Joseph Thomas "Bones" Spudicalso listed as Spudich
Born:
December 24, 1912
Livingston, IN
Died:
June 21, 1999
Munster, IN
Career
1935-36 Holy Trinity Croatian Church - Indiana Harbor (Independent) Head coach / player
1936-37 Holy Trinity Croatian Church - Indiana Harbor (Independent)
1937-38 Holy Trinity Croatian Church - Indiana Harbor (Independent)
1937-38 General American Car Builders - Hammond (Independent)
1938-39 Calumet AC - Indiana (Independent)
1939-40 Hammond Ciesar All-Americans (NBL)
1939-40 La Salle Steel - Hammond (Independent)
1939-40 Sinclair Oilers - Hammond (Independent)
1939-40 Industrial All-Stars- Hammond (Independent)
UPDATE 6/16/20
Obituary of Joseph Spudic mentions Calumet AC, which links with the player's career. Draft records list him as 6'4, so that confirms our identity.
UPDATE 8/20/19
PBE says it is Joseph R Spudich (1914-1991) but despite finding his obituary, I don't see anything that leads me to believe it is him.
Source:
Hammond Times, February 8, 1937
Hammond Times, March 28, 1938
Hammond Times, February 28, 1940
Obituary
Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/s/spudi01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=spudijo01
I'm not sure where ProBasketballEncyclopedia got this information, but they list him as being Joseph R. Spudich (10/23/1914 - 5/7/1991) with his hometown of Staunton, IL. I couldn't find any newspapers.com articles to confirm or expand upon this info, but maybe it'll help you?
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I am not convinced it is the correct identification. Looking into it deeper.
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