Irwin Dambrot

Irwin Dambrot


Born:
May 24, 1928
New York, NY

Died:
January 21, 2010
Summit, NJ


Career
1945-46 Willian Howard Taft High School (High School)
1946-47 CCNY (College)
1947-48 CCNY (College)
1948-49 CCNY (College)
1949-50 CCNY (College)
1950-51 Paterson Crescents (ABL)

The very talented Dambrot was integral in the CCNY team that won the NIT and the NCAA tournament in 1950, become the first (and likely only team ever) to win both tournaments in the same season. Dambrot was drafted by the New York Knicks but passed on the league in order to go to dental school at Columbia. He would go play for the Paterson Crescents while at school, since the ABL's travel schedule was much more local and easier to do while in school. However, just a year after his achievement with CCNY, Dambrot was arrested and charged with point shaving while at CCNY. The ABL season had ended, but he was immediately booted from the team and banned by the ABL. He wound up facing misdemeanor charges and received a suspended sentence. He went on to have a successful dental practice. In December on 2009, Dambrot was on-hand at Madison Square Garden when they honored the CCNY team from 1950. Suffering from Parkinson's disease, Dambrot died six months later.

Married and divorced twice, Dambrot had two sons and one daughter.

Source:
NY Times Obituary, January 23, 2010
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