Irv Bemoras
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | November 18, 1930
Died | November 1, 2007 Buffalo Grove, Illinois | (aged 76)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Marshall (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Illinois (1950–1953) |
NBA draft | 1953: 3rd round, 18th overall pick |
Selected by the Milwaukee Hawks | |
Playing career | 1953–1957 |
Position | Forward / Guard |
Number | 7, 26 |
Career history | |
1953–1957 | Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks |
Career statistics | |
Points | 827 (6.3 ppg) |
Rebounds | 341 (2.6 rpg) |
Assists | 125 (1.0 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Irving "Irv" Bemoras (November 18, 1930 – November 1, 2007) was an American basketball player.[1]
He played collegiately for the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he was voted as one of the top 100 players of all time.
He was selected by the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1953 NBA draft.
He played for the Hawks (1953–54) and the St. Louis Hawks (1956–57) in the NBA for 131 games.
He is a member of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.
Family
Irv Bemoras and Sally, his wife and life partner for over 50 years, had three children and six grandchildren.
Notes
- ^ Trevor Jensen. "Irving Bemoras: 1930–2007". Chicago Tribune. 3 November 2007.
External links
- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2007 deaths
- Basketball players at the 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish basketball players
- Milwaukee Hawks draft picks
- Milwaukee Hawks players
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- St. Louis Hawks players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs