Ron Sobieszczyk

Ron Sobieszczyk
No. 17
	Guard
Personal information
Born	August 21, 1934; Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Died	October 24, 2009 (aged 75); Chicago, Illinois
High school	St. Bonaventure; (Sturtevant, Wisconsin)
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College	DePaul
NBA Draft	1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
	Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons
Pro career	1956–1963
Career history
1956–1959	New York Knicks
1959–1960	Minneapolis Lakers
1961–1963	Chicago Majors (ABL)
Career NBA statistics
Points	1,619 (8.4 ppg)
Rebounds	791 (4.1 rpg)
Assists	553 (1.8 apg)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Ron Sobieszcyzk (September 21, 1934–October 23, 2009^[1]) was an American professional basketball player.

Also known as Ron Sobie,^[2] Sobieszczyk played for coach Ray Meyer at DePaul University from 1953 to 1956. He scored 1,222 points in his college career and participated with the College All-Stars team that toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. After college, he played four seasons in the NBA with the New York Knicks and Minneapolis Lakers, scoring 1,691 points before suffering a knee injury. He then served brief stints with the Washington Generals exhibition team and the Chicago Majors of the ABL.

Sobieszczyk later owned Sobie's Bar and Grill in Cicero, Illinois.^[3]

Sobieszczyk died on October 23, 2009 of a degenerative brain disease.^[4]

[edit] References

^ DePaul Basketball Loses Hall of Famer Ron Sobie. October 24, 2009. Retrieved on October 24, 2009.
^ "Yes and they count! Not exactly what we had in mind, burt here are Marv's Knicks faves anyway". New York Daily News. November 1, 1996. Retrieved on October 24, 2009.
^ Joe Goddard. "What's up with Ron Sobieszczyk". Chicago Sun-Times. March 10, 2002. 83.
^ Kim Janssen (October 25, 2009), Ron Sobieszczyk, 1934-2009: Former DePaul basketball standout, played in NBA Chicago Tribune. Retrieved on October 25, 2009.