Born:
May 9, 1920
Guttenberg. NJ
Died:
November 24, 2009
The Villages, FL
Career
1945-46 Roanoke College - Virginia (College)
1946-47 Roanoke College - Virginia (College)
1946-47 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
UPDATED 10/5/2020
1946-47 Paterson Crescents (ABL)
UPDATED 10/5/2020
Thanks to fellow researcher Lukas Kuba, I was able to confirm which of the two candidates I found to be the proper Eddie Ondrasik.
Ondrasik was playing at Roanoke College when his school was interrupted by World War 2. After serving in the U.S. Air Corps in Germany, he returned to college where he caught the attention of Red Auerbach, who was named the head coach for the Washington Capitols of the newly-formed Basketball Association of America. However, by the the time Roanoke's basketball season concluded in 1947, the Caps' roster was full and Eddie signed with the Paterson Crescents instead. He went on to coach and teach for many years and died in 2009.
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