovich then played semi-professional basketball in Connecticut and Massachusetts.[1] He served in World War II, then worked as a schoolteacher for 42 years at Connellsville High School.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Edward Spotovich". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ a b "Edward Spotovich NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 2002 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Pittsburgh
- Centers (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball players
- Pittsburgh Pirates (NBL) players
- Players of American football from Pittsburgh
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs