Andrew Fisher Gonczi, Jr.
Born:
March 26, 1921
New Orleans, LA
Died:
February 21, 2007
Metairie, LA
Career
1936-37 Jesuit High School - New Orleans (High School)
1947-48 New Orleans Hurricanes (PBLA)
In high school. Gonczi was a skilled tennis and baseball player. Gonczi served in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. After the war, he played with the Hurricanes but was a more skilled basbeall player, playing semi-pro and amateur baseball and softball around Louisiana. He attended Loyola University in New Orleans after the war to get a degree that allowed him to work at the Gold Seal Creamery
He was married to Rosalie Centanni in 1943 and they had two sons and three daughters.
Source:
Obituary, Times Picayune, February 24, 2007
Stats:
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=gonczan01
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/andy-gonczi/
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