high_school height_ft years death_date weight_lb nationality career_end position team article_title height_in birth_date number college name career_start
edison -lrb- minneapolis , minnesota -rrb- 6 1946 -- 1947 1947 -- 1951 22 april 1995 185 american 1951 forward / guard chicago stags minneapolis lakers tony jaros
 3 22 february 1920 26 , 13 minnesota -lrb- 1942 -- 1946 -rrb- tony jaros 1946
tony jaros

anthony joseph jaros -lrb- february 22 , 1920 -- april 22 , 1995 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 3 '' -lrb- 1.90 m -rrb- forward/guard from the university of minnesota , jaros played four seasons -lrb- 1946 -- 1947 ; 1948 -- 1951 -rrb- in the basketball association of america/national basketball association as a member of the chicago stags and minneapolis lakers .
he averaged 5.4 points per game in his baa/nba career and won two league championships with the lakers .
he also spent one season in the national basketball league with the lakers -lrb- 1947-1948 -rrb- , winning the nbl title that season .
jaros went to edison high school in northeast minneapolis , and later owned a well-known bar in that neighborhood that bears his name to this day .
tony jaros ' river garden bar is home of the `` greenie '' a very strong lime-flavored drink made with vodka .
the bar has several photos of jaros , as well as one of his last nba pension checks , framed on the wall .
