Ed Sadowski (basketball)

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Early life

Sadowski was born in Akron, Ohio.[1][2] He was part of a large family, with at least three brothers and three sisters.[3]

College athletics

He starred at Seton Hall University during the late 1930s and early 1940s. A Script error: No such module "convert". center, he led Seton Hall to its only undefeated season[3] (1939–1940).

Career

Professional basketball

Sadowski later played professionally in the National Basketball League, the Basketball Association of America, and the National Basketball Association (which was formed after a merger between the first two leagues in this list).

As a member of the Boston Celtics in 1947–48, Sadowski ranked third in the BAA in points per game (19.4) and was named to the All-BAA first team, made him the first ever Boston Celtics player to be named to the All-BAA/NBA Team. He led the Celtics to their first ever postseason, but they lost to the Chicago Stags 2 games to 1.

After basketball

Retiring from basketball in 1950, he worked in labor relations for the Cities Service Oil Company.[3]

Personal life and later years

Sadowski and his wife, Charlotte, had two sons, Edward and Bill.[3] Sadowski died of cancer at age 73 in his Wall Township, New Jersey home in 1990.[3]

Career playing statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  FGM  Field-goals made
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  FTM  Free-throws made
 FTA  Free-throws attempted  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 APG  Assists per game  PTS  Points
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Sadowski's team won an NBL championship

NBL

Source[4]

Regular season

Template:NBL (United States) player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1940–41 | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | 24 || 95 || 66 || 101 || .653 || 256 || 10.7 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1944–45† | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 1 || 4 || 2 || || || 10 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1945–46 | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 34 || 122 || 82 || 120 || .683 || 326 || 9.6 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 59 || 221 || 150 || 221 || .670 || 592 || 10.0 |}

Playoffs

Template:NBL (United States) player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1941 | style="text-align:left;"| Detroit | 3 || 7 || 9 || 23 || || || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1945† | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 7 || 17 || 11 || 45 || || || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1946 | style="text-align:left;"| F.W. Zollner Pistons | 4 || 20 || 17 || 23 || .739 || 57 || 14.3 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 14 || 44 || 37 || 23 || .739 || 125 || 8.9 |}

BAA/NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1946–47 Toronto 10 .349 .682 .8 19.1
1946–47 Cleveland 43 .375 .664 .9 16.0
1947–48 Boston 47 .323 .697 1.6 19.4
1948–49 Philadelphia 60 .405 .686 2.7 15.3
1949–50 Philadelphia 17 .307 .693 2.3 8.6
1949–50 Baltimore 52 .328 .745 1.9 14.0
Career 229 .354 .697 1.8 15.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1947 Cleveland 3 .393 .794 1.7 23.7
1948 Boston 3 .345 .605 2.0 20.3
1949 Philadelphia 2 .214 .615 1.5 10.0
Career 8 .338 .682 1.8 19.0

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %

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References

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External links

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