New updates, identifications, corrections, November 2023

Taking some time and looking back to fill in some holes or close some things out.

DETAILS ADDED:

Mort Freemark, ABL - Died February 23, 2021

Bobby Lewis, ABL - Died July 2, 2022

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED:

Joe Howard, ABL, EPBL - Joseph Francis Howard (1928-1993)

Tom Muller, ABL, EPBL - Thomas Jefferson Muller (1924-1965)

Reilly. ABL - believe it is James "Miggs" Reilly (1923-2020)

CORRECTED:

Art Spector, NBA, BAA, ABL, EPBL - Birth year 1918. not  1920

NEW LEADS UNRESOLVED:

New updates, identifications, corrections, October 2023

 Taking some time and looking back to fill in some holes or close some things out.

DETAILS ADDED:

Tony Kazokas, ABL, EBL - Died April 7, 2021

Hal Korovin, NBL, NBA, EBL-  Died June 5, 2021

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED:

CORRECTED:

NEW LEADS UNRESOLVED:

Bill Zubic Identified

The fact we did not have Bill Zubic properly identified always bothered me considering how prominent a scorer he was in the Eastern League, ABL and around Pennsylvania. BUt as I suspected years ago, it had to be an issue with his last name being shortened or anglicized. I figured his name may have been something along the lines of Zubyk, Zubak, Zubeck, etc. But I never thought much about "Zubic" being the last portion of a longer last name, and this would be the case. Following a fresh dive into Bill, I stumbled across a William Bezubic from Philadelphia, born in the same year I believed him to be born. Finding Bezubic;s World War 2 draft card, he was listed as 6'5 and 211 pounds which matched our player. To confirm I did some newspaper searches and found Bezubic listed in a story about a basketball game with the Chester Ukrainians (who I knew Zubic was already listed as a player) and his name appeared as "Zubic" in the box score. 

So after a few years, the great Bill Zubic has been properly identified and William Paul Bezubic.

Bill Zubic (1918-1994)

New updates, identifications, corrections, September 2023

 Taking some time and looking back to fill in some holes or close some things out.

DETAILS ADDED:

Morris "Mushy" Silver, ABL-AAU - Died 1980

Whitey Von Nieda, NBL, NBA, EBL-  Died September 6, 2023

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED:

Frank "Speed" Caffey, NYSL

Tee "T-Bone" Connelley, ABL-AAU

Bennie Garrett, NYSL

CORRECTED:

NEW LEADS UNRESOLVED:

Don Hinds "in his 90's" in article published in 2008.

New updates, identifications, corrections, August 2023

Taking some time and looking back to fill in some holes or close some things out.

DETAILS ADDED:

Carl Frank, ABL/EPBL - Died May 18, 2023

Ken Kirchman, WSBL-  Died May 28, 2023

Bob Laske, WSBL - Born January 5, 1926, Died May 28, 2022

Dick Schmeelk, NYSL  - Died May 19, 2022

Dick Schroeder, WSBL - Died January 1, 2023

George Sella, EBL-Ct - Died January 25, 2022

Bob Stefanowski, EBL-Ct - Died November 27, 2022

Walt Yaskot, EBL-Ct - Died December 7, 2022

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED:

CORRECTED:

NEW LEADS UNRESOLVED:

New updates, identifications, corrections, June 2023

 Taking some time and looking back to fill in some holes or close some things out.

DETAILS ADDED:

Bill Roach, AABL -  Died January 14, 2022

Wayne See, NBA , NPBL  - Died July 22, 2019

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED:

CORRECTED:

NEW LEADS UNRESOLVED:

Isaiah "Ike" Owen, AABL - Radaris lists him as deceased. No date fiound yet. Last residence: Summerland, FL

New updates, identifications, corrections, February 2023

Taking some time and looking back to fill in some holes or close some things out.

DETAILS ADDED:

Bobby Carroll, AABL -  Died January 31, 2022

Steve Chuba, AABL - Died May 16, 2022

Arnie Ferrin, BAA, NBA, ABL-AAU - Died December 27, 2022

Mike Linkovich, AABL - Died December 4, 2022

Robert Salen, ABL-AAU - Died October 20, 2022

PROPERLY IDENTIFIED:

Jack Adie, ABL-AAU

Jack Riesmuller, ABL

CORRECTED:

NEW LEADS UNRESOLVED:

Mushy Silver, ABL-AAU, is listed as deceased by some on-line address sources, but no date to be found. Living in San Bruno, California, with his wife Dorothy Irne Larkin, as of 2009