height_ft death_date nationality birth_date cyears career_start years death_place cteam team number college name weight_lb birth_place career_end position height_in article_title
6 18 september 1990 american 11 july 1917 1946 1940 1940 1948-1949 1949 -- 1950 -- 1941 1944 -- 1946 1946 1946-1947 1947-1948 wall , new jersey toronto huskies detroit huskies -lrb- baa -rrb- cleveland rebels -lrb- baa -rrb- boston eagles celtics -lrb- baa -rrb- philadelphia warriors -lrb- baa/nba -rrb- baltimore -lrb- bullets -lrb- nba -rrb- nbl -rrb- fort wayne pistons toronto 20 , 17 , 7 , 22 , 14 , 9 seton hall -lrb- 1936 -- 1940 -rrb- ed sadowski 240 akron , ohio 1950 center 5 ed sadowski -lrb- basketball -rrb-

ed sadowski -lrb- basketball -rrb-

edward anthony sadowski -lrb- july 11 , 1917 -- september 18 , 1990 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player .
born in akron , ohio , sadowski starred at seton hall university during the late 1930s and early 1940s .
a 6 ' 5 '' center , he led seton hall to its only undefeated season in 1939-1940 .
sadowski later played professionally in the national basketball league , the basketball association of america , and the national basketball association -lrb- which was formed after a merger between the first two leagues in this list -rrb- .
as a member of the boston celtics in 1947-48 , sadowski ranked third in the baa in points per game -lrb- 19.4 -rrb- and was named to the all-baa first team , made him the first ever boston celtics player to named all-baa/nba team .
after retiring from basketball in 1950 , he worked for the cities service oil company .
he died of cancer at his home in wall , new jersey in 1990 .
