Bill DeVenzio | |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
Birth Date: | 2 August 1924 |
Birth Place: | Coraopolis, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Moon Township, Pennsylvania |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Coraopolis (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) |
College: |
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Draft Year: | 1947 |
Years1: | 1947 |
Team1: | Syracuse Nationals |
Years2: | 1947–1948 |
Team2: | Altoona |
William Lawrence DeVenzio (August 2, 1924 – January 1, 1969) was an American professional basketball player.[1] [2] He played in the National Basketball League in six games for the Syracuse Nationals during the 1947–48 season and averaged 1.8 points per game.[1] [3]
DeVenzio also played one year of minor league baseball, for the Hannibal Pilots during the 1947 season.[4] In college he had transferred from Geneva College, where he lettered for three years in basketball, to Eastern Kentucky University because Geneva did not have a baseball team at the time.[5] While at Eastern Kentucky he played basketball for one season and baseball for two.[5]