Don Asmonga

Donald Andrew Asmonga


Born:
February 15, 1928
West Mifflin, PA

Died:
January 13, 2014
Jefferson Hills, PA


Career
1945-46 Homestead High School - Pennsylvania (High School)
1946-47 Alliance College - Cambridge Springs, PA (College)
1947-48 Altoona Edwards / Pitts / Railroaders (AABL)
1948-49 Altoona Railroaders (AABL)
1949-50 Altoona Flyers (AABL)
1953-54 Baltimore Bullets (NBA)
1965-66 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1966-67 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1967-68 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1968-69 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1969-70 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1970-71 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1971-72 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1972-73 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1973-74 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1974-75 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1975-76 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1976-77 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach 
1977-78 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1978-79 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1979-80 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1980-81 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1981-82 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1982-83 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1983-84 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1984-85 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1985-86 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1986-87 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1987-88 Belle Vernon High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach

Out of Homestead, Pennsylvania, Asmongs played football, baseball and basketball at tiny Alliance College, a liberal arts school in Cambridge Springs, PA. In the summer of 1947, Asmonga signed with the Boston Red Sox and he was then declared ineligible to continue playing sports at Alliance. The righthander began his baseball days at Wellsville in the PONY league (Class D). Over the next few seasons, he would rise through the Red Sox farm system to the AAA level in 1951, but never made the parent club. The conference scoring champ on the hardwood back at Alliance, Asmonga had signed on to play with Altoona in the All-American Basketball League and played hoop in the off season. He eventually found his way to the Baltimore Bullets in December of 1953. He played in seven games, scoring 5 points, before being released.

He became a teacher as well as coaching the baseball and basketball teams at Belle Vernon HS, where he stayed as a coach until 1988 and taught until 1993. Don died in 2014.


Don married Bernice Staisey and they had two sons and four daughters.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=asmong001don

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Stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/asmondo01.html
https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=asmondo01