Irv Biasi

Irvin Edward Biasi


Born:
October 24, 1917
Hazleton, PA

Died:
October 2, 2005
Hanover, PA


Career
1934-35 Hazleton Township High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1935-36 Hazleton Township High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1939-40 Western Maryland (College)
1940-41 Western Maryland (College)
1941-42 Western Maryland (College)
1944-45 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1944-45 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1945-46 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1945-46 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1946-47 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1947-48 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach 
1948-49 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1949-50 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach 
1950-51 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1951-52 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach 
1952-53 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1953-54 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach 
1954-55 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1955-56 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1956-57 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1957-58 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1958-59 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1959-60 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1960-61 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1961-62 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1962-63 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1963-64 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1964-65 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach
1965-66 Patterson Park High School - Baltimore (High School) Head coach

Born in Luzerne County, Biasi played both football and basketball at Hazleton Township High School. He would go to work after graduating, but he enrolled at Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) in 1938, where he pursued a teaching degree while playing both sports. After graduating, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the NFL, but went into the U.S. Army instead. After World War 2, he played a couple seasons with the Baltimore Bullets in the American Basketball League. He also began a long and successful career at Paterson Park High School in Baltimore as a teacher, football coach and basketball coach. As a football coach, he amassed an amazing record at Patterson Park, with winning streaks of 29 and 22 games and 8 state titles. As a basketball coach, he won four state titles. He was also an important figure in the integration of the state's athletic programs, welcoming black players to his teams with open arms.

Biasi died of penumonis in 2005.

Irv was married to Nelda Kalor.

Source:
Obituary Baltimore Sun, October 6, 2005

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Fiddle-Morley/