height_ft nationality birth_date years draft_year image_size team draft_pick image college name caption high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team position draft_round height_in article_title
5 american 18 january 1925 1948 -- 1950 1950 -- 1951 1951 -- 1952 1948 250px phillips -rrb- denver central bankers -lrb- aau -rrb- 66ers -lrb- aau -rrb- denver chevrolets -lrb- aau -- johnny stanich.jpg sacramento 1946 -- 1948 -rrb- cc -lrb- 1944 -- 1946 -rrb- ucla -lrb- john stanich stanich with the phillips 66ers . sacramento -lrb- sacramento , california -rrb- 170 sacramento , california new york knicks guard / forward -- 10 john stanich

john stanich

john stanich -lrb- born january 18 , 1925 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .
he was an all-american college player at ucla and represented the united states in the 1950 fiba world championship .
stanich graduated from sacramento high school and attended hometown sacramento city college .
stanich led the panthers in scoring in both of his seasons there and as a sophomore in 1945 -- 46 led the panthers to the junior college national championship .
following his junior college career , stanich teamed with his younger brother george at ucla .
as a senior in 1947 -- 48 , stanich captained the bruins squad and was named first team all-conference and an honorable mention all-american by the associated press .
following the close of his college career , stanich was drafted by the new york knicks in the 1948 baa draft .
however , he chose to play for the phillips petroleum company 's amateur athletic union -lrb- aau -rrb- power phillips 66ers .
stanich was named an aau all-american in 1949 and won an aau championship in 1950 .
after the season , stanich moved to the denver chevrolets .
also in 1950 , stanich was named to the united states ' team for the inaugural fiba world championships -lrb- now called the fiba world cup -rrb- .
the americans lost 64 -- 50 to host country argentina .
stanich finished second on the team in scoring , averaging 7.2 points per game in the tournament , and was the lone american named to the all-tournament team .
