Carl Lawrence Husta (April 8,1902 –November 6,1951) was an American baseball and basketball player. He was one of the top basketball players of the 1920s and 30s,playing for the Cleveland Rosenblums,Fort Wayne Hoosiers,Camden Brewers,Boston Trojans,Kingston Colonials,and Troy Celtics of the American Basketball League and the independent Toledo Red Man Tobaccos and Original Celtics. [1] Nicknamed "Sox",he was also an infielder for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics during the 1925 season. [2] He died in Kingston,New York,in 1951. [3]
Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963,and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969–70 season. A 13-time NBA All-Star and 1957 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP),Cousy was a core piece during the early half of the Celtics dynasty winning six NBA championships during his 13-year tenure with the Celtics. Nicknamed "The Houdini of the Hardwood",Cousy was the NBA assists leader for eight consecutive seasons,introducing a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA. He is regarded as the first great point guard of the NBA,and was the first to reach the 4,000,5,000,and 6,000 career assists milestones.
Daniel Ray Ainge is an American former professional basketball player,coach,and professional baseball player who serves as an executive for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his 18-year career as general manager for the Boston Celtics,Ainge was known for making bold moves to help the team rebuild,and clearing cap space. He served as the Celtics' president of basketball operations from 2003 until his retirement in 2021.
Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors was an American actor,writer,and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. With a 40-year film and television career,he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series The Rifleman (1958–63).
The American Basketball League (ABL) was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925–26 to 1930–31,the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States.
The Original Celtics were a barnstorming professional American basketball team. At various times in their existence,the team played in the American Basketball League,the Eastern Basketball League and the Metropolitan Basketball League. The team has no relation to the NBA Boston Celtics,other than as an indirect inspiration. The franchise as a whole was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959.
John Joseph Havlicek was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Donald Eugene Conley was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He pitched for four teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1952 to 1963. Conley also played as a forward in the 1952–53 season and from 1958 to 1964 for two teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the 2nd person to win championships in two of the four major American sports:one with the Milwaukee Braves in the 1957 World Series and three with the Boston Celtics from 1959 to 1961.
Bernhard Borgmann Jr. was a professional basketball player and coach.
William Walton Sharman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s,partnering with Bob Cousy in what was then considered the greatest backcourt duo of all time. As a coach,Sharman won titles in the ABL,ABA,and NBA,and is credited with introducing the now-ubiquitous morning shootaround.
K.C. Jones was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA),with whom he won 11 of his 12 NBA championships. As a player,he is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career,and is one of three NBA players with an 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. He is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships,and one of eight players to ever achieve the basketball Triple Crown. Jones was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.
Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was an American professional basketball player,mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era,overshadowed in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper. After ending his playing career in 1937,Lapchick became head coach at St. John's University,a position he held until 1947,when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA. Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957,leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–1953). He returned to St. John's,coaching them until 1965.
Carl August Braun Jr. was an American professional basketball and baseball player and professional basketball coach.
Carl Daniel Erskine,nicknamed "Oisk",was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants and the 1955 World Series.
Michael Dennis Ferraro was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. He played for the New York Yankees and the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers. Ferraro threw and batted right-handed,stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).
The Cleveland Rosenblums were an American basketball team based in Cleveland,Ohio that was one of the original members of the American Basketball League. The Rosenblums played in the league between 1925 and 1930,winning three championships before dropping out.
The Toledo Red Man Tobaccos are a defunct American basketball team based in Toledo,Ohio that were champions of the National Professional Basketball League during the 1929–30 season. For the 1930–31 season,the team played in the American Basketball League,with 12 wins and 24 losses in that season. In 1932,the team returned to the NPBL as the Toledo Crimson Coach Tobaccos.
Carl Alvin Scheib was a professional baseball player,a right-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals (1954) of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Nicholas J. "Nat" Hickey was a Croatian-American professional basketball coach/player and baseball player. He turned to coaching basketball after his retirement from playing full-time in 1942 but occasionally activated himself as a player for the teams he was coaching. In 1948,at the age of 45,Hickey played two games with the Providence Steamrollers of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) while serving as the team's head coach,making him the oldest player in NBA history,a mark he still holds today.
Henry Paul Riconda was a professional baseball player who played third base from 1923 to 1930.
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