claim: Chris Mullin played with a professional basketball team.
evidence: The 223rd -LRB- Scandinavians -RRB- Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War .. Canadian Expeditionary Force. Canadian Expeditionary Force. Based in Winnipeg , Manitoba , the unit began recruiting in early 1916 in Military Districts 10 , 11 , 12 , and 13 .. After sailing to England in May 1917 , the battalion was absorbed into the 11th Reserve Battalion on May 14 , 1917 .. 11th Reserve Battalion. 11th Reserve Battalion. The 223rd -LRB- Scandinavians -RRB- Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding  : Lieut-Col .. H. M. Hannesson .