Eddie Riska
Appearance
![]() Riska in 1948. | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | October 4, 1919
Died | August 3, 1992 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 72)
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | De La Salle Institute (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Notre Dame (1938–1941) |
Playing career | 1941–1949 |
Position | Guard / forward |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1941–1942 1945–1949 | Oshkosh All-Stars |
As coach: | |
1949 | Oshkosh All-Stars (interim HC) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Edward Joseph Riska Sr. (October 4, 1919 – August 3, 1992) was an American basketball player. He was an All-American college player at Notre Dame[1] and played several years in the National Basketball League (NBL) of the United States. Riska was the MVP during the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1942.[1]
Riska played five seasons for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the NBL, averaging 4.1 points over 152 games. After the close of his professional career, he became a high school coach for De La Salle Institute in Chicago, his alma mater.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Former Notre Dame Basketball Star Edward J. Riska Sr., 72". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. 5 August 1992. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "De La Salle retains Catholic League junior hoops title". Suburbanite Economist. 28 March 1956. p. 18. Retrieved December 28, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1992 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Illinois
- Basketball players from Chicago
- De La Salle Institute alumni
- Forwards (basketball)
- Guards (basketball)
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players
- Oshkosh All-Stars coaches
- Oshkosh All-Stars players
- Basketball player-coaches
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs