William Joseph HassettBorn:
October 21, 1921
New York, NY
Died:
November 18, 1992
Leonardo, NJ
Career
1940-41 LaSalle Academy - New York (High School)
1942-43 Georgetown (College)
1943-44 Dow Chemical (AAU)
1944-45 Notre Dame (College)
1945-46 Notre Dame (College)
1946-47 Tri-Cities Blackhawks (NBL)
1947-48 Tri-Cities Blackhawks (NBL)
1947-48 Chicago Gears (PBLA)
1948-49 Tri-Cities Blackhawks (NBL)
1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks (NBA)
1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA)
1950-51 Baltimore Bullets (NBA)
Hassett played basketball at Georgetown, but when Georgetown dropped basketball due to World War 2, Hassett played a year of AAU ball before transferring over to Notre Dame. After graduating, he played in the NBL, PBLA and NBA.
Billy's older brother Buddy played pro basketball in the ABL and also played baseball for seven years in the major leagues.
Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/h/hassewi01n.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hassebi01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=hassebi01
Billy Hassett worked for the Syracuse Nationals in various capacities. Most notably, he worked the shot clocks and also appeared in a few exhibition games for the Nats. Since stats for these games are not official, he never really played for them.
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