Nick Grunzweig
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Buffalo, New York | July 21, 1918
Died | February 10, 2007 Des Moines, Iowa | (aged 88)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Canisius (Buffalo, New York) |
College | Niagara (1938–1941) |
Position | Forward / center |
Career history | |
1946–1947 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks |
Nicholas John Grunzweig (July 21, 1918 – February 10, 2007) was an American professional basketball player.[1] He played for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the National Basketball League during the 1946–47 season and averaged 2.8 points per game.[1][2][3]
Grunzweig served in the United States Army in both World War II and the Korean War, and spent the majority of his professional career in the military.[2] After retirement from the military, he moved to Iowa where he worked for the Department of Human Services until retiring in 1979.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nicholas Grunzweig NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Nick Grunzweig". Peach Basket Society. March 11, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Nicholas Grunzweig Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2007 deaths
- United States Army personnel of the Korean War
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Buffalo, New York
- Centers (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball players
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks players
- University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs