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Position: | Guard | ||||||
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Born: | Naples, Italy | February 15, 1913||||||
Died: | May 22, 2005 92) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | (aged||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Brooklyn (NY) New Utrecht | ||||||
College: | Bucknell | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1938 | ||||||
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