John Abramovic
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Etna, Pennsylvania | February 9, 1919
Died | June 9, 2000 Ormond Beach, Florida | (aged 81)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Etna (Etna, Pennsylvania) |
College | Salem International (1939–1943) |
Playing career | 1946–1948 |
Position | Forward |
Number | 3, 9, 31 |
Career history | |
1946–1947 | Pittsburgh Ironmen |
1947 | St. Louis Bombers |
1947 | Baltimore Bullets |
1947–1948 | Syracuse Nationals |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
John "Brooms" Abramovic Jr. (February 9, 1919 – June 9, 2000) was an American professional basketball player of Croatian origin[1] who played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
He played basketball at Salem College (now Salem International University) in Salem, West Virginia before going on to play for three different BAA teams (and one NBL team) in the mid-1940s.
John is a member of the 1984 Salem University Hall of Fame class.
BAA career statistics
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | APG | Assists per game | ||
PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1946–47 | Pittsburgh | 47 | .242 | .691 | .7 | 11.2 |
1947–48 | St. Louis | 4 | .100 | .500 | .3 | 1.0 |
1947–48 | Baltimore | 5 | .000 | .667 | .2 | .4 |
Career | 56 | .237 | .686 | .7 | 9.5 |
References
- ^ Croatian Heritage by Adam Eterovich
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1919 births
- 2000 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American people of Croatian descent
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–54) players
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- People from Etna, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Ironmen players
- Salem International Tigers men's basketball players
- Small forwards
- St. Louis Bombers (NBA) players
- Syracuse Nationals players
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs