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) |
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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]
|- 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||||