Joe Proksa
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Pennsylvania | June 30, 1914
Died | October 25, 1999 Hagerstown, Maryland | (aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Penn State (1935–1938) |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 1949–1970 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1939–1940 | Westinghouse Air Brake Five |
194?–194? | Conono Oilers |
194?–194? | North End |
1944 | Pittsburgh Raiders |
As coach: | |
1949–1950 | Coatesville HS |
1962–1970 | North Hagerstown HS |
Joseph P. Proksa (June 30, 1914 – October 25, 1999)[1] was an American professional basketball player.[2] Proksa played in the National Basketball League for one game, appearing for the Pittsburgh Raiders during the 1944–45 season.[2] Later, he coached high school basketball in Pennsylvania and in Maryland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Joe Proksa". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ a b "Joe Proksa NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1999 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Guards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in Maryland
- High school basketball coaches in Pennsylvania
- Penn State Nittany Lions basketball players
- Pittsburgh Raiders players
- Sportspeople from Hagerstown, Maryland
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs