Samuel AskowitzAlso known as Samuel Ascott
Born:
September 15, 1910
Detroit, MI
Died:
October 1, 1957
Miami, FL
Career
1927-28 Northern High School - Detroit (High School)
1931-32 Skrzycki Baking - Detroit (Independent)
1932-33 Detroit Hed-Aids (Detroit Basketball Association)
1932-33 Dr. Toole (Detroit Basketball Association)
1933-34 Detroit Hed-Aids (Detroit Basketball Association)
1933-34 Dr. Toole (Detroit Basketball Association)
1934-35 Detroit Hed-Aids (Detroit Basketball Association)
1935-36 Detroit Hed-Aids (MBC)
1935-36 Windsor Cooper Buses (MBC)
1937-38 Gibson - Highland Park, MI (Independent)
Born to Romanian immigrants Morris and Sophia (b. 1873) Askowitz, Sam played basketball at Northern HS before playing pro and semi-pro basketball around Detroit for many years. When the Hed Aids joined the MBC, Askowitz went with them but after being released early in the season, he went across the Detroit River to play with the Windsor entry in the league. In 1944, Askowitz moved to Miami where he owned apartment rental units in Miami Beach. He had changed his last name to Ascott at some point.
He married Lorietta Michalski in 1935 and they had a son and a daughter.
Source:
Detroit Free Press, December 23, 1935
Miami News, October 2, 1957
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