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American basketball player Not to be confused with another basketball player Eddie Sadowski.

Ed Sadowski
Sadowski depicted on a Bowman trading card, 1948
Personal information
Born(1917-07-11)July 11, 1917
Akron, Ohio
DiedSeptember 18, 1990(1990-09-18) (aged 73)
Wall Township, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
CollegeSeton Hall (1936–1940)
Playing career1940–1950
PositionCenter
Number20, 7, 22, 14, 9, 17
Career history
As player:
1940–1941Detroit Eagles
1944–1946Fort Wayne Pistons
1946Toronto Huskies
1946–1947Cleveland Rebels
1947–1948Boston Celtics
1948–1949Philadelphia Warriors
1949–1950Baltimore Bullets
As coach:
1946Toronto Huskies
Career highlights and awards
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Edward Anthony Sadowski (July 11, 1917 – September 18, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.

Early life

Sadowski was born in Akron, Ohio. He was part of a large family, with at least three brothers and three sisters.

College athletics

He starred at Seton Hall University during the late 1930s and early 1940s. A 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) center, he led Seton Hall to its only undefeated season (1939–1940).

Career

Professional basketball

Sadowski later played professionally in the National Basketball League, the Basketball Association of America, and the National Basketball Association (which was formed after a merger between the first two leagues in this list).

As a member of the Boston Celtics in 1947–48, Sadowski ranked third in the BAA in points per game (19.4) and was named to the All-BAA first team, made him the first ever Boston Celtics player to be named to the All-BAA/NBA Team. He led the Celtics to their first ever postseason, but they lost to the Chicago Stags 2 games to 1.

After basketball

Retiring from basketball in 1950, he worked in labor relations for the Cities Service Oil Company.

Personal life and later years

Sadowski and his wife, Charlotte, had two sons, Edward and Bill. Sadowski died of cancer at age 73 in his Wall Township, New Jersey home in 1990.

Career playing statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  FGM  Field-goals made
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  FTM  Free-throws made
 FTA  Free-throws attempted  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 APG  Assists per game  PTS  Points
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Sadowski's team won an NBL championship

NBL

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1940–41 Detroit 24 95 66 101 .653 256 10.7
1944–45† F.W. Zollner Pistons 1 4 2 10 10.0
1945–46 F.W. Zollner Pistons 34 122 82 120 .683 326 9.6
Career 59 221 150 221 .670 592 10.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP FGM FTM FTA FT% PTS PPG
1941 Detroit 3 7 9 23 7.7
1945† F.W. Zollner Pistons 7 17 11 45 6.4
1946 F.W. Zollner Pistons 4 20 17 23 .739 57 14.3
Career 14 44 37 23 .739 125 8.9

BAA/NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1946–47 Toronto 10 .349 .682 .8 19.1
1946–47 Cleveland 43 .375 .664 .9 16.0
1947–48 Boston 47 .323 .697 1.6 19.4
1948–49 Philadelphia 60 .405 .686 2.7 15.3
1949–50 Philadelphia 17 .307 .693 2.3 8.6
1949–50 Baltimore 52 .328 .745 1.9 14.0
Career 229 .354 .697 1.8 15.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1947 Cleveland 3 .393 .794 1.7 23.7
1948 Boston 3 .345 .605 2.0 20.3
1949 Philadelphia 2 .214 .615 1.5 10.0
Career 8 .338 .682 1.8 19.0

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Toronto 1946–47 12 3 9 .250 (resigned) — — — — —

Source

References

  1. Delozier, Alan (2002). Seton Hall Pirates: a basketball history. Arcadia Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7385-1079-8.
  2. "Ed Sadowski". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Ed Sadowski, Basketball Star, 73", The New York Times, September 20, 1990
  4. "Ed Sadowski NBL stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  5. "Ed Sadowski: Coaching Record, Awards". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

External links

Links to related articles
Toronto Huskies head coaches

# denotes interim head coach

Wilmington Blue Bombers 1941–42 ABL champions
Wilmington Bombers 1943–44 ABL champions
Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 1944–45 NBL champions


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