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Jack Molinas
Personal information
Born(1931-10-31)October 31, 1931
New York City, New York
DiedAugust 3, 1975(1975-08-03) (aged 43)
Hollywood, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolStuyvesant
(New York City, New York)
CollegeColumbia (1950–1953)
NBA draft1953: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons
Playing career1953–1954
PositionSmall forward / Power forward
Number6
Career history
1953–1954Fort Wayne Pistons
Career NBA statistics
Points350
Rebounds209
Assists47
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jacob L. "Jack" Molinas (October 31, 1931 – August 3, 1975[1]) was an American professional basketball player and one of the key figures in the point shaving scandal that almost destroyed NCAA basketball. Molinas attended Stuyvesant High School and graduated from Columbia University in 1953, where he set a team record for most points scored in a game—a mark that was eclipsed a few years later by Chet Forte.[2]

Molinas played briefly in the NBA in the 1953-1954 season, participating in 32 games for the Fort Wayne Pistons before being banned from the NBA for life for betting on games during his time at Columbia. Later, he was one of the bookies in a 1961 point-shaving scandal. Notably, two of the players ensnared in the scandal were future Hall of Famers: Connie Hawkins and Roger Brown. Molinas gave Hawkins $250 during his freshman year at Iowa, but never encouraged him to throw games. Although Molinas never implicated Hawkins in any way, both Hawkins and Brown were effectively blackballed from both collegiate and professional basketball, until signing with the upstart American Basketball Association in 1967. Hawkins also played in the ABL for its only season, 1961-62.

Molinas was convicted for his role in the scheme and sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison, of which he served five years.[3] Molinas was said to have contacts with New York City mobster Thomas Eboli. He was murdered in 1975 in an apparent mob hit.[2]

See also

References

  • Rosen, Charley (2003). The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-562-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  1. ^ "Molinas, Jack". JewsinSports.org. Retrieved 2008-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Konigsberg, Eric (2002-03-03). "Double Dribbling". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Joe (November 19, 2003). "Explosion II: The Molinas period". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 10, 2012.


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