Eddie Malanowicz Explained

Eddie Malanowicz
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:220
Birth Date:30 December 1910
Birth Place:Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Cheektowaga, New York, U.S.
High School:Fosdick-Masten (Buffalo, New York)
College:Buffalo (1929–1932)
Career Start:1934
Career End:1943
Career Position:Center
Coach Start:1945
Coach End:1951
Years1:1934–1935,
1937
Team1:Buffalo Bisons
Years2:1938–1943
Team2:Rochester Eber-Seagrams
Cyears1:1945–1948
Cteam1:Rochester Royals
Cyears2:1948–1951
Cteam2:Rochester Royals (assistant)
Highlights:
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As assistant coach:

Edmund Eugene Malanowicz (December 30, 1910 – September 5, 1967) was an American professional basketball player and coach.[1] [2] He played in the National Basketball League for the Buffalo Bisons during the 1937–38 season and averaged 7.2 points per game.[1] [3] He served as the head coach for the Rochester Royals from 1945–46 through 1947–48, then as an assistant from 1948–49 through 1950–51.[4] [5] [6] During this time, the Royals transitioned from the NBL to the BAA to the NBA.[2]

Head coaching record

|- style="background:#FDE910;"| align="left" |Rochester| align="left" |1945–46| 34||24||10||||align="center" |2nd in Eastern||7||6||1|||| align="center" |Won NBL Championship|-| align="left" |Rochester| align="left" |1946–47| 44||31||13||||align="center" |1st in Eastern||11||6||5|||| align="center" |Lost in NBL Finals|-| align="left" |Rochester| align="left" |1947–48| 60||44||16||||align="center" |1st in Eastern||11||6||5|||| align="center" |Lost in NBL Finals|-|-class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan="2"|Total| 138||99||39|||| ||29||18||11||||

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmund Malanowicz NBL stats. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. August 25, 2019.
  2. Web site: Eddie Malanowicz . Peach Basket Society. August 31, 2015 . August 25, 2019.
  3. Web site: Edmund Malanowicz Statistics. Just Sports Stats. August 25, 2019.
  4. News: Eddie Malanowicz, Ex-Royals Coach, Dies at Age 56 . Democrat and Chronicle. September 6, 1967. 48. Newspapers.com. August 26, 2019.
  5. Book: Riess, Steven A. . 1998 . Sports and the American Jew . . . 226 . 0-8156-2754-8.
  6. Book: Nelson, Murry R. . 2009 . The National Basketball League: A History 1935–1949 . . . 143 . 978-0-7864-4006-1. Murry R. Nelson.