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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | June 29, 1914
Died | November 16, 1986 Euclid, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 72)
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Ohio College of Chiropody |
Position | Guard |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1944 | Cleveland Chase Brassmen |
1946–1947 | Cleveland Rosenblums |
As coach: | |
1943–1944 | Cleveland Chase Brassmen |
1959–1960 | John Carroll |
Vito J. Kubilus (June 29, 1914 – November 16, 1986) [1] was an American professional basketball player and coach. [2]
Kubilus played college basketball for Ohio College of Chiropody where he was named the captain for the 1935–1936 season. [3]
He played in the National Basketball League for the Cleveland Chase Brassmen during the 1943–44 season and averaged 2.0 points per game. [2] Hired as a player-coach, [4] he had served as the team's head coach for the first two-thirds of the season before Bill Brownell took over the responsibility. [5] Kubilus stayed on the team as a player. [5]
During the 1946-1947, he was a player-coach for the Cleveland Rosenblums. [6]
In 1959, Kubilus was appointed as the head coach at John Carroll University for one season. [7] He led the school to its third straight title in the President's Athletic Conference. As he was hired on a part-time bases, due to his job as a wage and salary administrator for the Chase Brass and Copper Company, he ineligible to continue for another season as PAC rules dictated that part-time coaches could only be hired for a single season. [8]
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
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Personal information | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | June 29, 1914
Died | November 16, 1986 Euclid, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 72)
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Ohio College of Chiropody |
Position | Guard |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1944 | Cleveland Chase Brassmen |
1946–1947 | Cleveland Rosenblums |
As coach: | |
1943–1944 | Cleveland Chase Brassmen |
1959–1960 | John Carroll |
Vito J. Kubilus (June 29, 1914 – November 16, 1986) [1] was an American professional basketball player and coach. [2]
Kubilus played college basketball for Ohio College of Chiropody where he was named the captain for the 1935–1936 season. [3]
He played in the National Basketball League for the Cleveland Chase Brassmen during the 1943–44 season and averaged 2.0 points per game. [2] Hired as a player-coach, [4] he had served as the team's head coach for the first two-thirds of the season before Bill Brownell took over the responsibility. [5] Kubilus stayed on the team as a player. [5]
During the 1946-1947, he was a player-coach for the Cleveland Rosenblums. [6]
In 1959, Kubilus was appointed as the head coach at John Carroll University for one season. [7] He led the school to its third straight title in the President's Athletic Conference. As he was hired on a part-time bases, due to his job as a wage and salary administrator for the Chase Brass and Copper Company, he ineligible to continue for another season as PAC rules dictated that part-time coaches could only be hired for a single season. [8]