Paul Nolan

Paul Francis Nolan


Born:
July 16, 1930
Scranton, PA

Died:
December 3, 1960
Johnson City, NY


Career
1946-47 St. Mary's High School - Scranton (High School)
1947-48 St. Mary's High School - Scranton (High School)
1948-49 St. Bonaventure (College) Freshmen
1949-50 St. Bonaventure (College)
1950-51 St. Bonaventure (College)
1951-52 St. Bonaventure (College)
1952-53 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1954-55 Johnson City High School - New York (High School) JV - Head coach
1955-56 Johnson City High School - New York (High School) JV - Head coach
1956-57 Griswold Grill - New York (Independent)
1956-57 Johnson City High School - New York (High School) JV - Head coach
1957-58 Chenango Valley High School - Binghamton, NY (High School) Frosh Head coach
1958-59 Chenango Valley High School - Binghamton, NY (High School) Frosh Head coach
1959-60 Chenango Valley High School - Binghamton, NY (High School) Frosh Head coach

Nolan was a high-scoring basketabll star at St. Mary's HS on Scranton's south side. He turned that into a terrific stint at St. Bonaventure, helping the school to the NIT in his junior and senior years. He played with the Scranton Miners in 1952-53, and from there, he turned to coaching, leading the Johnson City HS JV team to a conference title. After three years there, he was coaching the freshmen team at Chenango Valley as well as officating basketball game in the area.

On December 3, 1960, Nolan refereed a grammar school league game in Johnson City, and headed home to shower before heading out that evening to officiate another game. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at his home and taken to the hospital where he would die. He was only 30 years old.

Paul married Eleanor Miller (1931-2014) and they had one son and two daughters.




Source:
Press and Sun Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), March 24, 1957
Press and Sun Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), December 4, 1960
Star-Gazette (Elmira), December 5, 1960

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