Paul Chadick

Paul Joseph Chadick


Born:
May 25, 1918
Wilmington, DE

Died:
December 28, 1999
Seminole, FL


Career
1934-35 Wilmington High School - Delaware (High School)
1935-36 Wilmington High School - Delaware (High School)
1936-37 Beacom College - Delaware (College)
1937-38 St. Joseph's College - Philadelphia (College)
1938-39 St. Joseph's College - Philadelphia (College)
1939-40 Amsterdam (NYSL)
1940-41 St. Hedwig Huskies - Wilmington, DE (Independent)
1941-42 Wilmington Blue Bombers (ABL)
1943-44 Wilmington Blue Bombers (ABL)
1945-46 Wilmington Bombers (ABL)
1946-47 Wilmington Bombers (ABL)
1947-48 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1947-48 Sunbury Mercuries (EPBL)
1948-49 Trenton Tigers (ABL)

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Frank and Gertrude Chadick, Paul went to Wilmington HS before enrolling at Beacom College (now Golden Beacom). After one year there, he transferred to St. Joseph's in Philly. He quite school halfway through his second year at St. Joe's, and played semi-pro basketball before signing with the Wilmington Blue Bombers of the ABL in 1941. After the season, though, he entered the USMC to serve in World War 2. As a marine, he saw combat in Okinawa and at Guadalcanal. After the war, he played basketball a few more years. He would eventually move to Seminole, Florida, where he was a manager of Park and Starkey Liquors and would open up his own sporting store there, too. He died in Florida in 1999 at 81 years of age.

Paul married Mary Kisielewski in 1942 and they had two sons and three daughters.

Source:
The New Journal (Wilmington, DE), April 22, 1984
 Tampa Bay Times, December 29, 1999

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/paul-chadick/